JUDGE WITHOUT JUDGMENT

 

                                            WITNESS YOUR JUDGMENT 

                                                  WITHOUT JUDGMENT

                       BY THIS POINT IN THE CHAPTER, YOU ARE AWARE THAT THE WAY YOU GEEL EITHR BLOCKS OR ATTRACTS LOVE INTO YOUR LIFE. WHEN I STARTED TO WITNESS HOW MY JUDGMENTAL NATURE MADE ME FEEL, I COULD EASILY IDENTIFY WHY MY LIFE WASN'T FLOWING. JUDGMENT MADE ME FEEL WEAK, SAD, AND DISCONNECTED. IT EVEN CAUSED ME PHYSICAL PAIN. THE MOMENT I WAS ABLT TO STEP FROMT THE JUDGMENT AND WITNESS HOW IT MADE ME FEEL, I WAS ABLE TO TRULY UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH IT WAS BLOCKING MY CONNECTION TO THE UNIVERSE.

                  A FRIEND WAS IDSTRAUGHT BECAUSE SHE COULD NO LONGER FEEL HER CONNECTION TO THE UNIVERSE OR HEAR HER INTUITION. IN RESPONSE TO HER CONCERN. I ASKED HER TO RATE HER DAILY LEVEL OF JUDGMENT ON A SCALE OF 0 TO 10 (10 BEING THE HIGHEST). SHE THOUGHT HONESTY FOR A MOMENT AND SAID, "YOU KNOW, GAB, I NEVER REALIZED THIS BEFORE, BUT MY JUGMENT LEVELS ARE AT A 9. IT FEELS REALLY TERRIBLE TO BE DISCONNECTED FROM OTHERS AND MYSELF". HER HONEST INVENTORY HELPED HER SEE THAT IT WAS JUDGMENT THAT WAS KEEPING HER HELD BACK AND STUCK. WITNESSING HER JUDGMENT WAS THE FIRST STEP TOWARD CHANGING THE PATTERN.

                  IN MORE CASES WE DON'T EVEN REALIZE HOW JUDGMENTAL WE ARE. THE WAY OUT OF JUDGMENT BEGINS WHEN YOU WITNESS TEH JUDGMENT WITHOUT MORE JUDGMENT. BE MINDFUL THAT WHEN YOU TAKE A HONEST INVENTORY OF YOUR JUDGMENT, YOU MAY BE TEMPTED TO CRITICIZE YOURSELF FOR IT, OR TO FEEL SHAME FOR YOUR THOUGHTS OR BEHAVIOR. INSTEAD TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOR YOURSELF FOR HAVING THE WILLINGNESS TO LOOK WITH LOVE AT WHATEVER CHOICES YOU'VE MADE.

                     SO LET'S DO N INVENTORY OF HOW JUDGMENTAL YOU ARE. TAKE A MOMENT TO RATE YOUR DAILY LEVEL OF JUDGMENT FROM 0 TO 10 (10 BEING THE HIGHEST). GET HONEST WITH YOURSELF ABOUT HOW JUDGMENTAL YOU REALLY ARE. THE BEST WAY TO MEASURE THE LEVEL OF YOUR JUDGMENT IS TO CHECK INTO HOW IT MAKES YOU FEEL. THE MORE UNCOMFORTABLE YOU FEEL WHEN YOU THINK A JUDGMENTL THOUGHT, THE HIGHER THE RATING. 

 

                   RATE YOUR JUDGMENT LEVEL NOW.

                 NEXT WRITE DOWN HOW YOUR JUDGMENTAL NATURE MAKES YOU FEEL.

                  REVIEW YOUR NOTES. DO YOU SEE HOW JUDGMENT BLOCKS YOUR LOVING DECISION? CAN YOU FEEL HOW IT HOLDS YOU IN A PLACE OF NEGATIVITY AND MAKES YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE SEPARATE FROM OTHERS? TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT EH WAY JUDGMENT BRINGS YOU DOWN WILL STRENGTHEN YOUR DESIRE TO RISE UP.

