By Gonny 
We think we know what’s going on. We look at the news, at the neighbor, at that politician who always seems a little too confident or a little too confused and we judge. “That’s wrong.” “That’s dangerous.” “That’s just ridiculous.” And in that moment, we shrink our view down to a pinhole, believing we see the whole sky.
But A Course in Miracles reminds us gently, and sometimes not so gentl,
that we don’t see the bigger picture. In fact, we can’t see it, not with the eyes of the ego. The ego doesn’t do overview. It specializes in zooming in on mistakes, on bodies, on past regrets and future worries. It’s like staring at one puzzle piece and assuming you understand the whole landscape.
So what is the bigger picture?
It’s the view the Holy Spirit holds: timeless, peaceful, wise beyond human comprehension. A view in which every person is still innocent, where every event can serve healing, and where nothing real can be threatened. Even the things that seem chaotic or unfair are not signs of failure, but calls for love, or rearrangements in the dream toward awakening.
That includes the people we’re most tempted to judge.
Yes, even your prime minister, president, or the neighbor with conspiracy flags and angry tweets. What if their role, too, is part of a larger unwinding of fear in the collective mind? What if their very presence gives you a sacred opportunity, to choose peace instead of judgment, and to hand your perception over to something greater than your personal opinions?
When you let go of trying to be the judge of the world, you finally step into your true function: the bringer of light. That doesn’t mean you become passive or naive. It means you act from clarity, not reactivity. From love, not fear. You say “no” when needed, but without hatred. You speak truth, but with the humility that you don’t know the whole story.
Judgment feels like control. But it’s really a burden.
The bigger picture lifts that burden. It shows you that you were never asked to fix the world, only to forgive it. Only to see through it. And then, strangely enough, what seemed heavy becomes light. The people you judged become your teachers. The chaos becomes compost for peace.
So next time you feel that tightening in your chest, that familiar “ugh” when you hear a name or see a headline….pause. Smile (even a little). And say:
“I don’t know what anything is for. But I trust there is a bigger picture. And I am willing to see it through the eyes of love.”
That’s the kind of judgment the Holy Spirit can work with. And it’s the only one that leads to peace.
With love and light,
G.