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In our modern society, acceptance of
guilt is seen as evidence a person both has remorse for their actions and have
a healthy conscience of right and wrong. Guilt is in essence "a failure of
duty, crime or sin". |
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The dangerous mix of
meanings of guilt
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While in a society context, people's
ability to accept guilt for their actions when they break the law is vitally
important, the dangerous mix of meanings (especially sin) also means that
people experience prolonged periods of guilt when they should not. |
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Guilt and the past
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Guilt is a negative emotion focusing on
viewing past events and failed personal actions/responsibility. |
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Because guilt is a powerful tool for
religious and government systems as a form of control, people are often
encouraged to feel responsible for things for which they had no obvious
control. The christian notion of "original sin" is a classic case of
misguided and false guilt. |
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Guilt and belief in some absolute |
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In many respects guilt is our perceived failure in the eyes of ones own God, Allah, One Spirit or Unique Collective Awareness. That we have deceived. That we have failed to live up to some external expectation. |
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Grief and guilt
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Feeling sorrowful for ones failed actions is a positive and compassionate state of mind. But all periods of grief should come to an end. In contrast, guilt comes with no time limit, so that it is easily raised again and again to those who might have failed once in their life. |
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Your own perspective on this emotion |
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In reading this page, you may be someone who has or is experiencing a period of profound guilt and sorrow. |
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Finding answers |
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You might be interested in finding more answers in relation to this emotion. If this is the case then the Journey of Self might be of interest. |
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If you would like a practical answer and something that may help you in relation to this issue right now, then please click on reflections to see one or more reflections you can immediately use about this issue. |
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