Theos-Talk Archives (November 2006 Message tt00774)

Carlos,

It might help to consider that there is a difference between making a 
judgment about a person's actions, that which we see them do or hear 
them say, and making a judgment about a person's motives for doing 
so. The former could be said to be some of the  material we use in 
learning how to apply the Laws of Nature to life on earth. The latter 
simply belongs to the mystery of the human heart, and remains 
unknowable to another. 

If I have a lot of opinions about the difference between judging 
others and not judging others, it is probably because I have 
struggled with this issue for a long time. While it is easy for me to 
see that judging others is not a good idea (it says so in our 
literature where it is explained very clearly what is meant, and this 
always made sense to me), putting this information into daily 
practice presents more of a challenge to me. We never know anything 
until we live through it and sort it out "where the tire meets the 
road," so to speak, so I offer what I have been working out during my 
life. If it doesn't sound right to you, so be it. But I will offer it 
anyway, since it has taken some trouble to come to even this much 
understanding. Aren't we all in the same boat? 

On 13 Nov 2006 at 11:06, carlosaveline wrote:

> Adelasie,
> 
> Thanks. 
> 
> You say: 
> 
> "But  nowhere does thesosophy support making judgements about our brothers  and sisters based on our opinion of their motives."
> 
> I say:
> 
> "Then you should not judge anyone, too, should you?"
> 
> I tried to say that trees can be judge by their fruits. Now I add: "non-judging people" can be most judgmental in their own way. radical   And insistently so! 
> 
> They have a right to be judge and evaluate, of course.  But it may be no use making believe they do not do so....
> 
> Carlos.