The Negative Mental State of Criticism

Every time you choose to indulge in a negative behavior like criticism, condemnation, you place yourself in a negative mental state. So the next time you open your mouth to point the finger at somebody, understand that, right? As you're about to say that, you're also choosing to put yourself in a bad mood. And you are also choosing, and I'm using the word choosing loosely because clearly we're not conscious of what we're doing. We've been programmed to be excessively critical.