Thinking that being nonjudgmental means having no judgments. Truly holding space doesn’t mean being free of judgments, since having judgments—positive or negative—comes with having a mind. Instead, it means not letting judgments get in the way. Sometimes when our presence deepens, our mind will get very quiet and be free of thoughts for a while; other times, thoughts—including judgments about what’s in our shadow—will flood our mind. But there’s no problem if we hold space for these mind-forms without taking them too seriously.
