2 months agoThis clip was from a week long retreat I hosted earlier this year in bali where I shared my story about how I learned what a judgement was. (Next one in May 2025)
Learning how to let go of judgments has been one of the most impactful things That I’ve done to increase the quality of my life.
For the longest time I thought judgment was thinking bad about something or someone. I trained my mind to learn how to think positive and see the “bright side of things. “
In July 2017, I got rid of all my stuff and was living mostly out of my van and traveling to different places in the United States. One day I was sitting in my van and I read chapter 11 of power of now by Elkhart Tolle and had an epiphany about judgments.
I realize that judgments was when I gave meaning two things, labels to people and situations, it was my opinion or other peoples opinion about something, but it wasn’t what the “thing” really is.
When I judge something, I put it in a box and say that this is what it is in it couldn’t be anything else. Even if everybody in the world would agree with my judgment, it doesn’t make it the truth. It’s still a judgment or a mental label on something.
This realization changed the course of my personal development and also made me realize how much work I needed to do.
After many years of working towards this goal of letting go of judgments, did I start to understand the source of where they were coming from and how to be able to let go of judgments faster.
This goal is not an easy task and while most people will agree that judging things is not good, most will not actually attempt to cut it out of their life. It’s either too much work or they just don’t know how to do it.
But there is a way. And people everyday are learning how to do it. It takes a lot of work and dedication and even if you accomplish it, it doesn’t mean you’ll gain more wealth, fame, or have more things.
All you gain is inner peace and fulfillment.
If that is valuable for you and you want me to help you with it, go to my bio to get more info.