Ooh controversy! :)
Balance, to me, is accurately defined as 'no part or aspect is overpowering any other part or aspect'.
Judgements are thoughtforms that rigidly define that 'x is y' - or 'dogs are scary'. The problem with judgements is that the are outside of time and are essentially guesses which often take on the appearance of fact. There's nothing wrong with simply accepting that we don't know and then remaining open to learning more.
The vague denials you are pointing to are very common in society on Earth, yes - not just among 'spiritual people' but among 'scientists' and many types of people - it's just that the form the denial has taken often has us denying it's presence.
Enlightenment is 'understanding', so inherently it comes with truth - the two go 'hand in hand'. But clearly too we can hold misunderstanding and judge that it is actually correct understanding.
Having deliberately aimed to not judge at all, I have found this approach to not only be helpful but actually to be necessary when problem solving, including when writing computer code. Why do I need to waste my energy in guessing? I don't usually.
This is the delusion of balance being able to answer everything as some convenient solution to not bother having to really think deeper and understand if something is right or not. Just say it's all about balance, you gotta balance everything, etc.
Ironically, the delusional version of balance you are pointing to is actually based on judgements, such as the judgement that "deep thinking isn't necessary if we just have balance".
Denial is at the core of all dysfunction and we probably all have some of that going on - the key is to intend to identify our denials and heal/balance/evolve to clear them and align more completely with actual truth.
Judgment is synonymous with evaluation, diagnosis, discernment. You judge every single day of your life. Everyone does. This is another thing that gets misrepresented ;)
Actually, it is possible to carefully pick through and understand all thoughtforms being held, removing/clearing/releasing all judgements. I have consciously and knowingly released 1000s over the last 15 years since I started. Releasing judgements frees up energy and creates space for change. The example of scary dogs is a clear one. The judgement is that 'Dogs are scary' when in fact the truth is that 'i once felt fear when a dog jumped at me' - you can see how the two thought structures could be judged to mean the same thing, but in fact they do not. the judgement 'dogs are scary' takes an experience and packages it into a blanket statement which applies to every other dog and possible interaction with dogs - which is a misrepresentation of the truth since many interactions with dogs do not involve fear. If i hold the idea that 'dogs are scary' then I may create false feelings of fear when around dogs that makes me edgy and nervous in their presence. By releasing the judgement through identifying the denial that the judgement introduces, I can then experience reality as it is, rather than as I project it to be erroneously.
Judging that 'everyone judges every day' is a sure way to miss the details here - neither of us has met all of the billions of people or knows what they think and do every day. ;)
From a good book on this subject:
Putting something in a dictionary does not make it the most accurate understanding regarding the concept being defined.
Indeed, so it's not really the concept of balance which is at fault. Balance in one sense is universal fact, that is equilibrium. All systems "balance" towards it.