What should truly interest us is that which is called BEING, Consciousness. Therein lies the fundamental truth, because the Being does not pass away: the Being is the Being...

In life, a person sometimes encounters difficult problems. It happens that sometimes they cannot find the way out or the solution to the problem, and it grows enormous, monstrous, gigantic in their mind. Then they succumb to worries, asking themselves, "What will I do? How will I proceed?" They find no escape, and the problem becomes ever more monstrous, enormous, and gigantic the more they dwell on it. Yet, the day arrives when, if we confront the problem directly and decisively, we realize that the problem dissolves into nothing; it destroys itself, being of an illusory nature.

It is commonly observed that problems stem from fear; the defect of fear keeps problems alive. There is fear of life, fear of death, fear of others' opinions, of what they might think, of gossip, of slander, of misery, of hunger, of nakedness, of prison. Everything is feared, and because of this, problems become increasingly insoluble, increasingly formidable.

If a person never identifies with any event, problem, or situation, they manage to be always alert and vigilant. And it is in that state of alertness where they discover their psychological defects. A discovered defect must be understood and then eliminated.

Becoming identified with anger dulls our Consciousness so profoundly that we could remain identified for several days without returning to the psychological work. It is essential that we fight at every moment to prevent ourselves from becoming identified.

If every time someone with a flaw appears, we observe ourselves, we notice that something is stirring within us and does not want us to observe it. That is why it reacts and tries to make us criticize what that person is doing, in order to lull our Consciousness to sleep and prevent us from discovering it.

In other reactions, we can discover that internally we possess the opposite flaw to what we perceive externally. For example: if I see someone squandering their money and I internally harbor the flaw of avarice, this flaw reacts when it sees its opposite outside. Subsequently, I feel displeasure.

As a person observes their inner self, they make discoveries and can eliminate what they comprehend. But if Identification occurs, the next step will be Criticism. As soon as we identify, we begin to judge the other person, criticizing the defect we have projected onto them. As a result of the above, Consciousness falls asleep and one loses their own Critical Judgment.

Let us reflect on this: if we do not know ourselves, how can we truly believe that we know others?

But who is judging? When we judge others, we are often revealing our own flaws. It is our own flaws that are outwardly expressing what we have within.

Therefore, the judgment we make is a mistaken judgment, and what happens with that mistaken judgment? That judgment is a calumny, which ultimately creates a bad relationship between the person judged and the one who judges. In esotericism, what truly matters is the way we are internally related to one another; if a person judges someone, they become their enemy.

Self-criticism is fundamental. It allows us to see our own defect reflected there, in front, in the other person. If we become conscious that we possess that defect, we can request its elimination, and it will be eliminated.

A person loses too much time judging others. In esoteric work, when a Master is judged, for example, the person's development is interrupted. If we do not have the capacity to understand the actions of people who are supposedly at our same level of consciousness or at a lower one, much less will we be able to judge those of Beings who have a superior level of consciousness.