How many times have we come to a judgmental conclusion only to find out we didn't have all the information?
Come on.
I was going through this exercise with somebody the other day and we were talking about a particular human experience where they're the observer of this other person and they just felt this absolute disgust in them about the other person.
And it was so fun to explore because the conclusion was so obvious that I'm seeing a conditioned response,
Right?
Like look at racism,
For example.
That's a great illustration.
Someone is never racist towards somebody else.
They're racist in their own ideas,
Right?
So that thing that comes up is a conditioning that comes up.
It's not really about the other person.
And so whenever we have any flavor of judgment or any flavor of something other than love,
We are not seeing what's really there.
Just notice that for a second.
How many times have we come to a judgmental conclusion only to find out we didn't have all the information?
Come on.
Right?
And even the judgments we have now are based on a tiny bit of information that's not even close to the full picture.
And this is why God only sees love is because God has all the information.
God sees the whole picture.
When you judge someone,
You say,
How could they ever be like that?
God says,
Well,
I've seen their whole life,
So it makes perfect sense.
I see the journey they're on.
I see the lesson that they're learning right now.
I see their struggles.
I see their pain.
I see the burden I've asked them to carry.
Right?
I see it all.
So it makes perfect sense.
And of course,
This is the nature of compassion,
Which is understanding.
And just like we do here,
The more we understand,
The more love that blooms.
The more we see what's true,
Compassion is the only conclusion.
And so if those things are not there,
If love doesn't seem to be present,
If compassion seems to be missing,
Let that be a sign.
Let it be an indicator.
I'm not seeing what's true.
That's a great invitation to step back and take a breath.
What assumptions am I making right now?
Another question that I love to ask whenever there's pain is,
What do I think I know that I don't really know?
Because whenever there's tension or restriction,
There's always something there.
I always think I know something that more honestly,
I don't know.
And in that is an invitation to surrender to the unknown,
Rather than pretending I know something.
