This is a simple exercise that takes no time out of a persons life since this is created mentally. This exercise was given to me about 25 years ago, so I've had quite a bit of time to observe it's progress.
The teachers name was Leo Quintanar. While in his class he gave us this homework: For one week we were to judge no one for anything at all. We were to do this for only one week, and one week only. How? When the thought that may be a judgement enters the mind, one simply throws it out, remembering that he's not to judge for one week.
We don't let the intellect throw us off by wondering what IS judgement, anyway! Why, we need judgement just to live, perhaps it's discernment, or observation? No, anything that might be even a small critical judgement, THROW IT OUT! Just don't allow it into your mind, -for one week.
I didn't really want to do this. I'm not a judgmental person, but I am one who does her home work. During that week I was shocked over how many thoughts I threw out. A humbling experience. At the end of that week I don't remember Leo saying much about the outcome of this exercise, it's probably best left that way, but this is just an offer on the net, not homework one needs to do for a class. So, I'll try to relate a little of what you will receive by accepting this discipline of short duration.
At first I noticed a few slight differences in myself. I was a bit more easy going, more accepting. Nothing much, really, going on with life; I pretty much forgot about the whole thing. Then, a full two years later, I realized that love had filled my heart for this woman I was talking to. A woman I had known, off and on, for several years, and did not like very much. Love, full and free. I had begun to reap some of the seeds I had programmed into my subconscious mind, ever growing beneath the surface. Unknown to me a process of non-judgment had begun to mature, and would continue to do so for the rest of my life. Judgement dissolving away leaving emptiness being flooded with unconditional love. Liberation, only a week away. It must be a full week, not two days here, and three days there. So, if you goof up, start over from the beginning. The class I took from Leo had 20 to 30 people in it, all of whom, if still with us are 25 years older and wiser today. I hope he shared the exercise in many more classes. I hope you share it with your friends.
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