                IN CONSTRAST, LOVE ACCEPTS. WHENEVER YOU NOTICE YOURSELF CAUGHT UP IN JUDGMENT OF ATTACK, REMEMBER THAT YOU CHOSE TO SEE IT FROM A SENSE OF SEPERATION AND FEAR. ONCE YOU'VE ACCEPTED THAT YOU HAVE MADE THAT CHOICE, THE ONLY IMPORTANT THING IS TO CHOOSE AGAIN. ASK YOURSELF, "DO I LOOK THROUGH THE EYES OF LOVE OR THE EYES OF JUDGMENT?"

              ACCEPT THAT YOU CHOSE THE TEACHER OF FEAR OVER THE TEACHER OF LOVE. BE MINDFUL NOT TO JUDGE YOUR FEAR WITH MORE FEAR. DON'T GET UPSET WITH YOURSELF FOR MAKING THIS CHOICE. INSTEAD, CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT YOU RECOGNIZED THE MISGUIDED CHOICE YOU MADE AND THAT YOU'RE ON THE PATHWAY TO FREEDOM.

                                                  FORGIVE THE THOUGHT

                 LET YOURSELF OFF THE HOOK FOR THE JUDGMENT THAT YOU MADE. THE COURSE SAYS, "EVERY COMMUNICATION IS EITHER AN EXTENSION OF LOVE OR A CALL FOR LOVE". WHE YOU ATTACK WITH JUDGMENT, YOU'RE REALLY JUST LOOKING FOR LOVE. THE SEARCH FOR LOVE IS YOUR TRUE INTENT BEHIND THE ATTACK BECAUSE DEEP DOWN ALL YOU WANT IS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM NOT FEELING LOVED. IT'S ALSO THE INTENT OF THE PERSON YOU BELIEVE HAS ATTACKED YOU. BOTH OF YOU ARE SIMPLY LOOKING FOR LOVE. AT ITS CORE, ATTACK IS A CALL FOR HELP. THE COURSE SAYS". LOVE ALWAYS ANSWERS, BEING UNABLE TO DENY A CALL FOR HELP, OR NOT TO HEAR THE CRIES OF PAIN THAT RISE TO IT FROM EVERY PART OF THIS STRANGE WORLD YOU MADE BUT DO NOT WANT".

                   I WANT TO REITERATE THIS POINT: ATTACK, PAIN, FEAR, JUDGMENT, AND ANY FORM OF SEPRATION ARE MERELY CALLS FOR HELP. WHEN YOU'RE IN PHYSICAL PAIN, YOU KNOW THAT YOUR PAIN RELIEF. THE SAME GOES FOR JUDGMENT. IT'S A FORM OF EMOTIONAL PAIN THAT YOU WANT TO RELIEVE. WHETHER YOU REALIZE IT OR NOT, YOU DO NOT WANT TO REMAIN SICK, SAD, AND FEARFUL. YOU WANT TO FREE. WITNESS YOUR JUDGMENT WITHOUT JUDGMENT, ACCEPT THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN FEAR, AND BE OPEN TO RECEIVE THE HELP YOU'RE CALLING FOR.

                   THIS BRINGS US TO FORGIVENESS, IN ANY GIVEN MOMENT THAT YOU WITNES YOURSELF IN JUDGMENT, YOU CAN BECOME FREE BY SIMPLY FORGIVING THE THOUGHT. FORGIVE YOURSELF FOR HAVING THE THOUGHT AND EVEN FORGIVE THE THOUGHT ALTOGETHER.

                 RECOGNIZE THAT THE THOUGHT DID NOT COME FROM YOUR HIGHEST SELF. HONOR YOUR JUDGMENTAL SELF, AND REMEMBER THAT YOU'RE MERELY LOOKING FOR LOVE. THEN, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, CHOOSE TO FORGIVE THE THOUGHT. YOU DON'T NEED TO HOLD ON THE THOUGHT. YOU DON'T NEED TO REPLAY IT. YOU CAN FORGIVE IT IN AN INSTANT. THIS SIMPLE DESIRE SEAMLESSLY LEADS YOU INTO THE HOLY INSTANT.

