Moving past Judgements

Have you noticed that a lot of what takes you out of being present are judgements and conclusions? Have you noticed that a lot of the feeling crappy that we experience actually has to do with judgements?

What If You Stopped Judging You?

IMG_0544What would your life be like if you could let yourself just be? What would it be like if you spent one whole day not judging you? Have you ever spent time in nature and found that you could finally relax and just be? What if that space you experience in nature, is the space of being fully present, the space of being and receiving without judgement? What would your life be like if you could bring more of that quality into your experience?

Have you ever noticed how judgement doesn’t make you feel very good? Have you ever noticed how even positive judgements have a funky twist to them? Because, judgement in essence is a contraction and a limitation, it is static and definite in a fluid ever-changing universe, it is a separation from other possibilities.

Judgements Stop the Flow of Life and Limit Possibility

When we judge we are defining reality and putting the ever-fluid and constantly-changing process of life into a solid and fixed form. By creating this fixed reality, we are limiting ourselves from receiving or experiencing other possibilities, contracting our energy and stopping the flow and process of life. Judging locks whatever you are judging in place and keeps the energy stuck in that form rather than allowing it to shift, change and move.

One of the most powerful thing you can do to transform your life is to get out of judgement. Judgment is the destruction of what is in favor of the limitation of what doesn’t have to be. When you truly step out of judgement, you are fully available to receive and choose.

There is ever so much more that we could explore about judgement, and I’m sure we will in future blog posts, but for the moment, let’s focus on a few tips and tools you can start using in your life right away to move past your Judgements:

Tools for Moving Past Judgements:

1. When you notice yourself going into judgement, about yourself, others or life in general just stop!  If it helps you can imagine a big red stop-sign.  Then, redirect your focus to something else. This could be toward something you’re grateful for, toward being present in your body, toward noticing your surroundings. Anything brings you into Getting Deeply Present will help.

2. Ask yourself, “Who Does This Belong To?” because chances are, especially if you think you’re judging someone else, you’re actually just picking up on their judgement of themselves and thinking it was yours. Use the Who Does This Belong To tool, any time you go into judgement. You’ll discover that a lot of the judgements you think you have aren’t actually yours.

3. Ask yourself, What Else Is Possible? This helps you move from your judgements and conclusions into grater awareness and possibility. This keeps you open to the flow of life, open to receiving and keeping your energy expanded rather than believing your judgements- which are just limitations- and going into contraction.

What else IS possible for you and your life? Would you like to find out?

I’m so grateful that you’re reading my blog, and I hope that you find it valuable. Guess what though? These tools are only going to work for you if you actually put them to use! So try them out, put them to use and let me know how it shifts and changes your experience!

And here’s a BONUS CHALLENGE!
See if you can go one whole day without buying into judgements, particularly of you. Any time judgement comes up, just say, “I’m not going to judge myself here” and use the above tools to move beyond them. See if you can do it for one whole day, and tell me how you feel!