Hey, this is Leo, for actualized.org.

And in this episode, I'm going to be talking about the trap of projection,

especially your tendency to project onto teachers and mentors.

There's a nasty phenomenon that I want to talk about which is called projection.

This episode is going to be all about projection, all about the subtleties of projection,

which is especially problematic for those of us who are self-help junkies and who read a lot of self-help

books, go to seminars, retreats,

watch a lot of videos,

if you're watching various people on YouTube

or other places, that sort of thing,

if you're reading and listening to a lot of audio books,

right?

You're coming into contact with teachers and mentors.

That's what I mean by teachers and mentors.

And so yes, even though you do a lot of projection

onto all sorts of other people in your life.

We're going to talk about that.

But mostly what I want to focus on here is the trap of projecting

on the teachers and mentors,

because this becomes especially problematic as you go deeper into your development.

Just as a story I remember I was reading

some kind of like yoga, some sort of yoga book.

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