Judgement
Judgement: Archetype & Symbolism
Blame and guilt are wrong. Blaming necessarily creates a worse outcome - don’t ever go along with it. “You should” and “you must”
Blame and guilt are the same thing. The best way to heal is to stop blaming - you will then stop feeling guilty, “I am, therefore I deserve” - that is a guilt-free statement. When you are no longer feeling guilty or blaming others, then you have reached self-realisation.
We have taken on the burden of judgement, burden, blame and guilt and that is wrong.
I like songs that are all right but not special. I have preferences, but I'm not going to label my less beautiful songs as wrong, bad, or guilty. Such judgment is ridiculous. The creator doesn’t judge. As a species, we've attracted judgment and blame from an alien perspective, but it's not inherently human. If you can’t grasp this intuitively, I can’t explain it, but it's clear that blame and guilt are wrong. This intuition forms a baseline for our soul’s evolutionary journey. We must trust our evolutionary sense and intuition sometimes. We are evolving away from the need for rational argument; analysis is paralysis.
Defining something rigidly as the case for all time is wrong; it's a form of judgment. It implies that the present must replicate the past, which hampers freedom from judgment. Judgment, in the context of the Tarot card, represents releasing expectations that the past will repeat in the future. We are moving toward an understanding of present-centered consciousness. This involves realizing that being free to radiate love and consciousness, as symbolized by the Sun card, brings liberation. Judgment, in this sense, brings a greater degree of liberation, affirming there is no examination at the end, no test, no right or wrong, no good or bad.
These concepts exist only if we allow them to persist. Judgment is an illusion that suggests a prescribed way to be. The Judgment card reflects our self-judgment. When we complete something, like writing a song, interacting with someone, or taking a walk, we experience feelings about it, like “That was a nice song” or “That was a great walk.” This feeling is judgment, meaning rooted deeply in our experience and understanding.
In Sufism, there's a principle involving sound practices, or Mantras. The spoken word creates a memory of the sound in the mind. Eventually, we reach a point where we no longer need to speak the words, moving into another dimension called the “thikr” of the practice. This silent practice is subtle and powerful, leading to a deeper understanding, the “thikr as-sirr,” the secret of the practice. Here, we notice the echo of the practice resonating from the cosmos. The meaning of the practice becomes clear, reflecting back to us.
If you find yourself free of guilt, blame, and prejudice, living in joy every moment, you're experiencing the echo of all that’s gone before. This echo gives meaning to the present moment. The Judgment card represents this understanding, not as good or bad, but as a qualitative reflection of our actions. It translates to “I am,” indicating self-awareness.
We reflect upon everything that’s gone before because it no longer exists; it’s just a reflection. This process involves becoming conscious of our self-reflection and externalizing it into the feeling aspect of self, leading to the realization of “I am.” Others may pretend to care, but ultimately, nobody else truly does, and God doesn’t mind what you do as long as you do it. If you don’t seek this level of consciousness, you're not seeking God. God exists in the present moment, the echo of all that has happened and will happen.
The depth of subtlety in echoing the past, future, good, bad, wrong, right, and blame leads us to the still center, the place of safety and beauty, like the calm center of a hurricane. In times of global turmoil, like wars and famine, this inner peace is the only safe place. We must abandon others' versions of blame, guilt, and expectations, and embrace a deep level of knowing. That’s what judgment means.
