@Grace...simply, don't try to stop. Instead watch yourself in the moment when it arises, without adding any extra story to it, and your awareness will begin to expand. Each time you do this the judgement will let go of you without you having to let go of it, until eventually it will cease to arise.

As your awareness expands your natural compassion will grow and eventually you will reach a point where judgement does not exist because you'll understand fully that every person you meet really is doing their best from their own present state of awareness.Then you'll only ever feel genuine compassion and a desire to offer something positive if the situation and person is open to receiving it.

And I would also reiterate Satori's words of advice by applying this when you catch yourself judging yourself...go easy on yourself and extend that same compassion to yourself as you would to others :)

Was going to answer earlier but it kept coming out terrible:)

Think of it this way, when you are judging you are merely choosing to see something a certain way. Remember, there's many different ways to see a particular person/object/situation. So choose to see something different, something positive.

Judgement's only bad if you are focusing on the bad. It's not the fact that we judge that causes unhappiness, it's when we search for faults and magnify them that causes unhappiness.

I will meditate or tap (EFT) if I find myself being overly negative, they seem the most effective for me.

You've established that you want more positivity.... throw in some positive thoughts, water and let 'em grow :o) I learned a fun exercise from Jack Canfield at one point- 'counter' your negative thoughts. His example "If you say 'I'm fat' counter it and say 'I'm skinny'"

Have a wonderful day <3 :)

Ok lets get this started on the right foot

I am very far from perfect, obviously, and I feel like it is unneccesary and self-defeating at the very least.

YOU are perfect

You are just as perfect as that which you judge.We are conditioned to judge .We are taught to almost from birth. We watch our parents and those close to us pass judgement. It's almost at the same time we learn to walk.and as we learn to walk we develop our own style of walking that is very individual to us (so individual that you can be identified just by the way you walk).
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And now you want to change how you walk

I know that judging - judging anything, as good/bad right/wrong be a major cause of unhappiness, but how do you simply stop? as Satori and Michaela have said and noted you are aware of this and that is the first step.

Great you have new shoes.

I know when I first became aware of my passing jugdement and how it really clouds ones true self .It is one of those ah-ha moment in life. Then you notice how much we judge everything. It was a guy in funny pants, probably a tourist, probably German walking through the town square that I placed all those judgement upon him in an instant ,millisecond,So conditioned are we.Then the next millisecond was ..Wait who are you?.. I was him, he was me ,we are one.How silly to place these labels. Rob and I have talked on skype and as in his answers here he always ended the conversation with Love and Light and in the next instant of this German tourist ah-ha moment the true meaning of that sank in The whole quantum love and light are vibrations and when you break us down to that subatomic level we are nothing more than vibrations and are true vibrations are Love And Light.
Let concept Love and Light be the insert in those new shoes. and you will see that that as this realization be comes more and more a condition your judgement will be less severe and more loving and harmonious

As for those around that remain in an ego-judgement vibration you will notice that your judgement of them changes and that the way they react around you will change too. Look for the non-judgmental around you a flower, a plant, a cloud,a wild animal and child. Know that, that is you too..

Now go out and have a nice walk
peace

EFT has been extremely helpful in several areas of my life, including judgment. Try not to be so hard on yourself. The more accepting we are of ourselves, the less we tend to judge others.

You cannot stop judging. Ever.

The only difference is whether your judgement will be positive, negative or neutral. But you will always take a stance. Even as an observer you judge things as 'none of your business'. Basically it's impossible to escape the judgement.

It all comes down to what you want your life be like. Then judge in accordance to that.

If you love someone, you judge them positively. If you hate someone, you judge them negatively. If you don't care at all, you judge them neutrally.

The first step is to be aware that you are doing it. Then find the belief that you must have to think that way. Then mold that belief into one that eliminates the judgement. Then send love to the people or situation, actively helping when appropriate. I am not sure what situations you find difficult in this area. Two Hands Touching helps me with any uncomfortable feelings. People judge different things for different reasons. If you have a specific instance you want help with, do share it. Otherwise, I will give example/s.

For example if you see a mother yelling at her kids at the store and judge her for being harsh on the kids, stop and realize that the kids are being difficult and her job is not easy. Then send her and her child/ren love and appreciation and blessings. You can even offer to pray with her or ask if there is anything you can do to help her if you feel inspired to do so.

