The mind believes that the world is a battlefield of objective truths. It says that there is a right side and a wrong side. Our identity and our values are predicated on which side you are on.
Consequently, it also means that being neutral is a sin of apathy. It demands that you pick a side and amplify it to the masses.
By seeing evil projected on the news and on our social feeds, we get to pretend that evil isn’t all in the mind. We feel a temporary sense of relief because we have a place to dump our unconscious guilt.
We say, “I am good because I am against that.”
The Call for Love
The mind believes that some actions are so egregious that the only sane response is judgment.
It says that a politician’s greed or a party’s cruelty is an objective fact that justifies your anger. By attacking these things, there’s a belief that you are defending the good.
What the world sees as evil or corruption is only a projected, terrified sense of lack. The politician who seeks power over others is simply a person who is empty, trying to fill themselves with something.
They are only acting out of fear. In truth, they are acting out of the same separation in which you judge them.
True love is the realization that a person’s “evil” acts are merely coming from someone who’s confused. You do not punish a child for being afraid of the dark. You turn on the light.
At the same time, you remain innocent because you refuse to join the dream of hate.
Removing the Judgment
The mind tells us that if we stop judging, we will become a doormat. It claims that judgment is the only defense in a dangerous world. By overlooking what a politician is doing, you are condoning their actions.
Non-judgment isn’t looking away from the world. It’s looking through it. To condone an action, you must first confirm that the action is real. Non-judgment says that nothing has any inherent meaning. We are that which gives the meaning.
Withdrawing judgment cuts off the fuel of rumination in your mind. The result is that you are no longer using the hatred you feel against a person to affect your reality. The actions of another are no excuse to dim your light.
When we let go of judgment toward others, there’s no need to defend ourselves.
You may still vote, you may still act, but you do so without the poison of guilt or the heat of hate.
Questions and Responses
You cannot “let someone get away” with something that has no power over your Reality. The ego wants you to believe that your anger is a leash that holds the “guilty” in place, but that leash is actually around your own neck. By refusing to judge, you aren’t saying their behavior is “good” in the world’s eyes; you are saying it is “unreal” in the eyes of Truth. You are freeing yourself from the belief that their shadows have the power to dim your light.
Apathy is a lack of feeling; True Perception is an abundance of Love. This isn’t about ignoring the world, but about looking through the world’s masks. The most radical thing you can do in a polarized society is to refuse to see an “enemy.” Privilege is believing you are separate and safe; Wisdom is knowing that no one is safe until everyone is seen as innocent.
Of course. The body may vote, sign a petition, or speak. But you will do so without the “poison of guilt.” When you act without hate, your actions become a miracle instead of an attack. You aren’t voting to “defeat evil”; you are simply moving through the dream while keeping your heart anchored in the truth that nothing real can be threatened.
Rage is the ego’s signal that you have mistaken a shadow for a monster. When rage arises, stop and ask: “What am I afraid of losing?” Usually, the belief is that your peace depends on the world’s behavior. To turn on the light, you simply recognize: “This person is acting out of a terrified sense of lack. I choose to see their confusion rather than their sin.” In that shift, the rage has no place to land.
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.