Stop wasting time with your judging and assessing!
Day 12: Today’s lesson reveals an important key to opening a crack in your blind spot. The world, as seen through the eyes of the ego, is a very chaotic place.
Judging people, things and situations as good or bad never stops. But in fact, judging everything is meaningless and a waste of time.
A friend pulled me aside the other day to criticize someone. She said the person was “virtue-signaling”. I’d never heard that expression before. Apparently, the virtue-signaler wanted to give a gift card to a homeless person.
My friend complained that if you give a gift, you should keep that info to yourself.
I disagreed. With a smug expression, I chimed in with, “What would Jesus do?”
Jesus quoted a proverb: "Can a blind man guide a blind man?" Wouldn’t they both end up in the ditch? An apprentice doesn’t lecture the master. The point is to be careful who you follow as your teacher.
It’s easy to see a smudge on your neighbor’s face and be oblivious to the ugly sneer on your own. Do you have the nerve to say, "Let me wash your face for you," when your own face is distorted by contempt?
It’s this I-know-better-than-you mentality again, playing a holier-than-thou part instead of just living your own part. Wipe that ugly sneer off your own face, and you might be fit to offer a wash cloth to your neighbor."
Luke 6:39-42 MSG
Stop judging my judging!
I told her a story about a time when I gave someone a gift. On a cold day in Florida, I handed my favorite 10-year-old winter coat to a homeless woman. I loved that coat!
But at that moment, she loved my coat more.
It was too small for her. But there were over-sized gloves in the pockets that she handed to her male companion. Those gloves reminded me of the days when I wore them to shovel snow in Boston. They were utilitarian gloves with a flap over the fingers. Pulling the flap back revealed bare skin. That made the gloves useful when your phone rang.
The couple were so grateful that someone was nice to them. It was a lovely moment to share with two strangers. Why would I keep that to myself?
My friend and I argued back and forth about who was right.
“Hey!”, I said. “No one’s stopping me from telling that story! My old coat found a good home for the next part of its journey. That coat did its job keeping me warm. Plus, it reminded me of fond memories. We had history!”
Finally, the bickering stopped when she said in a defiant tone, “Stop judging my judging!”
We both started laughing.
Double-mindedness? Go to neutral. Pick one side or the other. Christ or Anti-Christ?
The ego questions whether things are inherently good or bad. The truth is that the world is neutral. Our ego provides the meaning based on our experiences. And blocks us from hearing the Holy Spirit.
Wrong side: The ego (and demons) love it when we distract ourselves with good vs bad observations. We don’t need company to do it. We can be totally alone evaluating and judging inside our blind spot.
Best side: Meanwhile, our ears are not tuned to Holy Spirit. And we miss his voice, his assistance and his guidance. So, whose fault is that? Instead of seeking the Unified Space, we’ve separated and trapped our attention in the split mind zone.
ACIM Lesson 12: I am upset because I see a meaningless world.
Lesson 12 is one of my favorite lessons because, unlike the previous lessons, this one makes sense. My next favorite is Lesson 24. But we’re not quite there yet.
"The importance of this idea lies in the fact that it contains a correction for a major perceptual distortion. You think that what upsets you is a frightening world, or a sad world, or a violent world, or an insane world.
All these attributes are given it by you. The world is meaningless in itself...a good world implies a bad one. And a satisfying world implies an unsatisfying one.
Beneath your words, are written the Word of God. The truth upsets you now, but when your words have been erased, you will see His. That is the ultimate purpose of these exercises."
ACIM Lesson 12: Section 1, 3 and 5
A Course in Miracles: Lesson 12 (video)
I am upset because I see a meaningless world. ACIM Lesson 12
A Course In Miracles: Lesson 12 (read the lesson here).
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