Judgement reinforces a black and white notion of emotion. If you aren’t open to exploring your feelings and asking where they’re coming from and why you’re having them, then you aren’t able to develop compassion and empathy that sparks expansion (or the ability to inhabit the bigger picture). You just get stuck in feeling threatened and feeling hateful and acting on that. That’s why judgement is ultimately destructive, because it’s a slippery slope. Judgement is non-optimal. Judgement does force ignorant action (uninformed by the ability to inhabit other perspectives), generally, which is antithetical to conscious and intentional action. Whereas discernment allows us to assess and decide how we choose to respond to a stimulus. This is a healthier expression of preference, which is a natural part of the human experience.