Edit per your comment, "I think I am working more on a general irriatation and frustration level." For general irritation and frustration, use Two Hands Touching to feel better Now. Also, you can use it with affirmations to change your beliefs that are causing the disharmony in your mind, body and reality.

My message: Move into your heart and know the truth. Know that whatever you are judging is an expression of God's love. Simply see God's love and there will be no judgement that needs to be made. Peace

Figure8shape has got it spot on. It does not seem to be obvious to most people but when we are judging others, it is because we are judgmental of ourselves. Things that we do not like in others are things we do not like or would not like in ourselves.

So, when we stop judging ourselves and start to give ourselves the freedom and permission to do and be anything we like, then we will also be less judgmental of others.

Also, judgement does not serve anybody including oneself as it is very subjective. What you might dislike in somebody or yourself might be what somebody else actually likes.

It is also key to note that when we are judging someone, WE are the ones experiencing negative emotions which with time will manifest in a negative manifestation in the physical reality such as a disease for example.

The key is to just relax and stop judging ourselves as there is no right thing or wrong thing. Anything we decide to be or do is fine.

This seems confused as to judge something as good or bad is wrong somehow. When we read in Genesis how God created the universe he said everything was good. That was a judgment of course by the creator his self.

This judgment keeps us safe, when we feel an uneasy feeling about going someplace or entering someplace that is a discernment placed on you through the Holy Spirit. This discernment you could say is a judgment of the Holy Spirit, now if listened to it will keep you safe. If ignored you may find a situation you do not like or something that even harms you!

You are driving in the night, roads are flooded everywhere and you approach a bridge with water flowing over it. Now you could say I am not going to judge this I am going to just drive over it anyway. Or you could make a judgment call and say, "Whoa there this here bridge doesn't look too healthy!" As you back away you find the bridge breaking in half being washed away.

The problem with judgment is not in the judgments but in the decisions about those judgments, for example you could see some people ruining their lives and and souls. You could make that judgment call but here is where it can turn sour you decide to sentence not only judge. That is God's part not your part, if you judge then sentence and say "You are all going to hell accept Jesus and turn from your sins now!" You may actually succeed in doing the devils work and turning them even farther away from God. You never condemn anyone, that is God's part and we never step in that part. We pray for those people and lead them by example and show them how great our God is. There is an old saying that says you can catch more flies using honey than you ever could with vinegar. In other words telling people they are bad and should turn from their evil ways is not going to make them feel like turning to God. But telling them what a wonderful loving God we have and how God blesses you when you accept Jesus and allow God to live in your heart that is planting a good or God seed. It gives a choice rather than pushes a person in a corner with no choice but what you are trying to make that person be.

God gives us free will and we should be as kind to others to give that free will but showing the alternate choice to where they are is pretty nice.

We can judge but when we judge use that judgment for love and compassionate guidance. Never use that judgment for jealousy, envy, hate, condemnation or self righteousness. Jesus spoke of two men, one was a religious scholar, the other was not so well educated. The scholar prayed to God and said, "Lord God thank you for not making me like that street bum and thank you for not making me like that thief, the list went on and on and then he asked for something in his prayer. The second man approached God and said God, please forgive me a sinner, bless those less fortunate than me and if you could I would like you to do this for me. Jesus said the second man was heard and his prays granted. The first man was proud and arrogant and judged everyone else as unworthy. He made himself unworthy by feeling superior so he already had his rewards, the feeling of superiority so his prayers were unanswered.

It is what is done with the judgment that matters even anger when channeled properly can be beneficial. Example, "Look at all the starving homeless people! Why doesn't someone do something for them? Very well if no one will then let it start with me!" That is a judgment of course but it leads to God's work on earth. You could have said this statement. "Look at all the starving homeless people! Why doesn't our government do something about them! They need to get these people off our streets! Yuck filthy homeless people!" That is as well a judgment but as you can see it has also a condemnation after the judgment. There is no compassion in that it is a selfish judgment of wanting these people out of the way, out of site out of mind. If these people feel this way they may even condone evil acts as the government killing them off with the self righteous justification of, "Well at least they are cleaning up our streets." I think this kind of condemnation is what leads to terrible atrocities, because all the people can think of is, "Does it make my life better? I don't like those people so it must." "It is for the greater good." This is all evil, recognize that, never fall into that trap. Always Love and judge for love and guidance and prayer.

Agree with some of the comments to be aware and mindful of such thoughts. It is difficult to stop unless you are completely detached?

Maybe you are concern if you will act on your judgement?