“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged.” (Matthew 7:1-2)
Strip away all opinions for a moment. Strip away all memories. Strip away all expectation. What is left as the basic law underneath it all?
What is it that can never be argued with, never be denied, never be proven wrong?
That thing is love. The law of all laws is love.
Love is attraction.
When I love music, I feel the music pulling me into its heart. When I love food, it pulls me near so I can eat it. When I love a person, I am helpless.
What I love comes, or I come to it, always and inevitably.
When I judge or criticize something, that very thing becomes the focus and will quickly be part of my own experience. I become full of what I dislike. What I allow myself to be full of, pulls me in. It may look like the opposite of love, but the attraction is the same.
When I judge someone, I slowly become like the person I judge. So I judge myself.
