Sunday, February 27, 2011

People

Sometimes, I wonder what would happen if I said everything I thought, felt, wanted or didn't want. What would people do? How would they react to seeing someone lay their soul out to the world for picking over? I imagine it would make people very uncomfortable. Which is sad.
People suffer. That is fact. Not all people suffer equally, or of the same things, but all people suffer. Someone who might be the happiest person on earth could go home and slice their ankles to bits with a knife at night. Someone with all the money in the world, who has every material object anyone could ever hope for, might only be so well off because their parents died and left them orphaned and alone. You can never tell just by looking at a person, what kind of life they have. Which is unfortunate. Because all people share pain.
I had a startling realization. The worst thing anyone can do to anyone else is pity them. Although that is seemingly the only thing a person CAN do. But the thing is, pity forces the pitied to resent themselves. And to resent yourself for something that isn't your fault is like a star resenting itself for shining.
I really dislike the phrase "don't judge." People don't know what that means, because without judgement, people wouldn't have conscience. Good grief! How ignorant the world can be some times. The key element that defines judgment is that there are two kinds: biased judgement, and unbiased judgment. Pretty straightforward. Biased judgment comes from deep within us, some ingrained mental trigger that we don't know we have until something we see or hear pulls it, and we are revolted or magnetized to whatever we judge. Unbiased judgement is pure, simple acceptance of truth. This is the hardest for humans, because humans have free will. Which enables them to form opinions about "right" and "wrong". Truth says, there is no right or wrong. Only truth.

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