Guilt is an an ex-post construction
Sometimes, it rises years after the act,
Sometimes only a few seconds.
The fact that the individual later repeats what they felt guilty for is an indicator of the non-stability of the evolution of their consciousness.
In all cases, the act accomplished, the word spoken, the thought invested, reveals the level of consciousness of the person at that moment.
One is so revealing of the other that their differentiation is nothing other than the use of a language artifice with a possibly pedagogical aim.
In other words,
You say what you are,
You think what you are
You do what you are.
And what you are evolves and stabilizes according to your deepening of consciousness
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Logically, Guilt is as pointless as its cousin, Regret. Self torture, that stands in the way of facing responsibility for one’s actions.
Evolution can be more purposeful. Choices made, consequences faced. Is not life a constant re-invention of self?
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Guilt is also the first step towards asking for forgiveness.
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Not always, but we may not be interpreting the word in the same way. Said the lawyer…
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I mean ‘inner knowledge that what has been done was not well-oriented.’
While you mean ‘a self bashing inner emotion, inhibiting any clear perspective on the situation ».
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You laywers…
Thinking on this, I doubt anyone ever uses the same word to refer to the same thing.
Man Is an Island
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I use « guilt » to mean a finding of fact, with legal consequences, but with no deeper self knowledge; alternatively, the emotion you suggest. What you describe is encompassed within my « responsibility. »
All islands are in the ocean.
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