Why do we judge others? What are its benefits and losses?

Judging anyone, anything, or any situation involves an internal process that our mind goes through, and only increases our suffering.
We need to understand this well.
Every judgment is based on external information gathered by our senses, and it creates an individual opinion.
All opinions center around “I” – that’s why we say – “MY opinion.”
We judge the whole world, but never question our own ignorance – the “I”.
“I” is not real; it’s only a belief.
Instead of questioning “I”, we keep running into the Sansar, based on whatever information we borrow from it, and give it back to the Sansar, as if it is our knowledge.
This only strengthens our spiritual ignorance further (I know, I am smart).
We never really go IN.
Finding an answer to ” Who am I?” can lead to enlightenment.
Before we created an opinion, we had a mental peace, like a serene lake, the lake of primordial, undivided consciousness within us.
With our judgments and opinions, we divide our own psyche (chitta), giving rise to duality within us.
Even though the consciousness cannot be divided, we divide it in our own minds, thoughts, and beliefs.
Opinions differ, leading to discussions, arguments, and tremendous waste of time that could have been used to realize the non-dual lake of consciousness within us.
Playing in Sansar (mentally) and expecting to experience the Samadhi state are mutually exclusive; they contradict each other.
Mediate centering around only one idea – WHO AM I?
Make it a center point of your sadhana.
“I” starts around the age of three and ends with death.
How real can it be?
What was before? And what would be after?
That’s why none of us have memories before we were three-year-olds.
“I” is merely a thought, a deep belief, which, once transcended, can lead to the state of Advait.
This is not easy because this belief is deeply rooted.
But it is a belief, not the truth.
A life lived without knowing the truth is like playing in a kiddie pool till death, and never experiencing the depth of the ocean, called life.

The ego is very subtle and tough to get rid of.

But through the inner journey, one starts to realize the traps of the Ego.

One trap we already discussed: judging others and having opinions about them.

The Ego judges others, judges weather, judges wars, etc., only to solidify its own presence.

Without an opinion, it fears it will cease to exist.

And it’s true, without opinions, without judgments of others, Ego will start fading, but that’s exactly the goal of spirituality, get rid of the Ego, and have a glimpse of Ego-less life.