02-22-2012, 10:06 PM
My point is that, of course, you do continue to judge and to separate. What you are calling 'negative judgment' is just separation based on criteria that hasn't yet been made conscious. That form of judgment too, continues with enlightenment or 'being present', it's just that relatively more has been made conscious. There is a point where 'negative judgment' simply becomes more socially acceptable because it offers just enough acceptance where it is not seen as negative. Another, more conscious, individual might see the same exact judgement as lacking acceptance (and therefore 'negative').
In 3D, we judge and separate because our minds can only grasp the phenomenal, not the noumenal. Everything we imagine must be an ultimately inadequate derivative form of 'the real' - a signpost. And therefore to approximate the real to a satisfactory degree, we must continue to discern, based on some limited experience.
Andrew Cohen (Evolutionary Enlightenment) figured out that you can't do anything by virtue of merely being in the 'present', because that just means everything is balanced and no evolution is taking place. So while it is great to recognize that that state is always available, it's also important to realize that it's a void or where we've already been and not a goal.
In 3D, we judge and separate because our minds can only grasp the phenomenal, not the noumenal. Everything we imagine must be an ultimately inadequate derivative form of 'the real' - a signpost. And therefore to approximate the real to a satisfactory degree, we must continue to discern, based on some limited experience.
Andrew Cohen (Evolutionary Enlightenment) figured out that you can't do anything by virtue of merely being in the 'present', because that just means everything is balanced and no evolution is taking place. So while it is great to recognize that that state is always available, it's also important to realize that it's a void or where we've already been and not a goal.