Bindi Posted 12 hours ago I believe that ‘Judge not’ warns against ego-based condemnation that feeds separation and karmic entanglement. But there’s a world of difference between reactive judgment and the clear seeing that arises from compassion and alignment with truth. IMO Jesus wasn’t condemning out of wounded pride, he was cutting through hypocrisy to protect and awaken. So we might say real spiritual maturity knows when silence is love, and when fierce clarity is love. It’s not about never discerning, but about where it’s coming from within us. 4 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted 11 hours ago Ahhhh ... Bindi is back ..... and its not even summer ! Of course Bindi, that is the context and understanding of it philosophically and spiritually . People that sprout that in all situations seem to have some worry about being personally judged . Spoiler Over the years many a hippy has tried it out on me ; " Ohhhh ... judgmental man ... you are judging me ... you don't want to be judgmental do you ?" Me; " I wasn't at first of course, I reserved judgement to AFTER observation and consideration . First you directed me to reverse back into a tree stump , when I was relying on your decision . Then you shut me down and were rude to me and tried some other bullshit cosmic philosophy on my when I was warning you that your new car was overheating ... but you kept on driving until it boiled over and se ized ... and then got angry with me because I would not push you down the road to clutch start it ... with a sized engine . next when I asked you why you were hiding behind a tree in my back yard when I got home you responded " Because I hoped you wouldn't see me there . ( I'll give him that one ! points for that ! ) and so on and so on and blah blah dishonesty and ..... THEN I made a judgement on you and decided I want no more to do with you ! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lairg Posted 9 hours ago (edited) 4 hours ago, BigSkyDiamond said: "judge not lest ye be judged" It is possible to observe, analyze, hypothesize and test without any judgement Judgement biases actual events. Material science prefers double blind to prevent experimenters' belief distorting results The spiritual scientist observes without prejudice. This allows unbiased hypotheses and clean experiments to test those. Perhaps the human situation is not madness so much as early learning processes in coping with adverse interference. Who can test that hypothesis? Edited 9 hours ago by Lairg 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
old3bob Posted 7 hours ago alas it is also a problem if "we are so open minded that our brains are falling out". Btw there is that saying about someone who kindly saved a snake but then the snake bit him and he wondered why or how it could do so.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
