Judgement,
Our
judgement is off, due to the way in which we talk. We engage, almost permanently,
unknowingly, in Disembodied Language
(DL). This is why we consider DL as normal and find Embodied Language (EL) abnormal.
Our so-called conversation is viewed as a battle or competition for attention,
rather than a process, in which we let things happen, naturally.
Regardless
of what we claim about our judgments, we are in DL not in touch with ourselves,
because we don’t listen to ourselves while we speak. As a result of our DL, we remain
busy with others, but not with ourselves. Consequently, we all trust the
judgment of others more than our own judgement.
Our own
judgement is based on our self-knowledge, but in DL, we never acquire self-knowledge.
In DL, we are driven by negative emotions, and we defend, pretend, manipulate, fight, flee or freeze. We
can only acquire self-knowledge in EL, because in EL we can express our emotions
and experiences correctly.
General
knowledge – such as physics, chemistry, biology or mathematics – which is taught
in schools, colleges and universities and learned mostly from books, is in DL, considered
to be more important than self-knowledge. Thus, it is no exaggeration to say,
that general knowledge is the stand-in-the-way to self-knowledge. In absence of
self-knowledge, we use our general knowledge to make ourselves look important, but
our knowledge takes us further and further away from ourselves. Only to the
extent that our general knowledge can be applied positively to ourselves, is it
of any use to us. In other words, only when there is a connection between the
two, does our general knowledge enhance our self-knowledge.
In EL, we
find talking with ourselves more important than talking with others, and as a
result, we have no judgement about our self-knowledge, which works for us. In
DL, on the other hand, we feel troubled by our self-knowledge, because talking
with others is seen as more important than talking with ourselves and then we judge
our self-knowledge as anti-social.
Having faith
in your own judgement is the same as having self-knowledge. Actually, self-knowledge
has nothing to do with faith. In general knowledge, the scientist never does
anything on faith. Likewise, the person with self-knowledge, knows what he or
she is doing. In self-knowledge, the issue of confidence never arises, because
the immediate consequences of EL are positive and the long-term consequences
are even better than how it was before. The person with EL, knows whether he or
she, him or herself, has EL or DL or whether someone else has DL or EL.
In DL,
everyone, in one way or another, tries to control or dominate the conversation,
as only that will get them attention. In DL, only those get to speak, who win
the battle for attention. They get to speak and others are listening, because
they are in power. However, the reality is, they are not really speaking, as
they are not listening to themselves and those who are listening, there aren’t listening
either, as listening to someone who doesn’t listen to him or herself, isn’t really
listening, but obeying, being intimidated, afraid or overwhelmed, by those who,
supposedly, are more important than them.
The court weighs
all the facts of a case and decides. This judgement is based on evidence. The
facts of our self-knowledge are our own experiences, but always expressed by
our EL, not by our DL. With DL, we can’t get to the facts, as we are simply making
things up. We can lie to others, but not to ourselves, as we can hear exactly, when
we switch from in DL to EL or from EL to DL. Thus, in DL, we are our own worst
enemy, due to hash self-judgement, but in EL, we comfort ourselves and acquire self-knowledge.
In DL, we
act as if we speak, we act as if we listen, but we basically behave out of
fear, out of how we were conditioned to behave, which means, we talk or listen according to our status in the social-power-hierarchy. Those who
are presumably better than us, because they have more power than us, are
treated by us with respect and civility, while those who are below us are disrespected,
ignored or mistreated. In DL, we don’t tolerate equals and we battle extra hard
with anyone, who is similar to us. We put them down, so that we can put ourselves above them.
In EL, we don’t
battle, as we are at peace with ourselves. We feel so confident we are right
with our EL, that we don’t get into any unnecessary discussion, which is uninteresting
DL to us. We acquire self-knowledge with EL, which makes us assert our truth. Our
self-knowledge isn’t shared with everyone but is cherished and only made
available to those who have also acquired their own self-knowledge. Anyone who
reads this or listens to my You Tube videos, knows where this is going.
Our EL goes into silence, blissfulness, our wellbeing or Language Enlightenment (LE). EL always takes us beyond language, to the reality, here and now. Who we are is not defined by our words. Our ability to have EL allows us to be and remain undefined. This means, there is no behavior-causing entity, no self, no center, but only an undefined presence. In EL, we speak a powerful language, because we don’t talk with others, but with ourselves. Stated differently, we know that the other, is always our own experience, our own memory, our own perception, our own judgement and our ability to be and express who we are. Therefore, if we ourselves can be who we are with our EL, we can let others be who they are and, yes, we can also say when this isn’t the case, as we always feel that.
You can hear me speak on my You Tube channel about judgement
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