Mirroring and Judgement

June 16th, 2009

When I am in judgment about someone it is usually a reaction to an underlying misconception about myself.

I perceive myself as being weak in some fashion. I see a simliar quality in the other person – they mirror this quality back at me. Rather than confront the fact that I am holding myself in judgment, or looking at my weaknesses and working on them – the ego jumps right in and attacks the other person – diverting attention away from the real issue – which is always my own personal transformation.

Using this perspective, I can begin to take any negative view of another person and ask myself “to what degree do I share in that negative quality that I am judging the other person for?” “To what degree am I falsely identified with that quality myself?” “How does this false identification disempower me?” Or conversely – “To what extent is this weakness in fact something that I actually need to be looking at? To what extent can I make an effort to change this about myself?”

All this can be done from a grounded and loving perspective.

The idea is to arrive at a deeper understanding of how I perceive myself in the world and my relations with others. To view both myself and others in a kind and loving fashion. To recognize that my judgments about others are really just a distraction from doing the deeper work that I need to do on my own path.

5bluebirds flyer

January 12th, 2009
5bluebirds flyer

Thanks for dropping by…  Above my new flyer, click on it for the full size image.  More info to come soon.  Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have.  Thanks!

Thomas