Negative Judgments

Negative Judgments.mp3
2 Minutes 58 Seconds. Read by Elizabeth the UK Robot

by Aaron Matlen

As a symptomologist of society, I see a lot of negativity created in the judgments people make against each other. We must respect individuals, and most of our judgments don't. We constantly make instant judgments about people based solely on tiny impressions we have about a person we don't know. The truth is, we don't know anyone else perfectly, their reasons or influences why, and our attempt at judging them based on our evaluation, our impression of them, is very naive and ego-centric to say the least.

Our judgments about a person may be bad or good, but this does not need to devalue them, and we must not include just devaluations in our value system. They are not a bad person because we have a negative view towards them -- that is respecting ourselves in having an opinion -- but in that opinion we have, need we really devalue this person? It is ego-centric to say we truly know this person, and can we hardly empathize with his or her condition? We cannot, and from our humble viewpoint, should we not give the benefit of the doubt, if at least to promote the ideal of hope? And why not, in the spirit of understanding and good will, spread love towards those in a tough, negative condition, instead of perpetuate the system with more hate? I realize this is all advanced thinking, Morals 303, but it really is a simple way of being. One that doesn't include the negative, that uses conscious force and effort to curb our desires into a state of love and understanding, towards ourselves and others, in the hope that the changes we inspire in others are positive.

Going backwards to society-as-it-is-now: What kind of system is it that condemns and keeps down, spreading negativity, compared to one that inspires and encourages without feeding negativity?

Judgments can be good, but often they are used to condemn, to look down upon, to spread negativity wherever truth must be slapped across one's face. There is a line that judgment cannot cross, and that is respect of the individual.

What are these judgments based on? Ego-centric viewpoints; "I believe this, and you don't," or ignorance claims, "How could you not know that?" as if it is avoidable and makes you stupid not to know, or value judgments, "You believe differently, you are wrong, I am right," and what does all this accomplish?

We all can agree it is good to have values and to stand by them, but what values are those that devalue others? This kind of negativity has nothing to do with your personal values, but your desire to control or negate others. It is a shame that so many value systems have within them the desire and will to devalue others, instead of lead them into their goodness. Why all this talk of negation? It seems I must necessarily dig out the positive held within each value system, for itself is too preoccupied with the negatives.

haha, it seems like a negative note about the struggle of the positive. but really there is just so much good out there, it may seem like I am frustrated trying to convey it.. it's the effect of too much good intention condensing into a tiny funnel, that funnel being reality.