Here's my experience while slip-sliding along the road of spiritual growth: When spiritual growth is purely a self-determined objective, attempting to "do" it is just another "me" path.
By hard (way hard) experience, I have learned that judge not lest we be judged is useless just by keeping our mouth closed. We likely will cloak it by thinking prayers for the other, but who's kidding whom? Keeping our mouth closed so our brain can spin bettering thoughts for the lesser one (the "sinner") is glorified judging.
Switching hard words for soft ones is still judging...pointing out, subtly or directly, that Gertrude is being judgmental is being judgmental. Holding judgmental thoughts with the mouth shut is the most perverse for we allow ourself to believe we are not judging because we haven't spoken the words out loud.
Think about it...sights and behaviors that do not cause us pause, when either touches our own reject button, are judged unacceptable. Worst/best lesson we learn...and way too slowly...is our reject button is a self-held mirror reflecting our own behavior...unseen to us, fairly obvious to others
Judge not lest we be judged must begin within...in our heart where it does not move to our head...it evolves as love by grace.
Radical thought: When our reject button is pushed, we can ask questions: "That sounds interesting, could you fill out what you mean?" Admittedly, this just came to me, I have not tried it...I'll let it perc and see what flows...thank you.
Thank you.
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