Of Princes and Judges

After very recently coming out of heart surgery, I was told beforehand that I had 4 blockages in my heart....one in each quadrant. Besides being shocked, I thought for a long while about what those blockages represented......And the first one was that of judgment.

Now I have prided myself as being "NON-judgmental throughout the years so to have that be the number one blockage was of so much interest to me.

And as I contemplated that issue, it became very clear that I was literally FULL of judgement---about others, about my world, about people's thoughts, and most especially about myself. That was perhaps the hardest one to look at.....for I understood that judgment is not something I wanted to sit in.

Perhaps it is because of so many things I have listened to....like Jesus tells us in the Bible.....Judge not, lest you be judged."

And in the Way of Mastery it recites that "The only thing that can keep you out of the kingdom of heaven is judgment.

In The Little Prince, it tells us "Then you shall judge yourself," the king answered. "that is the most difficult thing of all. It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom."

So judgement has been a blockage in my life and how utterly relieved I am to know that that blockage has been OPENED. I understand that NOW I have the capability of judging myself rightly and perhaps I can leave the rest of my world alone. No promises, but I can honestly pursue that avenue now.

That is surely a worthy thought worth thinking.