tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469038248085080202.post7258505376840123448..comments2023-11-05T02:55:44.920-08:00Comments on The Way to No-Thing: ego and humility and judgmentThe Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450690035446068510noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469038248085080202.post-8636223103034779152008-07-21T14:23:00.000-07:002008-07-21T14:23:00.000-07:00Why is it a more pressing issue? I suffer furious ...Why is it a more pressing issue? I suffer furious joy as an awesome human. If more people experianced non-judgmental meglomania the world would be vastly more fufilling. Essentially it means: I am perfect and so are you.<BR/><BR/><BR/>That's why I enjoy your blog, you're tapped into your perfectionThe Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02450690035446068510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469038248085080202.post-44666096128974777542008-07-21T13:47:00.000-07:002008-07-21T13:47:00.000-07:00It makes sense. You struggle with the challenges,...It makes sense. You struggle with the challenges, like all of us. It is more comforting to dismiss those we find abhorrent as "evil" - it makes dealing with them more palatable. No one is saying you need to be Mother Teresa here...even she had a crisis of faith. <BR/><BR/>I think what we're dealing with more here is...the fact that you claimed initially to be an "unabashed megalomaniac"? I think that is something more worth discussing than the judgment we are going to strike on pedophiliacs or Hitler. <BR/><BR/>Right? You believe you are "godlike"? I think this is a more relative, pressing issue at hand.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00398928692909738534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469038248085080202.post-33565399470575687152008-07-21T12:39:00.000-07:002008-07-21T12:39:00.000-07:00Thank you for clarifying my thoughts. You wrote cl...Thank you for clarifying my thoughts. You wrote clealy what I hamfistedly attempted to express.<BR/><BR/>But the conflict remains: There was a case in the news some time back, a man did something awful to a young girl. Even now, months later, I am utterly disgusted by what I know this man did. <BR/><BR/>So while in general I work to understand people's choices, and in general I can express a non-judgmental outlooking...like having banned the words, good and bad, right and wrong, should and could, from my vocabulary, in this instance my brain fights to label this man as evil and be done with it. <BR/><BR/>And anouther section of my brain screams, "no, this is exactly the situation where you have to try and understand. It's easy to understand the normal and mediocre, its monsters like this that force you to declare if understanding a human is a core part of who you are or just something you tell girls when you're flirting."<BR/><BR/><BR/>Does any of that make sense or did I just muck it up again?The Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02450690035446068510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469038248085080202.post-83365301081648615162008-07-20T23:55:00.000-07:002008-07-20T23:55:00.000-07:00I'm not sure exactly what your point is here. But...I'm not sure exactly what your point is here. But I would like to know. Let's start with this: I don't believe that humility is a lack of judgment at all. We are CONSTANTLY judging - it is our nature as humans and it is also a necessity to make choices. Without judgment we would never be able to make choices. I believe that the best choices are made from a place of the most UNDERSTANDING, however. We must truly try to understand a situation or a person before we judge. And in order to truly understand, we must be humble and willing to accept that there are many, many other realities besides our own that we need to be able to understand. <BR/><BR/>So, in my opinion, humility means a broader understanding. Understanding means diminished ego and open-mindedness. Once we have achieved that level of understanding, we are in the best positions to make judgments. It's not a question of whether or not we judge, because we ALL judge and it is necessary. It's how GOOD we are at judging. But only you can ultimately be the judge of that. <BR/><BR/>:)JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00398928692909738534noreply@blogger.com