The Gary Zukav Deepcast

Judging Someone? This Is What You Should Do


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A new multisensory consciousness is transforming humanity, and with it comes a deeper capacity for connection - one that begins not with the world around us, but within ourselves. In this episode, Gary Zukav and Linda Francis explore the experience of compassion: what it feels like when it arises naturally, and what it means to cultivate it deliberately through the practice of Authentic Power.

Linda Francis opens by reflecting on how grateful she feels whenever compassion moves through her - and how it always leads back to love. She invites Gary to share his own experience, and he describes compassion arising most reliably in moments of judgment. When he notices himself criticizing or pulling away from someone, he makes the Responsible Choice to remember that they are a Soul in a frightened part of their personality, and in pain. In that remembering, the desire to connect overtakes the impulse to judge.

The Authentic Power Guidelines define compassion as the practice of noticing that other people are Souls, just like us, who sometimes have frightened parts of their personalities active - and that remembering this is often enough to bring us back to the frequency of Love.


What You’ll Discover in This Episode:

  • (00:43) — Linda reflects on the feeling of compassion: Linda shares her gratitude for the moments when compassion arises naturally - and how it always connects back to love.

  • (01:01) — Gary on when compassion emerges most clearly: For Gary, compassion tends to surface in moments of judgment - when he notices himself criticizing someone and remembers they are a soul in pain.

  • (01:38) — How remembering shifts the experience: When Gary recognizes that someone is in a frightened part of their personality, the impulse to judge loses its pull, and the desire to connect takes its place.

  • (02:57) — The Authentic Power definition of compassion: The guidelines offer a clear and actionable understanding: compassion is remembering that other people are souls like us, who sometimes have frightened parts active - a tool that can interrupt judgment and return us to love.

  • (03:39) — The progression of practice: Gary describes the natural arc of creating Authentic Power - from I can do this to this is who I am - where compassion becomes instinctive rather than intentional.

  • (04:24) — Linda on the role of intention: Linda observes that Gary's consistency with compassion flows from his clear intention to create Authentic Power  - and Gary affirms that he renews that intention every morning, every evening, and many times in between.

    Embrace the Soul Step Challenge

    This week, when judgment arises toward someone in your life, pause before acting on it. Ask yourself: Is this person in a frightened part of their personality? Are they in pain? Let that question soften the distance. Each time you choose to remember that the person in front of you is a soul, just like you, you take one more step toward Authentic Power.


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