Projections in the mind.
Relax.
All is well.
The mind is a projector,
Constantly creating a reality that is not really there.
It's possible that in hearing that first line,
Your mind projected that projections are somehow wrong,
Bad,
Or should not be.
These projections of mind are not occasional.
They are relatively constant and perfectly fine.
Consider them part of the human design.
To understand the nature of projections in the mind,
And deeply see how perfect it all is,
We must suspend any judgment about it.
We must simply look,
In the most grounded and practical way,
Without any degree of pushing it away or arguing with it.
This can be fun,
And liberating.
The Cinema of Projection My famous illustration of this is the cinema analogy.
Here's the short version.
At the cinema,
In the front,
You have a large blank white canvas.
In the back,
There is a film projector that projects a movie onto the canvas.
Your awareness sits in the cinema,
And the mind is the projector in the back.
This mind watches the movie while being convinced that the movie is in the front.
The mind is convinced that it's watching something that it is separate from.
In reality,
The mind is only watching what it projects onto the canvas.
What is being seen is not what is out there,
But rather,
What exists on the inside of the projector.
The self is seeing the self.
The mind is seeing the mind.
Reality,
What is really there,
The white canvas,
Is ultimately unfazed and untouched by whatever movie is projected.
From the blank canvas's perspective,
Everything is allowed and nothing is judged as should or should not be.
It simply doesn't matter to the canvas.
The projection of mind is to put upon a blank canvas,
Reality,
An illustration of what exists within the one who is looking at the canvas.
The movie you see is not a movie out there,
Rather,
The movie you see,
You put there.
Quick example.
Your spouse says,
You never listen to me.
The reality here is that someone said,
You never listen to me.
These are just words,
Just sounds.
Nothing more,
Nothing less.
They mean nothing until you add meaning.
Your projection is,
I'm a bad partner,
They don't appreciate me,
I am unloved.
What you experience is not their words,
But your story about yourself.
A bad partner,
Unappreciated,
Unloved.
The result,
Therefore,
You respond to your story and not the reality of the person.
Welcome to the world of all relationship drama.
The great human dilemma,
Fear.
Not knowing what is happening here,
Projection versus reality,
Complicates the human experience in the most fearful,
Frustrating,
And painful ways.
This is suffering.
It's like watching a movie where you are the star character,
Thinking it's real,
But yet you have no control over the movie.
Essentially,
You're a victim who is powerless over what is being watched.
The movie is happening to you,
Rather than seeing that you are creating the movie.
If we examine the nature of all emotional disturbances,
Negative or dark emotions,
They stem from the assumption that what is being experienced is something you are separate from.
This is also to say,
Emotional disturbances are a cue that you are not seeing your experience clearly.
The dilemma here is the unintentional but great avoidance of a deeper truth of things.
The deeper truth is accepting great responsibility to see just how deeply you are creating your experience.
Also,
This deeper truth is pointing toward a great power within you.
As humans,
This is a frightening realization.
Yet again,
It's only frightening because of the projection that sees it as frightening.
This is being afraid of taking on more responsibility,
Or having to rise up to a new level of maturity.
Not realizing the obvious deeper freedom and liberation that comes with it.
It's easier to ignore this,
Blame.
In our misunderstanding,
And in our fear of owning such power and responsibility,
We go to great lengths to ignore the truth of this.
It feels much safer to blame.
Imagine you're watching a movie that disturbs you,
You don't like it,
Or it makes you feel deeply insecure,
Disadvantaged,
Or unloved.
The common response is to blame the actors in the movie,
Or the film crew.
More accurately,
You are not seeing what other people are making you feel.
Rather,
You are seeing inside the projector.
You are seeing how you see yourself.
You are seeing your own creation of a self that is deeply insecure,
Disadvantaged,
Or unloved.
Can you recognize how unpopular it might be to acknowledge that?
Likewise,
Can you see how powerless you become by believing that your experience is created from the outside,
From something you are separate from?
Can you see how this assumption,
Belief,
Or projection separates you from the very real power to create something different?
If you cannot see that,
Your power lies in trying to change the actors in the movie.
This only results in judgment of the actors,
A demand they be different,
A fight against them.
It's exhausting,
And further separates you from your real power.
Also,
Importantly,
It separates you from feeling loved.
Real Spirituality – Healing Perception We have many projections about spirituality.
We turn it into something that it's not.
Sometimes those projections are quite helpful.
Other times,
They become more ways we can hide from the truth of things.
However,
Given the nature of the human dilemma,
Which is,
Essentially,
To not see yourself in reality clearly,
The foundation of real spirituality is simply to help you heal how you see yourself in reality.
Spirituality,
Beyond all the stories or any flavor of woo-woo,
Is a doorway into reality that reconnects you with your inherent power.
A power to create a reality that is in alignment with the sincerity of your heart.
More simply stated as,
Heal your perception so you can see how beautiful you are,
And everything and everyone else is.
Understandably,
This might be a stretch,
Especially given the nature of our projections that sees so many things to be afraid of.
Yet,
Importantly,
What the projector fears is not to fear the blank canvas,
But only what it projects onto the canvas.
We don't fear anything in life itself.
We only fear what we turn things into.
Fear is an innocent misunderstanding of what you are and what life is really about.
As we see things more clearly,
We see there is less to fear.
Where there is less to fear,
There is simply more presence,
Focus,
Gratitude,
Love,
And play.
The most important thing.
This astounds me,
But I also understand because I've been there.
The fact that we might not see this as the most important thing in our lives is quite amazing.
Thing,
Being an aspect,
Discovery,
Priority,
Etc.
More aptly named as devotion.
Honestly,
And to say it directly,
Everything you experience comes down to this.
Your degree of awareness about what's actually happening.
All your problems that create some flavor of disconnect,
Drama,
Conflict,
Or the absence of love,
Courage,
Gratitude,
Joy,
Playfulness,
Etc.
Are only a result of an innocent misunderstanding in how you see yourself in life.
The more we become devoted,
Humble,
Open,
And curious to seeing the truth of things,
The more that truth floods our heart,
Mind,
And body,
And completely transforms the entirety of our temporary human experience.
You are simply amazing.
So is everyone else.
So is the totality of all that is.
See the truth,
Relax,
And you will see that all is well.
Remember,
It's only the truth that sets you free.
