7 They continued to question him, so he stood up and replied, “Whoever hasn’t sinned should throw the first stone.” (John 8:7) ~ Jesus Please take a moment to study the picture and the Meme above. Now meditate, and reflect on the image and the message it conveys. After you have finished, with thoroughness and honesty… Read More »
Leave The Judgment To God
“The more you look into and understand yourself, the less judgmental you become towards others.” ~ Tariq Ramadan People judging people goes back to the beginning of creation. Extreme self-centeredness is in the DNA of humanity. When it comes to judgment, who are we to judge anyone? No blue ribbons are hanging on any of… Read More »
Cockroach Philosophy
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” ~ Plato As children, we fear the dark, but there is a cosmic shift from being afraid of the dark to become frightened of the light that takes place as… Read More »
Sound Bite of Love
“You cannot receive what you don’t give. Outflow determines inflow.” ~ Laozi When we listen to the news, read the paper, scroll social media, and view the people around us, we hear many people speaking of judgment, blame, divisiveness, hate, racism, and evil, but only a sound bite here and there about love. Love is… Read More »
The Log Eye Process
“Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others, we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.” ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer All humans at varying times throughout their lives suffer from “the log eye process.” The log eye process means… Read More »
Here Comes The Judge
When you are spiritually connected, you are not looking for occasions to be offended, and you are not judging and labeling others. You are in a state of grace in which you know you are connected to God and thus free from the effects of anyone or anything external to yourself. ~ Wayne Dyer When… Read More »
Blink of the Eye
“We should be rigorous in judging ourselves and gracious in judging others.” ~ John Wesley We have all heard the phrases “you never get a second chance to make a first impression” and “don’t judge a book by its cover.” One of the many flawed characteristics of being human is that we learn to judge… Read More »
9 X 1 = 7
Someone sent me this story the other day, and I wanted to share it with you because it carries a lot of wisdom and meaning for any reader. Why is it the human condition seems to have this tendency? How do we overcome it? As individuals? As a community? As a world? Where do we… Read More »