There is a wonderful story about this that shows what happens when we stand back and do nothing—and allow the projection to run its course. A young Japanese girl in a small fishing village became pregnant but was still living in her parent’s house. All the villagers pressed her to name the father, to point a finger at the renegade. After many angry words, she finally confessed. “It’s the priest,” she said. The villagers confronted the priest with this. “Ah so,” was all he said. For months afterward, the people were very down on this simple priest. Then a young man who had been away from the
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