The Webster dictionary defines judgmental behavior as a tendency to judge harshly. How do you know if you are judgmental? When you honestly think that your opinions, ideas, and values are always right and others, that are not like-minded are wrong, you are being judgmental. When it is challenging for you to accept other people's thoughts or points of view, you stop listening to them or silence them with criticism. This is the most extreme example but It gives you an idea of how far you can go.I have challenged myself over the past several years to be aware of my judgments. To listen to others in a more open-minded way. This is not as easy as it sounds. I found that I have been judging myself a lot and a lot of people and circumstances as well.
A simple exercise is to focus on how many times a day you say I hate this or I hate that. The word hate is a strong energy source that has an immediate effect on your consciousness and body.
I have two real-life examples I can share with you. First, my wife experimented with rice to prove her theory of judgment/hate. She took everyday rice and cook it up. She put the rice in three separate small jars and labeled them Love, Hate, and Ignore and put the jars in three different parts of the house. For two weeks she told the jar of rice labeled Hate that she hated it, the one labeled Love, she loved it and the one labeled Ignore she left alone and said nothing to it at all.
After two weeks she looked at the jars and found something amazing. The jar labeled Love was pristine. The rice was as white as it was after she cooked it. The jar labeled Hate was mostly black and reduced in volume. The one labeled Ignore was completely black and green from mold and had reduced significantly in the jar. I have provided a link here so you can see the actual results, RICE EXPERIMENT VIDEO As you can see judging the rice had a major effect on its physical form. Imagine what it does to you on a cellular level. If you are walking around and hating things or people you are having a direct effect on them and yourself. If you ignore people or your feelings, you are having a devastating effect on yourself and your cells. Conversely, if you are sending love to yourself and others, you are having amazing effects on yourself and the people around you.
You don't have to be all Woo Woo to love yourself or others, you just have to consider not judging.
Need more proof? Check out Dr. Masaru Emoto's Water Experiments. He had been doing work on the effects of Love, Hate, and Ignore on water for over 20 years before his death in 2014. Consider the fact that your body is comprised of almost 80% water. No more Woo Woo here just plain old science.
As I continue to learn more about the effects my thoughts and feelings have on me and my life, I will continue to share them with you. I offer this not as a fix or to let you know you are doing something wrong. I offer this because I want to share anything that has brought me help, relief, joy, or support.
The simple fact that this information is out there but not taught to us in a traditional way makes me more inclined to share this information through my blog. I don't want to judge how I came across this information, I just want to enjoy the fact that I have received it and understand it. I am grateful!