I think that when one condemns oneself habitually that the mind is simply moving directly down the easiest path it has.

Awareness of it is really good. My point was concerning an approach for dealing with that fact.

A lot of people talk a lot about how the mind judges, condemns, labels, etc. and how this is a bad thing and should be avoided. I think trying to get the mind to stop doing what it *does* is folly. If you breathe shallowly the idea isn't to stop breathing but to breathe more fully.

I think we are in agreement though our terminology is a bit different.