This essay continues a sequence. Read the previous one here.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged:
and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
— KJV, Matt 7:1-2 / Luke 6:37-38
We stand amidst the harvest without any understanding of the seed…
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In the previous essay (“How To Know We Are Narrow-Minded“) we explained how “judging” is to be understood, how it represents our enslavement to the physical brain (also see “Fall Down And Worship Me“), and how it is a manifestation of our lack of present-moment spiritual alertness (also discussed in “Thinking Without Thinking“).
What are the effects of this narrow-mindedness in the Law of Sowing and Reaping (ref. “Never Say Never“)?
Ye Shall Be Judged
The visible (material) is a manifestation of the non-visible (mental or spiritual) environment (ref. “Active Spirit, Passive Matter“).
Forming firm opinions about others can be likened to a process of locking them in a mental box. We are limiting what they are allowed to be or do in our minds. We are choosing to see only a part of them. We are denying the power of their free will.
Our societies and personal lives reflect the harvest of this.
Our justice systems are narrow-minded, pronouncing judgements based on mental interpretation of rigid paragraphs of law rather than a holistic view of human reality.
Surveillance states limit our freedoms. Sometimes we find ourselves targeted and discriminated against because we are members of a certain group.
We encounter lack of understanding or even persecution in our families, workplaces, communities, and nations when we endeavour to do anything deemed “different”.
We find ourselves expected to conform to roles and behaviours we don’t really accept in order to continue to enjoy certain relationships and privileges.
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So What’s The Way Forward?
As alluded to in the previous essay, we human beings have not improved since the time of the Crucifixion.
What we should take away from this is that some of our most widely-held and cherished views are completely wrong, whether they have to do with individuals or with politics, economics, social life and everything else.
As with everything in The Word, love is the answer.
The Power of Love
Love seeks to see the good in the other, and is also realistic and candid.
It is alert, and open to changes from moment to moment.
It respects the free will of the other to be what he wishes to be and to change from time to time.
That does not mean that love accepts everything the other does or wishes to do: it responds based on whether its own intuition indicates that the decision is for the spiritual benefit of the other.
Love does not accept third-party opinions, but only what it has experienced directly, for itself. This is because true love is of the spirit, and the spirit lives in the present, not in the past. All past spiritual experiences are already part of the spirit, and it has a broader view of the present than even the greatest intellect.
To “judge not” is to live in the present, and to express a constant desire for understanding that indicates love for our fellow man (ref. “Love Your Enemies. And Your Friends“).
Today’s Resolution:
- We will recommit to loving our neighbour, which includes trying to observe him non-judgementally and to understand him afresh with our spirit.
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