Moving From Judgement to Love

If you aspire to become a concert pianist, it stands to reason that you will practice the piano on a daily basis. You know that if you don't, you have little hope of reaching your goal. If you want to play with the greats at Wimbledon, it also stands to reason that you will practice playing tennis on a daily basis. Again, you know that if you don't, you have little hope of reaching your goal. And of course, if you were raised in China, and want to become proficient in English, you know that you have little hope of reaching your goal if you don't do something within the general parameters of learning that language on a daily basis.

But what about all those of us who yearn to live more attuned to our sacred self; our soul? Or perhaps those of us who simply want to be better human beings? Kinder, more compassionate, more loving? This is not a topic I haven't already blogged about, but there is - I believe - always something else to be said about it, that just might help one or the other (including myself) to move a little further down that road to spiritual improvement.

Try this: when you enter into a space with another (whether it's your partner, your child, your parent, your sibling, your friend or neighbor, a colleague, a boss, a subordinate, or the news vendor or shoe-shine person on the street), ask yourself how can I serve? Asking that question will allow you to very rapidly notice the thoughts in you that may be judgemental, critical, or somehow negative with regards to that person. And noticing this, will very rapidly bring you back to your question in a new way: how can I serve if I am being judgemental or critical?

This post is not about not upholding healthy boundaries, nor is it about not loving your self, or loving others before you love yourself. But it is very much about recognizing that without a daily practice of aware loving-ness, kindness, and compassion, in all situations, none of us has true hope for reaching that goal of living more attuned to our sacred self, of being better human beings, and of moving a little further down the road to spiritual improvement.

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