On the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth ink-blots, the man continues to see nothing but sex. A vitally important step on the spiritual path is taken when an individual accepts responsibility for his life and his experience of the world. Just like our friend who sees sexual acts in blots of ink, the external reality we perceive arises from the inner contents of our minds and the types of perceptions we desire. We are not passive spectators watching the world turn regardless of our wishes. Formulating images of ourselves in our minds, we manifest scenarios which justify and support these images.
Projection is the great determiner of perception.
Our inner world of mind, thoughts, and desires incites the dynamic of projection on two levels, the sensory and the psychological. On the sensory level, the world perceived by an individual is a mental phenomenon developed from the intercourse of senses and sense objects. As modern science tells us, all form is actually condensed energy, and energy is vibratory in nature. When the vibrations of the external world strike the various senses, they produce the corresponding responses of sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell. The apparently concrete, external world is actually a mental image projected onto abstract patterns of energy.