Guilt - Lessons 6 to 7

HOW TO OVERCOME GUILT?

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Trusting you can have
transformation,
transformation will happen
in you, removes the guilt
from you.

The past is dead. Not only it
is dead; it is a dead weight
on your being. As long as
you have guilt, you can
never proceed; you can
never have deep blissful life.
Be very clear, you can never
be moral based on guilt. If
you are based on guilt, all
your morality is skin deep

IN THE SPH’s OWN WORDS:

People ask me, ‘Swamiji,
what is this? You are pulling
down the whole social
structure. Then how can we
all live morally?’ I tell them,
‘Be very clear, it is only for
kids that you need a forced
morality. For them you
need to say, ‘Keep quiet, I
will give you candy.’ Of
course, nowadays kids reply,
‘I am happy. I don’t need
your candy. Who cares for
your candy!’ For a child you
can say that you will give
candy and restrict him. You
can impose morality on him
based on fear or greed. But
for you, it is time to grow
up. You are not kids
anymore. Just stand up with
consciousness.

Swamiji in traditional attire sitting on a throne

WHY YOU
SHOULD
OVERCOME
GUILT?

Don't try to escape from your
being. Whatever it is, whether
it is guilt, low mood or
depression, or whatever is
reality, face it. Let us see. Who
else can face if you are not
ready to face it? If you don't
want to be with your being,
nobody else will want to be
with you. So, be very clear,
only you face the reality of
your being; you will be able to
be with yourself. So, you have
to face. You have to be with
the reality. You have to seek
the truth. Whether today or
tomorrow,

The moment you express your
anger, your guilt also will be
released. Anger and guilt are two
sides of the same coin. They are
two different kinds of the same
coin. Anger is the wonderful way
to release guilt. The moment you
become angry with the person
who created guilt in you, you will
come out of guilt.

HOW IS GUILT CREATED?

By constantly remembering
your past mistakes you will
only create guilt, you will
not develop yourself.

There are so many things
goes on in your life, so
many mistakes you do in
your life; remembering
those mistakes are no way
going to make you rich, it's
only going to create more
and more guilt, that is no
way going to help you. But
by un-clutching from your
past memories, you will
assimilate the essence,
experience of the mistakes.

WE ALWAYS HAVE GUILT
ABOUT OURSELVES. WE
DON'T RESPECT OURSELVES

We have some idea about
how life should be, and we
try to recreate or reproduce
our imagination into reality.
When we are not able to,
we create a guilt. It goes on
and on. It is a vicious circle.

You don't have enough
energy because all your
emotional energy is taken
away by the past incidents
or the people who are in
your memory, either as
attachment or anger or as
guilt. Your whole energy,
inner space is occupied.

portrait of a man with eyes closed, framed by a circular mandala pattern

THE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCE OF GUILT

Guilt is like a rock. It blocks the flow; creates a whirlpool. Creates energy block. Any guilt you carry in your being is a blockage of energy. Just like a blood clot, it is an energy clot. All the voices, which are inside your mind, are the root for guilt. Any guilt will kill your intelligence. As along as you flow like a river, like a stream, you will be expressing extraordinary intelligence in your life. You will express a different kind of intelligence; a different kind of energy; a different kind of bliss. The moment you start creating guilt in you, the moment you are stopped in your free flow, you create energy clot inside your being; you create energy clot inside your mind. Especially, the older your culture, more is the guilt.

Most of the time, your energy
gets blocked based on your
guilt. You have psychological
illness because of your guilt. If
you look deep, wherever you
have fear, wherever you are
not able to move, wherever
you are not able to take
decision, there will be some
guilt.

SOCIAL CONDITIONING RESULTS IN GUILT

When your social
conditioning opposes the
flow of your nature beyond
certain limit the conflict
which starts, results in guilt
and which leads to
frustration and finally
depression

HOW DO YOU GUILT OTHERS?

Whenever you cannot make
other understand what you
are telling, you leave others
with guilt.

Only when you cannot
understand, you will not be
able to make others
understand...