Om dom og fordømmelse

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Blogindlæg af Lars Muhl fra d. 30. august 2010

Det slår mig, at følgende citat fra en af de, efter min mening, mest betydningsfulde bøger, der er udkommet i mange år, ‘Christ, The Eternal Tao’ af Hieromonk Damscene, er et citat til tiden og mennesker netop nu, hvor flere og flere, bevidst som ubevidst, involveres i konflikter, personlige som kollektive.

Der er ikke tale om en tilsidesættelse af indfølingsevnen eller skelneevnen, men snarere en skærpelse af disse.

Hvergang man dømmer andre, dømmer man sig selv. Hvergang man dømmer sig selv, dømmer man andre.

Det er nu, vi har chancen for vise, om vi har forstået Mysterietraditionernes inderste budskab, som handler om at udvise indføling og pli. Hvis den Himmelske Visdom forbliver er rent intellektuelt anliggende, og ikke kommer til udfoldelse i vort liv som handling, bliver den alt for let egoets/det lille selvs redskab. På den måde opstår ofte den sørgelige situation, at en inflateret Sjæl ønsker at spille Gud, på andres bekostning. (Se artiklen Spirituelle børnesygdomme).

Vi er kommet her på Jorden for at løse konflikter – ikke for at skabe dem.

Judgmental Thoughts

Above all, judgmental thoughts block us from God, since in the very act of harboring them we are arrogating the place of God, who alone is Judge.

We may feel an exhilaration by seeming to get on top of someone through judgment, but sooner or later this will lead to inward conflict.

If the source of the conflict – the soul playing God – is not eradicated, then it can lead to depression, despair, sickness, and the whole gamut of spiritual and physical maladies.

The person who is truly following the Way will immediately recognize that the indulgence of a single judgment separates him from God.

Therefore, when judgmental thoughts intrude upon his mind, begging to be attended to and promising the exultation of pride, he immediately cuts them off and lets them pass into oblivion.

It does not matter how sagacious, how compelling, how profoundly psychological such judgments appear to him. He wants God above all else, and these thoughts deprive him of God, and so he rejects them.

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