I project what I see and what I know.
Nothing more. Nothing less.

I can't see innocence or something beautiful in someone unless and until I know and I see that quality in myself. In other words I need to have that quality in me to be able to recognize it in others. For example: If I have never seen what a diamond is or how a diamond looks like, then how can I recognize a diamond from other white stones. It is just Not possible.

Similarly, if I can't recognize my own gifts or my own positivity within myself, it is impossible to see those gifts in the other person. If I myself don't know what it is like to truly LOVE someone, what it is like to totally accept someone for who they are, I can never ever know what true love is or what acceptance is. I can never know if I myself don't know.

I can see something special or unique in someone else only when I see that something in myself. Well, this principle is TRUE to both positive and negative quality. If I call someone manipulative or cunning or give a label, that simply means I have to have that manipulative nature within me too. Only then I can confidently say that someone is mean or calculative. Otherwise there is no way I can recognise that quality.

Life is nothing but projecting out who we are within. If we have ONLY LOVE we see only love in all. If we have only confusion, we see that in the world. We project into our outer world who we are in our inner world