REDEFINING PERFECTION

In the Toltec tradition, seeing life through the “eyes of the judge” is synonymous with defining perfection as something that is free from flaws. When we view life in this way, everything and everyone we see is subject to our judgement of how things could be perfect - including ourselves.

This is how we impose conditional love on ourselves, and others, as judgments are formed to punish and domesticate, imposing a condition for the worthiness of our acceptance and love.

But a flaw only means what we think it is; its meaning and interpretation are subject to an agreement. This is why there is such a deep truth in the statement, “We are perfectly imperfect.”

Practice

With awareness, notice when you see life today through the “eyes of the judge.” You, I , and everyone else are perfect exactly the way we are at this moment.

Awareness is the first step to change.

Living a Life of Awareness

~ Don Miguel Ruiz Jr.