[Article] Why Guilt Doesn’t Transform?

Guilt says, “I am better than how and what I did.” Right? There need not be any imagination in this. Far better than guilt is the realization of one’s actual state.

And once you realize where your choices and decisions have brought you, there is a certain sublimation.

That honest realization does not shout too loudly, but it has great power. For that power to arise, you first have to acknowledge where you really are.