T-17-III Shadow Figures.

8-4-2025

‘The ‘ideal’ of the unholy relationship thus becomes one in which the reality of the other does not enter at all to ‘spoil’ the dream.” (6.3)

I do not see my brothers. I create fantasies of who they to me. They can be my savior, my enemy, my partner, my controller or controlee. Do I see anyone?

And yet, we are told to ask another to help us to see what we can’t see in ourselves. I am most blind to myself. Perhaps this is what this section is about – fantasies of who others are and who I am. All of this nonsense so I don’t have to look at shadow figures within myself.

Jesus, enter my relationships with others, and myself, and step between me and the fantasy I’ve projected.