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This is part of the well known ‘Sermon on the Mountain’. These particular verses say to stop judging others or you will be judged. It is a specific application of the ‘Golden Rule’. Treat others the way you want to be treated.
The ‘Golden Rule’ is very much in alignment with the Law of Attraction. What you throw out there is what you will get back. In the case of this scripture, judgment is the criteria. We humans tend to judge everything. We judge workmanship, we judge plants, we judge countries and we judge people. Boy do we judge people! It is very hard not to judge. Try going through a whole day without judging. Bet you can’t do it! Even when you think you are not judging, you are.

I have a tendency to make excuses for people. Someone speeds past me and I think maybe they just got a call from the hospital that a loved one only has minutes to live. But even when I make excuses for someone I am still passing judgment. If I had not judged them, I would not have made an excuse for their actions.

What is so bad about judging someone? For one thing we tend to judge negatively. When we judge negatively, we invite negativity into our lives. We get the negative judgment thrown back at us.

The second thing is that we assume we know what is going on in the other person’s life. That is a big fallacy. We usually don’t have a clue. I have found that people tend to do the best they can under the circumstances they live with. Sometimes they are tired, but they do the best they can. Sometimes they are in pain, but they do the best they can. Sometimes they have mental problems, but again they do the best they can.

The third point is what we like and don’t like in someone else is what we like and don’t like in ourselves. The next time you are hot on criticizing someone, stop and take a look at your own life. If you are honest, you will see the same behavior in yourself. Often it takes asking a friend who will give a candid answer if we have that trait. Be ready for the answer, you may not like it.

I am not going to ask you to stop judging, but be prepared for what gets thrown back at you.