Jesus said, “Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get.” Matthew 7
Beware of categories.
As soon as you label something as ‘beautiful,’
you will begin to see ‘ugly.’
Call some ‘better,’
and you will define others as ‘worth-less.’
Draw a circle around ‘us,’
and you’ll see others as ‘them.’
Build a wall to create ‘insiders,’
and you will continue to cast more and more
over your walls until none are left,
except you alone.
Beware of polarizing dualities.
‘Difficult’ fashions ‘easy.’
‘Long’ forms ‘short.’
‘Up’ tops ‘down.’
‘High’ necessitates ‘low.’
‘After’ surges ahead of ‘before.’
‘Sooner’ cuts in front of ‘later.’
‘Winning’ must outscore ‘losing.’
‘Success’ must frown upon ‘failure.’
Each needs the other,
like ‘richer’ needs ‘poorer,’
‘right’ needs ‘wrong,’
or neither can exist.
All are only fabrications.
Languages and labels never last.
Only The Unnamable is forever real.
David Jones, The Way and The Word – The Tao of Jesus
