Mormon Lives Matter

Ken Wilber makes a great distinction in the book meeting the shadow. He says quote projection on the eagle level is very easily identified if a person or thing in the environment informs us, we probably aren't projecting, on the other hand, if it affects us, chances are that we are a victim of our own projections. And quote. If you truly understand this you will never see the world the same way again. Think about it this way. If someone walks by you and spits on the sidewalk and you notice but don't react, it probably isn't something you need to work on. But if you get upset and think, how could someone be so uncouth and disgusting?, then you are projecting.

You will need information, too, but in matters of great consequence it is not likely to come unless you want it urgently, faithfully, humbly. Moroni calls it seeking “with real intent” ( Moroni 10:4 ). If you can seek that way, and stay in that mode, not much that the adversary can counter with will dissuade you from a righteous path. You can hang on, whatever the assault and affliction, because you have paid the price to—figuratively, at least—see the face of God and live.

This is from the book The Dark Side of the light Chasers by Debbie Ford. In Love and Awakening John Welwood uses the analogy of a castle to illustrate the world within us. Imagine being a magnificent castle with long hallways and thousands of rooms. Each room represents a different aspect of yourself and is an integral part of the entire perfect castle. Your castle was full of light, love and wonder. As a child you embraced every room whether it was a closet, a bedroom, bathroom or a cellar. Then one day someone came to your castle and told you that one of your rooms was imperfect; that surely it didn't belong in your castle. They suggested that if you wanted to have a perfect castle you should close and lock the door to this room. Since you wanted love and acceptance you quickly closed off that room. More people came to your castle to give you all their opinions of the rooms which they liked and which ones they didn't like; you closed doors because you were afraid when you tho