Just as detoxing the physical body with clean, healthy food and avoiding alcohol
and caffeine purifies our system, the practice of non-judgment cleanses and reprograms the conditioned mind. With enhanced mental clarity, we can perceive new possibilities, transcend perceived limitations, and embrace a life filled with greater ease, joy, and love. Experimenting with non-judgment can lead to profound transformations in your life!
Humans are inherently energy or light beings, as science confirms. We have innate awareness that there is more to life than what we can see. Clearly, we are not complete at birth; within us lies vast, untapped potential. We are not fixed entities; our thoughts and emotions ebb and flow. Our bodies digest food and eliminate waste, while the cells that comprise our organs and bones continually renew. We are dynamic, ever-evolving beings on a miraculous journey of self-discovery. Yet, with a single judgmental thought, we can diminish that brilliance and infinite potential, declaring ourselves “fat,” “stupid,” “a failure,” “hopeless,” or “worthless.” Even more troubling is the fact that we often believe these damaging narratives we tell ourselves!
Judgment is the habitual process of measuring, evaluating, and categorizing ourselves, others, and life experiences as either “good or bad” or “right or wrong.” This tendency leads to emotional suffering and constricts our perception. By releasing judgment, we can alleviate unnecessary pain and uncover new freedoms and possibilities.
While judgmental thoughts may arise, we do not have to identify with them. When we identify with our judgmental thoughts, we perpetuate a sense of separation from ourselves and others. In moments of judgment, we may feel superior, convinced that our viewpoint is the only valid one. But, as Wayne Dyer wisely said, “When you judge another person, you do not define them; you merely define yourself as someone who needs to judge. Making an assertion that someone is stupid, or cheap, or arrogant, or flighty, or promiscuous does not characterize that person. It only says something in you is having a conflict with something outside of you.” Dyer further asserts, “Your own level of spiritual energy rises when you resist the temptation to judge others as wrong and yourself as right. Think of all that is good as God expressing itself, and evil (or wrong) or discord as ignorance of this truth. By bringing that sense of harmony to the presence of the conflict, you’ll see that the problem not only goes away, but your frequency of vibration will move upward and you will feel more peaceful and prosperous.”