The only issue I have with this otherwise excellent article and inspiring and insightful message that underpins it is that you use the term judgement while it seems you mean prejudices/bias when you say "judgement laden and almost psychotic" as judgement just as discernment isn't inherently wrong or bad and even bias or prejudice can be valuable, though for the most part they are used to refer to unpleasant and negative sentiments. I think to deny expression of prejudice or bias even if wrong won't be beneficial to healing the trauma as those things ought to be considered and confronted but won't happen if denied any more than denying people the same respect of expressing their feelings and frustrations.
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Thanks for reading!
The topic of judgement is a huge one and I am very tired here now, so can't reply in full. As far as I am concerned judgements always involve a denial of some kind. This needs to be felt to be understood. Judgements have us thinking that x is y, in a rigid and limiting way that does not allow for change and deeper insights.
'Dogs are scary' is a judgement - when the truth was really that 'I was once bitten by a dog and feel fear that has not yet been accepted and processed'.
For me, judgement is not discernment. Discernment leaves space open for change - whereas judgements are outside of time and continue to have a lasting effect in self long after they are formed. Discernment notices the differences in things, whereas judgement has a blanket quality that denies details in favor of quick (and typically false) conclusions.