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Kathy Ann-Dead Girl Talking
Breaking Boundaries:
The Power of Overcoming Judgement
This is Kathy Ann, Dead Girl Talking. Judgment is back in the forefront of my mind. It’s there because last night I dreamt about a woman, who was chosen for a basketball team. It was just a small team, looked like it was in a high school. So it was just more of a fun game, probably a bit competitive. And when she was picked, she did not look to have the ability to play basketball. Much less be on the team. And there were people in the audience who did not want her on that team. There was someone in particular who thought that he was better. And that she should be discarded for him. He should take her spot. And in the dream, I said, so you want her off the team. First, you want to see what she can do. And we gave her the ball, and she did a basket. A slam dunk. Touched the rim of the hoop like a pro, and astonished everyone in the room.
You can’t judge a book by its cover. You cannot look at something and think you know it, if you do not really know it. So many times we think we have it figured out. We look at someone, we look at something, and we think, we know without any doubt. And we judge the situation, without investigating further. And we can judge quite harshly sometimes, can’t we? We can really lay it on somebody.
We have talked about assessment in the past, and this is where we are going with this again. You must assess a situation. You must assess a person, to understand that things are not always as they appear, will help you move into this direction. And to understand that sometimes these people, who we have misjudged are actually here to help us to learn discernment. Assessment. They are here to help us to understand, that you cannot judge a book by its cover. You must read what is inside. You must take a peek and see. And you must try to understand the entirety of that book, and the story within it.
Judgment is harsh. Generally, when we are judging, we are thinking we are right. And we are standing pretty strongly in that spot. To judge someone is to put yourself above someone, and look at them with the eyes of thinking you know better. Thinking you know more. When we can begin to move past judgment, when we can begin to look at a situation, in its entirety as much as possible. Or to look at a person with love and compassion. And try to understand who they are. What they have lived.
When we try to do these things, we are offering peace to the situation. We are offering peace to the person. We are offering peace to the world. And isn’t that what we all want? Is that not what most people are crying for? Asking for? Praying for?God please bring peace to this earth. Come down with your mighty power and strike those who are wrong, so that we may have peace. There is quite a bit of judgment in this one sentence as well. We want him to come here to get rid of the evil, as we perceive it to be.
But the answer would be I already am here. I am already offering peace, through you. And this peace will come through you when you learn, a bit more ease in your thoughts on others. A bit more understanding in your thoughts on others. Peace lives in you, and it waits for you to wake it up. When someone does not feel judged, they do not feel defensive. When they do not feel defensive, they can too offer love to another. Sometimes when people are in a defensive mode, they do things. Self-protection, we should call it. And these are the things that you do not approve of.
If love were offered instead of judgment, think of the turn this person may make, feeling the ease, the peace of what you offer. For it will bring ease and peace to them. The woman who made the basket, did not look anything like the other players on the team. Did not look anything like the other people in the gym. Yet she had within her that power, that grace. And she showed this in her entirety when she made the basket, and ever so lightly put her fingers on the rim, before she landed gingerly upon her feet, and astounded the crowd.
Judgment can cause blind eyes and deaf ears. We are not here to judge. We are here to open to the love living within us. The light that shows when we offer peace, and when we offer love. This is when your prayer is answered for peace on earth. When you begin the movement of peace and love through your own being. Through acts of kindness, patience, and understanding. This is where love grows.