Category Archives: Judgment

Must the Spiritual Path Be Difficult?

Many people get seduced into thinking that by walking a spiritual path they will obtain some sort of divine protection from anything that is too difficult and too painful.  The fact is, the spiritual path is difficult.  No matter how you slice it, it comes up difficult. It’s good to know this from the start, because there is a [...]
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Life Without Judgment

We consume an enormous amount of energy judging others and judging ourselves. A day doesn’t go by when we do not pass judgment.  This is no accident.  We’re conditioned to judge. Judgment is encouraged because it oils the joints that support the status quo and the existing power structures. Like programmed robots, we dive daily and dutifully into [...]
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