Judgment: How low can you go?
You know you’re a good person, and you’re living life the best you know how. So, it doesn’t feel good when you are judged.
Judgment is a heavy, low vibration. When you’re in a state of joy and love, that’s a much higher vibration. And you feel good.
A common way to judge is to “should” yourself or others. “I should have done that,” or “they should not have done that.” Shoulding invokes blame, another low vibration. Asking why something happened (implying you shouldn’t have acted in a way so that it happened) also invokes blame. It happened. So, now, what’s the next step?
If you live in judgment and blame in the past, you will just attract more of that because that’s your focus. If you observe events as neutral, then you open yourself up to wondrous possibilities in the unfolding.
There is a Chinese fable that wonderfully illustrates this point of non-judgment:
A farmer had one horse to help him with his fields. One day, the horse ran away. His neighbors told the farmer, “Oh, that is such bad luck.” The farmer replied, “Bad luck. Good luck. Who knows?”
A few days later the horse returned with two wild horses. “Oh, that is such good luck,” the neighbors said. The farmer replied, “Good luck. Bad luck. Who knows?”
Then, while riding one of the wild horses, the farmer’s son broke his leg. Again the neighbors said, “Oh, that is such bad luck.” And the farmer replied, “Bad luck. Good luck. Who knows?”
A few weeks later, the army marched into the village conscripting every able-bodied boy for war. But because of his broken leg, the farmer’s son was allowed to stay home. Good luck. Bad luck. Who knows?
It’s both.
