009: THE FACES OF JUDGEMENT

“Judgment is the weapon the mind wields to keep itself from peace.” – Jeshua

For much of my life, I carried a quiet judgment that looked like safety. I avoided “those” men—the athletes, the coaches, the ones who once made me feel small. My mind called it discernment, but beneath it lived fear.

Years later, during a men’s retreat, that story met me again. On the surface, it was about strength training—push-ups, bear crawls, shared exhaustion in the sun. Beneath it, it was an initiation into love.

At first, my body remembered everything: the teenage shame, the effort to disappear, the vow never to belong to that kind of tribe. Judgment returned disguised as self-protection.

But as the weekend unfolded, something shifted. Between laughter and sweat, the illusion of separateness began to dissolve. The men I had feared became mirrors—each one revealing a part of myself I had once rejected.

Later, as we sat in circle sharing stories of fathers, faith, and failure, I saw it clearly: judgment is not discernment; it is defense. It’s the mind’s attempt to divide what Love has already joined. The moment I let my guard down, connection rushed in.

This same movement happens in Sacred Business.
I’ve watched clients judge themselves for not being “further along,” judge others for “doing it wrong,” or judge the path for being “too slow.” I’ve done it too.

Judgment sneaks in the moment we start comparing our creative unfolding with someone else’s. It says: You should already know how. You should look more like them. You should feel more ready.

But a business born in fear of judgment can never carry the vibration of freedom.
The work is to keep opening—to others, to life, to the divine orchestration already guiding the process.

What I learned on that beach is the same truth that transforms every creator:
When you soften your grip on how it should look, Love rushes in to show you what’s real.
What once felt like competition becomes reflection.
What once felt like theft becomes confirmation that the same current of inspiration is flowing through us all.

When judgment falls away, there are no others—only One Presence expressing itself through many forms.

Reflect

• Where do you find yourself judging your pace, your peers, or your own process?
• How might that judgment be disguising fear of exposure or failure?
• What would it look like to release comparison and let Love direct the work through you?

This reflection is part of the ongoing Way of Mastery for Sacred Business series — a 365-day journey weaving Jeshua’s teachings into the lived challenges of entrepreneurship. Each daily entry is a thread in the larger tapestry. To see the full series overview and how today’s writing fits into the whole, visit the Series Introduction Page.

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