Sunday, February 20, 2011

Day 10 Cleanse

I find myself judging people who are wealthy and successful. I have narratives in my head that they think they are better than me- that they are spoiled- that they do not value me as an individual. These are insecurities I have about my own abilities and my need for money and success to validate myself. This holds me back because it pushes me away from the people that I would need to work with to become successful.
I also judge people who are overweight- I look down on them, I tell myself that they are lazy, that they are bringing down society, that they are undesirable, and this is a judgment I have about myself and my own body image issues. This holds me back because I have some friends who are overweight and I find myself judging the people I love which gives me guilt.
I judge people who do not have a lot of money and are "working class." I also tell myself that they are lazy, inferior, uneducated, less civilized, less evolved, and less worthy. This upsets me because it makes it hard for me to interact with an open heart to these types of people who are generally very open and friendly.
I judge people of different races because racism is in my roots. I look down on black people the most and view them as inferior as intelligence, humanity, and decency. This creates inner turmoil within myself because my higher self knows that judging based on skin color is a superficial reason to not like somebody and is also very ignorant and primitive. It polarizes me from interacting fluently with the world and it creates a lot of deep, disturbing fear.

Outer goal: I will ask for divine assistance in my interactions with people who are of higher status.

Inner goal: If I can let go of my need to be right about the above judgments I will feel more confidence in myself to be able to interact with an open heart with the world.

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