Welcome to episode 2,639 of the Daily Meditation Podcast.

I'm Mary Mechley, and welcome back to another day, another meditation, all focused on our theme of the week.

These themes take you a little more deeply into a topic that may be important to your life or to your meditation ritual.

This week's theme is by request from Emma from Minnesota, and I thank Emma for sharing her very personal message in the very first episode of our series this week.

Our theme is the art of non-judgment, and non-judgment is an art in the very beginning of this week's series.

You discovered the concept of ahimza. This is the ancient Indian sanskrit word that has to do with non-judgment.

And there are two main parts of non-judgment in yoga and meditation philosophy, and they have to do with kindness and compassion.

So when you feel yourself judging someone or some situation, you can begin to notice how you could be kinder and more understanding in regards to this person or situation you're judging from their perspective rather than from your perspective.

This takes kindness and compassion. Emma's request when she reached out to me about creating this series was to share a thought process that might help her unwind these non-judgment moments.

And so I've been sharing with you a thought process you could apply right now right here today to help you release or at least gain a better perspective on how you may judge.

So your thought process for today, I'll guide you through this as you meditate, is to ask yourself a series of questions with one word.

Why ask yourself several layers of why this is a thought process I've shared in other series and it works beautifully in regard to releasing judgment of others.

So as you are seated making yourself nice and comfortable as always, spine straight to keep yourself nice and focused as you meditate.

So meditation is not passive, it is dynamic and engaged so straighten your spine and feel a surge of positive energy.

Close your eyes gently elevating them upwards, ever so slightly and feel a little surge of higher consciousness, higher awareness.

Relax your body the best you can, some days it's easier to do this than others. Honor exactly how you're feeling today.

You can work with difficult emotions and deepen positive thoughts.

As you're seated visualize the person you've been focusing on this week as part of your weekly challenge and begin to become aware of why you're judging this person.

So reflect on the main reasons why you judge this person.

Now ask yourself why again now that you know the reasons ask yourself why you have these reasons what provoked them.

Now ask yourself another layer of why why do these emotions or thoughts provoke you to judge.

Now that you have a little more clarity about that ask yourself again why.

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