Judgement
often we oppress what has the possibility of liberating us. in other words, when we don’t process our own shit, the things we secretly crave, the freedom we long to embody, we police it in others, and ourselves.
Substack • if we're lucky, we never become 'good' humans
We see people and things not as they are, but as we are.
O'Reilly Media • Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality by Anthony De Mello (1990) Paperback
“When you go out into the woods, and you look at trees, you see all these different trees.
And some of them are bent, and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens, and some of them are whatever.
And you look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is. You sort of understand that it didn’t get enough light, and so
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Hanlon’s razor
We judge ourselves by our intentions, not by our actions. We judge others by their actions, not their intentions
In Zen, there’s a saying: When you point at another, three fingers point back at you. What you see in others - especially what triggers or disgusts you - is often an unrecognized fragment of yourself. Judgment reveals where you are still asleep. Every time you condemn another, you are projecting a shadow you have not yet integrated. The moment you... See more
Substack • The Mirror of Judgment
you can tell how much internal shame someone has by how judgmental they are