                   WELCOM IN THE HOLY INSTANT WITH A PRAYER.

                  I RECOGNIZE THAT I HAVE CHOSEN WRONGLY, I FORGIVE THIS THOUGHT, AND I CHOOSE AGAIN. I CHOOSE LOVE.

                   THE PRESENCE OF FEAR IS YOUR RESISTENCE TO LOVE. THE WAY BACK TO LOVE IS THROUGH SURRENDERING TO THE HOLY INSTANT. THE INSTANT THAT YOU CHOOSE LOVE OVER FEAR, YOU RISE ABOVE ILLUSION AND SEPERATION AND RELIGN INSTEAD WITH ONENESS. SIMPLY SAYING THIS PRAYER MAY OFFER YOU IMMEDIATE RELIEF.

                                              STEP FOR THE FIRST TIME

 

                         WE JUDGE OTHERS AND OURSELFS THROUGH THE LENS OF OUR PAST BY PROJECTING OLD EXPERIENCES ONTO OUR CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN JUDGING THE WORLD THROUGH THE LENS OF FEAR. IF, FOR INSTANCES, YOU HAD AN AUTHORITY ISSUE WITH YOUR MOTHER GROWING UP, YOU MAY PROJECT THAT SAME ISSUE TODAY ONTO YOUR BOSS BY RESENTING HER AUTHORITY. 

                    WE BEGIN TO HEAL OUR JUDGMENT TOWARD OTHERS WHEN WE ACCEPT THAT PEOPLE ARE OUR TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM THAT IS OUR LIFE. MAKING THAT COMMITMENT ALLOWS US TO LOOK DIFFERENTLY ON OUR SITUATIONS. WITNESS HOW WE DRAG THE PAST IN THE CURRENT MOMENT, AND THEN CHOOSE AGAIN. WE CAN CHOOSE TO LOOK AT A PERSON (OR SITUATION) AS IF WE ARE SEEING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. IMAGINE HOW FREE YOU WOULD BE IF YOU DIDN'T BRIN YOUR PAST WITH YOU INTO YOUR RELATIONSHIP (OR EACH ENCOUNTER).

                  PRACTICE SAYING THIS PRAYER BEFORE EVER ENCOUNTER THAT TRIGGERS THE SHADOWS FROM YOUR PAST;

                        "I WANT TO SEE THIS PERSON FOR THE FIRST TIME".

                    WHEN YOU PRACTICE SEEING SOMEONE FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU RELEASE THEM FROM THE FALSE PROJECTIONS YOU'VE PLACED ON THEM AND THE BELIEFS THAT SEPERATE YOU. INSTEAD OF SEEING OTHES THROUGH THE LENS OF THE PAST, SEE THEM AS SOMEONE CALLING OUT FOR LOVE. REMEMBER THAT YOU'RE BOTH CAUGHT IN THE SAME CYCLE OF FEAR AND YOU'RE BOTH DESPERATELY SEEKING A WAY OUT. THAT WAY IS THROUGH LOVE. 

                   WHEN SPIRITUAL TEACHERS TALK OF MANKIND BEING "ONE", THE ONENESS TO WHICH THEY REFER IS OUR ONE DESIRE TO BE HAPPY AND FREE. WE ALL SHARE THAT SAME DESIRE AND THE SAME FEAR. IF MORE OF US BEGAN TO CHOOSE LOVE, THEN ONENESS WOULD BE RESTORED. IT STARTS WITH YOU. YOU HAVE A MAJOR PART IN THE HEALING OF THE WORLD. THE MORE ONENESS YOU CREATE IN YOUR LIFE, THE MORE  LIGHT YOU SHINE ON EVERYONE AROUND YOU. I BELIEVE THIS IS OUR BIGGEST MISSION HERE ON EARTH. TO CHOOSE LOVE, RESTORE ONENESS, AND SHINE OUR LIGHT. THIS BRINGS US TO THE FINAL STEP-A MEDITATION FOR ONENESS.

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