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Old 09-19-2007, 07:57 PM
hitch1978 hitch1978 is offline
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Default Re: How to never feel the emotion guilt again.

OK, so what drives us to feel guilt?

What is guilt? Do we have to do something wrong to feel guilty? What is wrongdoing?

I have been made to feel guilty when I have done nothing wrong, by someone who would rather me feel bad than themselves.

Ridiculous example ahoy - Mike and John walk into a bar, Mike asks John to hang his coat up and upon getting to the rack there is only enough room for one coat. John hangs his own coat and upon seeing a second rack walks toward it. A piano falls on his head.

Case 1) Self inspired guilt. John dies, mike feels terrible forever, and guilty.

Case 2) Prosecuted guilt. The piano lands on John's foot, breaking it. John constantly says 'If you hadn't made me hang your cost up...'

In neither case Mike has done any wrong. how do you avoid feeling either type of guilt?
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