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“When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers.” ~ Gerald Jampolsky; psychiatrist and author.

“The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.” ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti; spiritual teacher, philosopher, and author.

We should never judge others and what they’re going through, because even though our thinking might tell us that we understand, such thinking is never the experience itself; so, in order to really understand, one must listen without judgement in one’s own thoughts.

The way one experiences a challenge in life is going to be different than the experience someone else has, because it is the human mind which translates the experience.

The human mind works differently in each one of us–i.e., when something is deeply challenging to someone, that same something might be not as deeply challenging to someone else, or vice-versa.

Misunderstandings and personalities driven by pure ego are the main reasons for broken friendships and all more intimate relationships, and this obviously happens because people judge without really listening and opening their hearts to a higher intelligence.

The highest intelligence is not in the brain, is not the I.Q.–i.e., the I.Q. only recognizes similar patterns and solves problems based on books and the experiences it has gone through, so it judges purely on these terms; however, the human condition, human experience, goes deeper than what can be analyzed by books and by cold patterns and measures from thought.

Never assume that knowing the psychology of someone entitles you to know and judge that person and the way he thinks exactly. Experiences and the way the mind goes through them is very different for each of us.