Passing judgement on someone for the differences found in comparison with oneself may be rational and even a compulsion from the standpoint of instinct. It is a mechanism to understand who is “us” and who is “them”. The result would elicit a sense of separation between one from another, and in doing so it is not surprising that the factions would act as if the opposition is no longer human, or at least, not as humans with rights as equal as to them. Those in the opposite group are therefore in a real and sincere danger for it is the equality of being human that binds together a group of any form. It is the quality of inferiority that leads to the domination over the other justified. Whether it is slavery, slander, famine or death avenged onto them, for us it would become just a part of everyday life, just as it would be normal to call anybody you deem equal to you as your brother. This form of dehumanisation of the other and this new found irrelevance of the opposite would now become just another part of reality, just as it would be to welcome those who share this same belief as if they were your own family.
It is therefore a different and perhaps a revolutionary point of view for many to consider the appointed “others” as equal, in a human sense, regardless of their attribution. Our mind and our individual capacity, our hearts and the hurt incurred, puts one another in different modes and categories of mental being. It is important to understand that this elemental way of how we are built pertains to every human being. What makes a person different is rightly the case, but it is important to see that it does not take away their nature of being human, something which judgement slurs, discolours and takes away, causing a fundamental rift in how consideration plays between two individuals. Judgement dehumanises anyone being judged. It turns the other into an object, and thus justify any action otherwise deemed immoral.
If judgement is taken aside, the opposing others would become human again, and this can be done by seeing the inequality that causes the separation for what it is and as something to accept. The goal is not in finding and declaring the truth of the world on what is right and what is wrong, but to find the differences and justify their existence to their own merit. The scope is no longer in the truth of inequality, of who is the “us” and “them”, but in the acceptance and the union of each of our natures and what makes us equal and unequal.
Such differences can lead one another to understand what we may be lacking or what can be adjusted by listening to the other on what they have to say. We may well be lost in our own perception of the world and in our own routine of thought that we could potentially be losing the bigger picture, as if being in a form of denial that is hidden from our awareness. Thus these opposing points of views can nourish the other when taken with an open mind while being open to change. Whether it is between two groups or singular relationships, or even with oneself, to change one needs to be able to have a deep respect for the facts, be open to the possibility of challenging one’s own beliefs and adjusting one’s points of views with what reality has been presented to us.
In the end it is in our differences that makes each individual who they are. It is in our differences that unites us as being human. We may be different in our capacity and capability, but it does not take away our right to find and play their role in a society that calls forth to express our gifts and abilities. It is while we are united in our differences that we stand, and seeing our differences puts us a degree closer to the fundamental truth of the necessity of the diversification needed in a healthy human society.
If we divide each other by being judgemental then we would fail in acknowledging the entirety of the truth of being human. Yet if the differences of one another are seen as a means that leads to a stronger society or a healthier personal relationship, then its acceptance will bring forth a union of the diversity and the complementary of opposites.
