Working With Guilt

In this talk and guided practice, we explore how to work with the experience of guilt. Ultimately, guilt is a static energy that is self-limiting and impedes growth. While there are many forms of guilt, it is helpful to distinguish between personal guilt (for having caused harm to others), and existential guilt, where we feel that some aspect of ourselves is fundamentally flawed. It is also helpful to understand the difference between guilt and remorse. This is a 20min talk and 20min meditation.

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After many days I experienced such stability and prolonged peace and unbroken unexplainable experience and because of the understanding given to you by which through other practices and this one in particular we can seriously be that silence. In words that love that peace that harmony.
Thomas thank you. 🙏

this talk and meditation hit me right where i live. i especially loved the meditation. Do you have a self love talk. i believe the root of my guilt, my fears, my resentments…are all from a lack of self love. with the passing of my husband i feel my one desire now is to develop self love. i feel it’s very important especially now (first time being alone and single in over 35 years) to nurture self love so i don’t seek something or someone outside of me to fix me. to make me feel good at this stage of my life. i want this time to be an opportunity to give those things to myself that i am seeking 🙏

Helpful and well thought out and explained, thank you for sharing🕊

Light begets light… such an encouraging thought! Thank you Thomas for helping us see a way to move beyond guilt. Even tiny moments of harmony felt in meditation are beautiful and reveal another path beyond the habits of the mind ✨🌟✨

🙏🏻🌬️❤️‍🔥 Returning to the truth you share.

Pivot : In repentance and rest is my salvation.
In queitness and trust is my strength.

Returning to the light of our true nature in repentance does save me from the condemnation of harsh judgement. The fear in judgement restricts me and constricts me resulting in guardedness . Even to the point of indulgent self hatred and Shame. Strange how powerful and relentless Shame can be. This clinging of my ego becomes habitual. Shame then is experienced as an identity.

Mercy triumphs over judgement in the softening of my heart to forgive myself and others . This allows room to grow, bringing light and warmth as food, sharing softening water to gently quench, penetrate or flow around. Mercy ignites the fire of love in a passion that burns off the chaff of past regrets allowing it to become useful as a fertilizer. Nitrogen can then be created from what is not useful unless transformed. The deadwood of misdeeds.

True guilt accepted in responsibility changes me. It is needed for me to grow and change. It hurts but is helpful to see clearly.

In my estimation there is nothing stronger in our shared humanity than the pure motives found in humility. The reality of power in self control. I'm not fully there yet. However a quiet trust in the process softens what is overly rigid in my self accusation and projected blame.

Love and grace are made perfect when accepted by me as forgivness regardless of merit and not as a reward of a worthiness contest.
Isolated truth is not the whole truth.
Compassion is patient, powerful, persistent and fully present. I do trust that compassion is the core of our truest nature. Love does not keep records of wrongs for the purpose of condemnation. Love will find a way for my soul to come home to where peace lives, may I become wise in my willingness to participate and learn from guilt.

Thank you for the space and dedication offered here in your teaching and practice. Hope is shared as an extension of them Thomas.

May needless suffering be reduced in coming together in practice. 🙏🏻🐢🌬️🍃🌬️❤️‍🔥✨