This week it’s been in the news that two well known news anchors both got fired from their jobs, and the appearance is that it’s because of their opinions and judgments. It’s a big deal.
We seem to have become immersed in a culture of name-calling and mean biting rants and commentary. It’s quite unpleasant, and I’ve come to see it all as the darkness being brought to the Light.
There’s a pervasive thought pattern in our world that’s all about deciding who’s right and who’s wrong, who’s good and bad and who are the winners and who are the losers. (And don’t we love to gather the evidence?) Judgment is a very effective weapon—or so I used to think.
We raise our children in this culture of judgment. All Disney movies seem to have a LOT of sarcasm and negativity. We teach children to judge when they’re little bitty babies: Throwing the food on the floor is WRONG. They hear us talk to the dog: “BAD doggie, BAD.” We show them how to make the right decisions, to look at the other people who are doing it wrong and say, “Bad people, BAD!” We do this so they won’t get hurt by taking up with the bad people. Right?
It used to be when I argued with someone I approached it like a battle. I used every verbal weapon I had to make them wrong. I needed to be right! Being right made me a better person. (All the winners agreed on that.) Every day I needed proof that I was a better person. It was exhausting.
When I decided to follow Gandhi and King I put down my weapons of judgment.
I’ve come to a place where I can have a disagreement with someone and I can watch carefully any desire I have to be right. Instead of following that desire I can agree to disagree. In fact, I don’t even have to get angry!
This new way of Peace and nonviolence has been a huge relief. It may not make me a better person, but it feels better because I don’t have battles any more.
Putting down my weapons has made every day victory day.
Who won? Everyone.
Today I focus on how I use words and moods as weapons and I voluntarily disarm myself. I choose to live in a world without battles and so I cultivate a life without weapons. My daily personal practice of nonviolence moves my life and the whole world in a direction of peace.
Because I’m not in attack mode all the time, I have so little fear. That’s a huge relief. Spiritual practice IS walking the talk, and it brings tremendous relief from fear, worry, doubt and other patterns of separation thinking. Hallelujah!
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