The Mirror of Judgment
A considered life involves looking at oneself in depth, and this encourages the same attitude towards others. By appreciating our own complex narratives and judgements, we can recognise that such things exist to the same degree in those who offend us, rather than perceiving only idiocy or evil. When we consider, in place of feeling angry with each
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Judgment stands as an obstacle to self-love. Every time you judge, you separate. When you form opinions about another person, looking at him or her and saying, for instance, “This person is lazy, or a failure, or has terrible clothes,” you send a message to your subconscious that the world is a place where you had better act in certain ways if you
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“Often, having compassion towards someone who has done horrifically hurtful things is seen as condoning their actions, or dismissing the terrible impact their actions caused…We hold an unconscious belief that the withdrawal of our compassion towards their badness is a measure of our own moral goodness, and that we might somehow teach them a lesson
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