Do you judge yourself?

Question

Do you judge others?

Answer 1

Of course I do. I must be mindful of my thoughts, words and actions at all times. It is unfortunate that I have not mastered this yet. It is when I let a action or word slip by, without first judging the value of it, that I may may to cause the most suffering.

In others I must also judge these things in order to determine the root of their suffering. If I did not do this, I would not be able to serve them in the best way.

Whenever ever we asking questions of why or how, we are clarifying our judgments. The problem comes when we do not ask these questions. When we automatically assume my way is right your way is wrong this is judging in ignorance. This can only lead to greater suffering and often on a global scale.

When we do make judgments, we must realize that they are only for that very moment. Once we act in it, we have arrived to a new moment and we must leave everything else behind to start over. I leave you with this:
My enemy today
may be tomorrows friend
It is wise to know which
day it is. And
still serve each with the
same love and compassion.

Answer 2

Yes I judge myself, myself is in constant judgment, because I hold myself to different degree of consciousness, there by I am on a constant attempting to remain in the NOW so I must maintain the movement of the NOW by capturing every thought and balancing it with my higher IDEAL. So I am In constant judgement towards embodying that higher ideal.

As for others it becomes a bit tricky. I seek not to "judge" others in ignorance, but to discern in consciousness and then make my suggestions. The reason that the law is "judge not lest ye be judged" is because any judgment in ignorance will come back upon you, you set yourself up to become that which you hate in order to solve the defect of your blindness. Also equally true is the reality that when you judge another you are judging what they are within yourself and if you have not discerned their condition and brought about resolution within yourself, suffering similar to what they are but in the shadows of your mind, then your judgements also come back upon you.

It is fine to discern, we are supposed to discern or we would fall for anything. However by no means should we do so ignorance and attempting to hold everyone in the world to our personal standards and objectives since this is direct ignorance being that you are not perceiving the reality that not all people are born to be the same and they have different objectives in life. This is a judgment that lacks reflection, knowledge, understanding, and empathy.

Answer 3

Judging is not the same in all circumstances and for all people. It really depends on the prime concepts.
We all ways need to make decisions, and that requires evaluations. What is important is to avoid either-or judgments because most people and situations are sprectral in nature and can be evaluated from a variety of perspectives.

The other main problem in judging that is to be avoided is the delusion that our lives are separate from each other and the environment. We are all unique places of the same reality and need to make judgments based on that truth.

Judging oneself needs to start with evaluating whether the self-set goals are being pursued vigorously and whether actions taken are based on humanistic views or the four lower conditions of helpless suffering, greed, animality or me-only persuasions.

Judgments made in ignorance of ones, or others' capacity for enlightenment, usually create harm.

Answer 4

Judge myself - I think judge is not the rigth word, as it leads to right and wrong, which is the root of the problems. I would say I always try to witness myself.

Judge others - I am trying the break the default pattern of mind of judging others. It should happen when I want it.

Answer 5

There are many ways and meanig to the word Judging, and there is a positive and a negative way to it, Of course I judge myself, how else can I get to kow me? How else will I know if I should change my ways and my attitude, And I have to judge others, in order to know, what kind of friends there are, or in order to make decisions. The word Judge may have bad connotations, but it is OK to judge, After all we do live in a society where one has to know Who is who, and what is what.

Answer 6

I judge myself a lot, I try my hardest not to judge others until I know them. Sometimes it doesn't work out so well but I'm getting better at it as I grow up.

Answer 7

It's natural to judge, that's how our minds work, what we have to do it take a moment to stop and think that if we were that person we would most likely do and act in the exact same way that they do so we do not have the right to judge them. It's hard to always rememeber that, but we should try.

Answer 8

Yes, everyone judges everyone else, and they're not being honest when they say they don't.

For instance, my q today I judged someone in regards to pj pants, I got judged back saying I was judgemental and self-rightous seeming. So really it's all relative, everyone does it just not everyone is honest enuf to say so.

Answer 9

Yes I judge myself, and others especially. There is no other way to tell what type of person they are and if they are trustworthy.

Answer 10

I judge myself to the extent of critiquing my actions so I may hope to better myself if I find something I don't like.

I judge others to ensure that I surround myself with people that work to improve my quality of life. I try not to jump too quickly to conclusions, and will always give someone new enough of my time to get to know them below the surface, but people who I don't get along with or people who do not get along with me I try to avoid association with. While I am human, I do try to avoid judgment beyond that.