29/10/2025
Timely read this morning before my meditation…
Our ego minds are designed to judge as part of our survival mechanism. They feed us 'information' about the people and the world around us, as well as about our self, to guide and protect us. This voice of information is often harsh and negative.
When we pay more attention to our thinking about the world rather than to the world itself, this is the voice that's determining our feelings about ourselves, about the world and about people around us.
We form habits of feeling, thinking and behavior. The longer we've been stuck in these habits, the more ingrained they become. And without conscious, willful intervention, they'll determine our days and nights.
But these habits can change.
“When we cultivate compassion and mindful awareness in our lives--when we let go of judgments and attend fully to the present...”
Simple, profound, powerful, and available to each one of us.
Today I will make every effort to live outside the confines of my speculating mind. When I find myself sitting in the soup of fear and anger that can arise, I will dismiss the thoughts of judgment and fault-finding, about myself and my fellows, and I will ask of a power greater than myself to help me find compassion and acceptance, for myself and my fellows. (Even that one who, in my mind, doesn't deserve it.)