Episode 6 Podcast Show Notes - Projection Part II

In this episode, we deepen into the topic of projection and talk about several tools to be able to use projection for your own healing. We talk about how both positive and negative projection are reflecting the data that we carry, separating fact versus interpretation, Byron Katie's The Work, and how this life is like navigating through a maze of mirrors. 

Here are some resources mentioned in this episode:

Byron Katie’s The Work: https://thework.com/instruction-the-work-byron-katie/

Spiri: https://spiri.ai/

Transcript from the first few minutes: “Today we're talking about projection part two. Today we're going to talk about some more tools that you can use to be able to use projection, and we're going to talk about what to do when someone is projecting onto you. 

Starting with this topic of what do you do when someone else is projecting onto you and this is common, I had mentioned this in the previous episode that I found in different spiritual communities, you just overhear different people saying like you're projecting it comes up where people talk about how other people project onto them, and it causes distress. Honestly, this happens in a lot of spiritual communities but also just in daily life, we perceive that it's somebody else doing something to us, or that we perceive that they are doing something, and we're judging it, especially in this time where the topics of racism and politics are getting really heated, where everyone is pointing fingers. And that's projection, it's projection if it's causing you any sort of upset, and if you're perceiving that it's something or somebody outside of you that is making you feel that way. It doesn't mean that it's not happening. It doesn't mean that somebody else didn't do something or say something, but the point is that we have the ability to be able to bring it back to ourselves. And in that sense, then we're not the victim and we can actually transcend and release all of the upset that we're holding on to. 

We also have to accept that no individual on Earth, only gets positive feedback. Think of all the people that you admire, someone always has something negative to say about them. Part of mastery is being able to not take what other people say personally. just recognize that what other people are saying about you both positive and negative is just information; it's just data. It doesn't mean to shut yourself off from what other people are saying, it doesn't mean don't take compliments, but just to be able to come from a place where you're not dependent on how other people perceive you. And so it doesn't mean to shut yourself off from what people are saying, but to be able to see a couple of steps back, that it's not about you, both the positive and the negative. A lot of people get caught up in the idea that everything should be positive, but that's ridiculous that's in this dualistic world. It's not possible for everything to be positive. It's about being in a state of mind, where you're not fazed by the negative, but at the same time, you're also not swayed by the positive, to where you can find that stillness of inner stillness, no matter what is happening, no matter what someone is saying or doing to you, about you. 

So I want to share a little story where I was traveling back in 2010, it was...”