Spiritual guilt

We all feel guilty at times – not aware enough…not practising enough…not compassionate enough… We have an ‘all knowing’ voice in the back of our mind which says, “Well, I’m only human!” Funny that…?

Spiritual guilt is an inner conflict between habits and what we know. Some lazy teachers may give a generic, imprecise answer that “Not practising is laziness”, when the student is merely confused.

You see, ‘the devil is in the detail’.
The closer we look,
the more precisely we see the causes of the problem,
and the easier it is to do something about it.

If a student is having a problem with a certain practice, it is up to the teacher to explain clearly, so that the student understands. Saying that, it is still up to us to recognise the cause of our suffering, and make an effort to do something about it – in effortless way 😉

But what if we feel we are not suffering…?

Again, ‘the devil is in the detail’.

 We may have ‘good’ karma,
so life may appear sweet.
This sweet life is the result of previous ‘good’ actions.

 If we use such a sweet life
to enhance our practice for the benefit of others,
this will speed our enlightenment.

 If we use this sweet life
to ‘muck around’
then we are merely exhausting good karma,
and creating bad karma…again

There is no such thing as “sin”…it is merely forgetting. Why on earth anyone would want to lay a guilt trip of “original sin” on others is beyond comprehension.

Feeling guilty?
With understanding comes responsibility
for ourselves and others.
That guilt feeling is merely a reminder

…and you are reading this
so you can’t be all that bad !:-)

The main point now
is being understanding towards others
who feel guilty.

That’s compassion!