Steve Andreas > Articles > Escaping the Black Hole of Judgement
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In order to discover the key elements of any experiential process, it is very helpful to select a counterexample experience that is different, yet that has all the positive and valuable aspects of the experience that you want to model, and then compare the two. Judgement is a very strong expression of values, so the counterexample experience must also be an expression of your values.
When you are faced with alternative choices in life, you eventually choose one over the other, based on your likes and dislikes, your valuing one more than the other. So lets try using preference as a counterexample experience to compare with judgement.
When we compare a judgement with a preference, we immediately realize that there is a great difference in intensity. Preference usually describes a situation in which not much is at stake. I prefer this food over that food, but it doesnt really matter too much if I dont get my preference. A judgement, on the other hand, is usually very important to us, and often vitally so. In English there is no word for a preference that is as strong and important as a judgement, so we have to combine words to access an appropriate experience, and I have found that strong preference, or very strong preference although awkward, serves reasonably well.
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