In my blog "Living Self-Acceptance: Continued", I left off with the question, "What would be a sound definition of the words self-acceptance and self-judgment?" How would you define self-acceptance and self-judgment in a way that isn't polarized?
Not polarizing a word means that the definition of the word doesn't involve a feeling or emotion and that you would thus, when defining the word, look at what it is as a purely physical action or thing.
What is self-acceptance as a physical action?
"To not react to what is here as me in terms of my physical appearance, actions, behavior, expression and what comes up internally as emotions, feelings or thoughts in and as the mind and to recognize that all of what is here as me is part of existence as a whole because it exists here and that therefore nothing of me can be in any way 'bad', 'less than', 'inferior', 'not good enough' or 'unworthy'. To see, realize and understand that all of me is one and equal with all of existence as what is here and to thus exist within stability and constancy within and as the awareness that I am all that exists."
Check if the definition is sound. Does it involve a feeling or emotional experience? Does it exist within a polarity?
If we're satisfied that our definition is sound, we should also look at the definition of self-judgment since it's what we defined in polarity with self-acceptance.
What would be a sound definition for self-judgment?