Judgment

The choice to judge rather than to know is the cause of the loss of peace.

Judgment is the process on which perception but not knowledge rests.

I have discussed this before in terms of the selectivity of perception, pointing out that evaluation is its obvious prerequisite.

Judgment always involves rejection. It never emphasizes only the positive aspects of what is judged, whether in you or in others.

What has been perceived and rejected, or judged and found wanting, remains in your mind because it has been perceived.

One of the illusions from which you suffer is the belief that what you judged against has no effect.

This cannot be true unless you also believe that what you judged against does not exist.

You evidently do not believe this, or you would not have judged against it.

In the end it does not matter whether your judgment is right or wrong.

Either way you are placing your belief in the unreal.

This cannot be avoided in any type of judgment, because it implies the belief that reality is yours to select from.