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Judgment

Everyone experiences the effects of their judgment upon the world. The christian who judges the non-christian as bad tends to seek the company of other christians because he doesn't enjoy being around "bad" people. The musician who judges classical music as bad cringes whenever classical music is played on the radio. And the racist baulks when he has to work along side someone with different color skin.

This cause and effect relationship is casually denied and swept under the rug. We get upset. We suffer. And we curse at the world. All the while forgetting that it is actually us who set the suffering in motion. It was us who turned on the train of suffering. We are eating our own dog food, so to speak. All the while cursing because we believe someone else gave us this dog food.

When you judge the world as fearful, you become frightened. You experience fearful thoughts and imaginings. You experience fear. Not because the world is actually a fearful place, but because you have judged it as such. And because you have judged it as such, for you the world becomes fearful. You have just put on the glasses of fear.

When you judge a person as bad, you become upset when you are around that person. You become angry, or fearful, or sad. At best, you may experience a slight upset, that may barely be noticable. But in that moment of upset, you have lost peace. You have lost happiness, and joy, and goodness. You have lost consciousness. Not because of anything the other person has done, neccessarily. But because of how you have judged the other person, or the actions of the other person. You see them as bad, and you experience upset.

What you give to the world, the world gives back to you. Whenever you judge a person, a situation, a place, a thing, life, or God, that is what is given back to you. If you see the world as a happy place, you become happy. If you see a world with unlimited possibilities, then you will feel freedom within your soul. And if you see a world where God is everywhere, then you will find God within yourself. What you give to the world, the world gives back to you.

Judgment creates perception. It creates a window for the world that you can look through. You then react to this window, as though it were the real world. Never realizing that you are merely reacting to your own judgments. When you see a stranger, you can see a potential serial killer. Or you can see a potential friend and ally. Either way, you react to this judgment as though it were the truth. Without even knowing the stranger, you become frightened. Without even knowing the stranger, you become joyous.

How you experience the world is up to you. Given a choice, would you rather experience fear, or happiness? Would you rather experience peace, or anger? Would you rather experience sadness, or joy? Right now you are being given a choice. You have always been given a choice. Denying your ability to choose doesn't negate the effects that your choice has on you. It just makes it more difficult to see the connection between your choice and its effects.

Make a list of all of the people in your life that are stupid, negative, hateful, angry, etc All the people that you don't like, or that posess attributes that you don't like. Now make a list of all the people in your life that you don't enjoy being around. All the people that make you angry, sad, or afraid.

Do you see a connection in these two lists? Is it possible that you don't enjoy being around these people BECAUSE you have judged them as not likable for some reason? Is it possible that, by changing your judgment upon these people, you can change the effects that these people have on you?

By changing your judgment upon reality you can change how you perceive reality. By changing your perception of reality, you can change your experience of reality. Given this choice, would you rather experience fear, or joy?

Because right now, you have chosen. And your experience is a reflection of that choice. You have received what you have asked for.

Do you like your dog food?