Connection Circle ~ See yourself in others

THEME OF THIS EVENING: SEE YOURSELF IN OTHERS

As children we learned that certain qualities in us where not welcomed and worthy of love. ⁣⁣

We learned to push down those qualities when we noticed that our caregivers reacted to them with anger, rejection or shame. ⁣⁣

As adults we might then judge the qualities in others that we don’t allow in ourself: we project our shadows on them. ⁣

We might also be attracted by others that embody a quality that we don’t allow in ourself: we want to experience the quality through them.

The first step to connect to others as our authentic self, is to bring awareness to these projections: noticing when they arise and being with them - so that we can meet beyond them. ⁣