It couldn’t have been said better – love is the absence of judgement. Judgement is the function of ego and we spend our lifetimes judging people (including ourselves), ideas, issues, things, etc which creates/reinforces our ego. We then gravitate towards people who share our judgements – likes and dislikes… and it simply narrows down our own possibilities/perspective of the world.
“Judge not, that ye be not judged. … For with what judgement ye judge, ye shall be judged.” – Jesus
The basis on which we categorise things becomes our lens of viewing the world and becomes our karma – what you sow, so shall you reap. The faculty of judgement is given for the purpose of discriminating what upholds common well being and in aligning with that, our own well being is taken care of. Instead we misuse the faculty to form our own world view(which could be filled with negative emotions of hatred, anger, etc) and gravitate towards people who share it, thereby perpetuating it.
If you simply open your heart to caring about common well being and aligning your actions to it, your well being will automatically be taken care of. This involves the bold step of dropping your own narrow worldview(judgements) in preference of love (Well being of All), regardless of the fact that others may not live by this code. That is true courage and bravery.
As Saint Teresa puts it – “If you judge people, you have no time to love them”
Explorer, Philanthropist, Mentor:
Exploring and researching on practices of Self Realisation
Philanthropist: engaged in projects with social and environmental impact
Mentor: guiding people crystallise and achieve their material and spiritual goals
Background:
Former CEO of Mahindra Integrated Business Solutions- an Advisory and Business Process Management Arm of the Diversified US$ 17 Billion Mahindra Group. Ajit was responsible for transforming a Shared Services Centre of the Mahindra Group into a full-fledged Advisory and Business Process Management Company with products/services spanning Strategy & Enterprise Risk Management Advisory to Digitization and Transactional Outsourcing.
He has over 23 years of experience in the industry as an Entrepreneur. He has built businesses in Music Publishing, Media (Compact Discs/DVD’s) Manufacturing, Logistics and Financial Services and is currently nurturing his own initiative called FREE (Forests, Renewable Energy and Environment) & associated with NPO Trusts/ Organizations and mentoring select people and a few start-ups in his personal capacity.
A Chartered Accountant by Qualification with extensive continuing education in Executive Management Programs @ Harvard Business School, Michigan- Ross Business School, IIM-A
He has pursued spiritual interests since an early age exploring inner facets of self through Vipassana, Isha Yoga, Kriya Yoga, other yogic approaches / meditation techniques An Avid Marathoner, trekker/mountaineer, scuba diver, writer and motorbike traveller, is passionate about exploring the outer world as much as the inner.
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