Saturday, December 7, 2019

Judging your judgments

How can one be able to judge his own judgment?
Will he be able to judge his own judgment prior to the result(s) manifesting?
How are the judgments being judged?
How we will be able to gauge the judgment of others judging your judgment?
Why judge in the first place?
Why not?

These are the question I'm pondering as a leader but more of which as a person. I know I am not alone in this particular circumstance of reflecting (self-introspecting) from past actions which led to a positive/negative opposite reaction(s).

This particular writing is not intended for everyone but for those who get lost every time they step into the void of emptiness caused by the confusion of finding one's purpose and meaning, which questions one's existence and journey or even life in general. These are my opinions about these topics and my answers reflect a view that I call my own. I hope that by reading my thoughts and getting a glimpse of these matters (from my perspective) will help you better understand one's action. As it did help me.

Why not?
By nature, humans judge every aspect of life. From what they see, to what they hear, to what they smell, to what they touch, and taste. This is essential for our survival and this is something we can hardly remove from our DNA. By not judging the things around you, you're making yourself handicap to possibilities and breakthroughs. By not judging the elements on the life you're living, you're making yourself blinded of vulnerabilities. By not judging, your exploration of life won't make sense.

Why judge in the first place?
Because the world is fair and just like dreaming, judging is free. The only way for you to know how you and your surrounding is doing is by judging. Questioning for the sake of knowing is already a form of judgment -- as you won't even bother questioning about a thing, a person or a particular happening if you didn't have initial findings out of your judgment on those areas.

How are you able to gauge the judgment of others judging your judgment?
By gauge, I mean measure. A personal practice I adapt for measuring other people's judgment (might it be towards my judgments or towards something else) is categorized into 3 key disciplines (1) Believability on the lines of reasoning, (2) The concept or the patterns of thoughts each reason is modeled from, (3) 3rd-party stories that are ethical and well related to the topic being discussed. If these 3 main grounds are met, to me, assessing one's judgment towards my own judgment and others is now easy.

How are the judgments being judged? 
This is sacred as we all have our own metrics. This is something I cannot talk more as it might sound so righteous when people misunderstand and misinterpret my lines. To me, I judge it based on (1) Credibility, who gave the judgment and who was it given to, (2) Corresponding punishment/reward when the judgment was given, (3) Objective Evidence, (4) Rational, and (5) Humane.

Will one be able to judge his own judgment prior to the result(s) manifesting?
There is what we call probability. However, the probability falls on something that's not true nor false. Until that future time comes, no one can say that the projected "probability"  is true or not. This question is still on my list of topics to research. I haven't found the right amount of knowledge to be able to answer this for now.

How can one be able to judge his own judgment? 
Just like the question before this, I believe this is something personal. Something that could differ from every individual. I will leave this question hanging as it's only you who will be able to answer this for yourself.


A thing I keep in mind in times of judgment is that everyone is dwelling on its own interpretation of the happening. Each one will always claim that the correct reality is the one they are presenting (in which most of the time, bias). Remember, when people fight reality, they lose. As reality should be embraced but not limited to one's reality, as each one has his own.

Judging will only go wrong when you share your judgment to others without being asked to do so (as this will now become what we call gossip). That is why, to some, they stick on the line "only God can judge me".

If you happen to have some thoughts about these questions, email me at neil@onerent.co. I'll be happy to know what's your take on each.