My Greatest Challenge – MASTERING BECOMING NON-JUDGMENTAL!

Many of us realize that as innately spiritual beings we are each living this human experience to learn lessons we’ve yet to master – the lessons necessary for our souls’ growth. My soul is the eternal part of me, that forever evolving (hopefully!) ESSENTIAL ME, my God-self, as some would call it.

I’ve recognized for some time that since everything is energy, “God” is energy - the quantum field - that has no beginning and no ending….that is the creative power of love….that is always expressing…. And TO THE DEGREE we are individually aware of our Essence – that Love that expresses in, as, and through us as we invite it to do so – our lives are blessed with an abundance of all good things: peace, joy, loving relationships, good health, and other manifestations of prosperity. Mostly, LOVE!

But if/when we’re either not awake and aware – conscious – of this truth, our lives on this earth plane play out with more human, and fewer spiritual, conditions. Anyone who has had a near-death experience (NDE) or perhaps a past life regression has confirmed what an increasing number of people know to be their truth: when this physical body dies, which it will, the soul lives on. And subsequent soul experiences may be nothing like our present-day life, or – depending on lessons learned or NOT learned this time around – it may reincarnate to face the same, or even greater challenges.

And that’s why it’s important to recognize the lessons we’re here, right now, to master – and to do just that, to the very best of our ability. The lesson I’m working on right now, as we live through this coronavirus global experience, is a REALLY tough one: to be nonjudgmental! And since we’re all here to master the same lessons (this lifetime or in another), that one may apply to you as well.

The principal target of my judgment for the past four years has been Donald John Trump (and his followers). But my work today is to focus on Trump and leave the others to fall in line as they may. I’ve asked Source for guidance on an almost daily basis since this “nut” has been very challenging for me to crack! This morning I discovered what I need to do, and how I need to do just that.

I, as do we all, have plenty of biases. Many I’ve done my best to leave behind; some, like this HUGE one, still challenge me. Maybe you can identify your biases, hidden or not. I became even more aware of my negative judgments when Raja and I taught a class at UNC-Asheville called The Hidden Biases of “Good” People.

So back to Trump. We all agree there’s no way he should be President of this country, yet the American voters put him where he is, and many continue to “worship” him and believe his every word. Hopefully, voters will have learned a lot when we (hopefully) go to polls in November.

Here’s what I have to remember, to let go of my hyper-critical judgments toward him. From what I’ve heard and read, his father was extremely abusive to the young Donald. So abusive, I believe, that at an early age to escape said abuse to survive! – Donald created his fantasy world where everything was “perfect,” “beautiful,” and “glorious.” The same terms he continues to use almost daily, as he describes the way HE STILL VIEWS the D.J. Trump-world, rather than the world so many of us believe represents reality.

All of us suffered some abuse or trauma when we were young. That trauma is what positioned us to learn the lessons we need to master in this lifetime. If the trauma was surmountable – which I believe was not Trump’s case – as we matured and allowed our experiences, relationships, and beliefs to mature over time with us, we’ve hopefully left said traumas behind. For some, the overcoming involves past lives (I realize some don’t believe in reincarnation, but I do, based on personal experience). For others, our current life may have presented the teaching challenges we need to overcome.

When I invite myself to remember what I believe was Trump’s upbringing, and how he came at an early age to create his make-believe world in which he continues to live, I can understand why he does the things he does. For instance, we all know he doesn’t listen to others, experts any “normal” president would listen to and heed. I use the term “normal” with a grain of salt. But most agree Trump is very abnormal!

Well, why would he – as a young boy – listen to any authority figure (such as his dad was) when heeding such advice brought him nothing but pain (physical perhaps, emotional certainly, mentally – I expect)? Continuing to live in and from this make-believe world where all is well – and today that he’s insists will soon return to its healthy and perfect old normal way of life – Trump presents daily in his briefings an individual who is confused, flummoxed, and unable to listen to the reasonable people around him making the case most of us long for him to take and implement.

I’ll stop here. But I wanted to share how I’m personally going to do my best to deal with Trump-world (did any of you read, as I read to Matt, Bill Peet’s WUMP WORLD?). When we talk, or text or email, please try not (and this will be hard!) to blast away at Trump the way I’ve certainly done for years now. I truly want to be as non-judgmental as I possibly can. And if I can master becoming unbiased toward Trump – which certainly does NOT mean acquiescing or agreeing with him!! – I will have accomplished something significant, which is part of my reason for being here today as Susan. And I will enjoy greater peace of mind as a personal result.

This letter may seem as weird to you as you believe Trump is, a real nut-case (or worse). And that’s okay; you’re entitled to your opinions and beliefs. Just as I’m entitled to mine. I love you all; you’re my family. So now, perhaps, you know Susan a bit better than you did yesterday.