Video: Good or Bad?

There’s obviously a part of all us that wants to put things into categories of good and bad. One of the many problems with this is the fact that our ego is doing the categorizing, and our ego has no real idea of what serves us in the long run. It has such a limited view that it has no idea about the big picture.

There’s a great Chinese story about a man whose son breaks his leg and goes through iterations of the positives and the negatives of the situation. You can watch the video below to hear the story. The story shows that good and bad is beyond our limited understanding. It reveals that holding on to expectation doesn’t help us, and only keeps us constantly judgmental and unable to accept and to flow.

When I first heard this concept, I had the misconception that losing the judgment of good and bad would just make everything neutral, boring, and gray. I was surprised to find that it was completely different, if not the opposite. I learned that when we lose distinction and just accept things as they are, we start to recognize that life is a miracle and a wonder. We see that out of nothing, a huge complexity of life was formed. Freedom, gratitude, and appreciation come with losing the definition of good and bad, allowing us to engage in life in a different way.

I highly encourage you to try to lose your judgment between good and bad, and instead just show up for the process of life. You will find yourself developing your consciousness and using your deepest source to lead you.