Perceive others without categorizing or judging...

From my own experience I know that it is hard to not make a judgment or categorize, it is almost an automatic process for the brain. After reading in our text about  improvements we can make to become more mindful, I started seeing why I categorize and judge so quickly. There are steps we must take, and prepare ourselves as a listener, so that we would be able to take in the information without judging unfairly. We need to understand all the necessary steps we must take, and we have to take into consideration that we tend to have scrips, and we can make an assumption before we even hear what the person has to say. And as our textbook states "We tend to believe what we want to believe" (pg.52) is right on the point. When we listen, we must set our brain to hear the speaker, instead of thinking our own thoughts, because initially that is when the judging occurs. So getting back to the original question, I would say that it is possible not to judge if our mind is set up correctly, and if we are educated on the subject of listening, otherwise it is almost impossible.