Spiritual Laws - The Law Of Projection - How We Project Ourselves Onto The World

The Law of Projection states that the way we create our spiritual journey lies within ourselves, within our unconscious. Therefore the only way we can change our life path is to change ourselves from within.

On Earth, aspects of self are reflected back to us. All that we perceive outside self is a mirror of something within.

Therefore everything we see outside ourselves is a projection. We take an aspect of self, for instance stubborness, and imagine that quality is in those around us.

We project our stuff, both good and bad, on to other people and assume it is within them, often denying it is within us.

The truth is this;

  • You can only see yourself
  • You can only hear yourself
  • You can only talk to yourself
  • You can only criticise yourself
  • You can only praise yourself

Everytime you say the words ‘You are’ or ‘He is’ or ‘She is’ you are projecting something of yourself on to someone else.

It may be ‘You are weird,’ in which case you unconsciously see some of your own weirdness within that person.

Or it may be ‘You are wonderful,’ because you see something of your own wonder within them.

When we assume that someone else feels as we do, it is a projection.

We project our fears onto the world.

  • If you bury your hostility and express it as passive anger you will project hostility on to those around you and will imagine people are aggressive whether they are or not.
  • You will selectively imagine angry or threatening attitudes where none are intended or expressed. Those who project their hatred think everyone is out to get them.


We project our insecurities and our sexuality onto others.

  • The person who is paranoid about the morality of others is projecting their own underlying immorality.
  • The wife who constantly accuses her faithful husband of infidelity is projecting her own lack of faith in the relationship.

Every time you think good things about people, remember that there is something of that quality within you. Otherwise you would not have seen it within them.

We project our love on to others. Also our kindness, our generosity, our goodness. The person who is innately kind will imagine that all around her are also kind.

When a couple is in love, each is projecting their inner beauty on to the other. Seeing our radiance magnified and reflected in another offers a great opportunity for spiritual growth. Being in love is a state of grace.

Projecting yourself on to someone else prevents you from taking responsibility for self.

Most people do not even realise that what they are saying is actually within them. It is a powerful form of denial.

The expression ‘a pot calling the kettle black’ aptly describes the Law of Projection. Neither sees itself as black. Instead each sees how black the other is.

Your life is what you experience. Other people probably experience it very differently. So watch your projections and work on yourself. Understanding The Law Of Projection offers enormous opportunities for personal and spiritual growth.

What are your views on The Spiritual Law Of Projection?

This is a very powerful and extremely important Spiritual Law which many of us will already recognise as acting within and without of ourselves at all levels.

As we follow our Spiritual Path and Develop our Psychic Ability, the Law Of Projection will stand us in good stead.

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