No jewel is more radiant and clear than a mind free from judgments. No "practice" is more full of grace than simply dropping judgment. Yet this effortless non-doing requires great courage. Because the moment we drop the judge, we are assailed by ten thousand voices from our conditioning, our politics, our education, shouting, "How dare you! Irresponsible! You must choose sides! You must condemn the opposition! How can the world survive without your judgments?"
Yes, the moment you drop judgment, a tidal wave of inner voices judges YOU. Be courageous. Drop them too! When we drop the voices of our judgment, we drop the voices that judge us. We drop them not one at a time, but all at once. Let an exhalation of surrender sweep away these voices like scattered petals, dry leaves in the wind. Then inhale the breath of emptiness, sparkling with Shakti, vibrating with the pure alchemic power of silence. Is the vacuum of night not filled with stars?
Hollow and transparent, blaming no one, our only hope is Presence. Now we can open these eyes to a fresh and luminous world, just created. The ocean of the heart overflows through our seeing, hearing, touch. Are words really needed? Without the heavy baggage of judgment, which is always dragged out of the past, we could meet here, responding to what actually IS. This is true response-ability.
When Jesus said, "judge not, lest ye be judged," he was not warning us, but inviting us into the spaciousness of love, the realm beyond karma. Judge-Not is immediate spontaneous communion in Christ-Consciousness. Judge-Not is the gateway to miracles.
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