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Awareness Via
Judgment
by Mystic Life
Mystic Life is an author
on personal and spiritual growth, as well as a former therapist. His books
include Spiritual Polyamory and Unification. He enjoys sharing concepts from
spirituality and psychology that help increase well-being (in an accessible
way). His books, articles and videos can be found at Unification.com.
One way to gain a better understanding of our
deepest conflicts is to examine who and what we judge. If we judge another person it
is likely that we are judging some aspect of who we are. Judgment on its own is
separating, but if we examine our judgments we can become more conscious of our issues.
For example, if we judge people who have no money as
"trash" we might actually be uncomfortable with our own financial past or
present, and looking for someone else to be "better than." Additionally,
if we judge emotional songs as "stupid" or "silly" then it may be that we
are denying the vulnerable emotions which these songs address.
It is useful to make a list of all the people you
have been telling yourself you don't like then specify exactly what it is that you judge
about that person. Try to examine if there are repressed aspects of your personality
that relate to these traits you don't like. For example, if you have written down
that you don't like your Uncle Joe because he is a control freak, examine your own
thoughts, feelings and behaviors in relation to control. Do you feel out of control? Do you secretly try to
control situations? This is an example of how your judgments can arise from a place of
inner conflict.
This work (and its second half which is
not included here)
appears in Spiritual Polyamory by Mystic
Life.
Spiritual Polyamory is a powerful, groundbreaking work,
certain to challenge and stimulate members of both the “poly-curious”
and polyamorous communities. Mystic Life takes you on a journey into
honesty, awareness and self-exploration. You will be encouraged to
explore your true beliefs about love, jealousy, sex and letting go of
control.
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