Sin and Guilt | What is the Price of Choosing to See Guilt Everywhere?

In this meditation, we briefly confront the pervasive sense of sin and guilt that the ego has deceptively forced upon our world. The ego, which thrives on separation and fear, has built a world where guilt is the goal and sin the road to travel on. While living in a world that revolves around lies, fear, scarcity, guilt, and attack, the promises of security, satisfaction, and happiness that the ego offers are nothing more than illusionary mirages, leading us deeper into a cycle of fear, guilt, and pain.

Just watch the news and take a look around and you will see that our world is indeed upside down; a place where the pursuit of worldly pleasures often ends in wasted time, loss and suffering, and where relationships - which should be a source of joy - frequently culminate in pain. The body, too, becomes a vehicle for this suffering, reinforcing the ego’s lie that we are separate, fragile, vulnerable beings always just a short step away from a life threatening illness that can result in our demise and the end of our existence.

The ego is a master manipulator, using time as a weapon against us. In the ego's hands, time becomes a tool for compounding guilt and sin, transforming them into a massive, inescapable burden. This ever-growing ball of guilt becomes a prison, trapping us in cycles of shame, regret, and self-recrimination. And as we carry this burden, the ego whispers insidiously that guilt and sin are the answers—that they provide the safety, security, and moral superiority we crave.

But the truth is starkly different. The ego's promises are empty, leading only to more pain. It is in the last place that we would look - forgiveness - that we find the real answer, the key to breaking free from the ego's chains. Yet, the ego advises strongly against forgiveness, knowing that in forgiveness lies the egos undoing. It seeks to keep us trapped in its web, convincing us that holding onto guilt and sin is the only way to navigate this treacherous world safely.

As we meditate on these truths, consider the heavy price we pay for choosing to see guilt everywhere we look. How much of our lives have been spent in the shadow of this false belief, and how much peace have we forfeited in the process? The ego would have us believe that guilt is the answer, but it is forgiveness that truly liberates us, dissolving the illusions that keep us bound.
This video invites you to explore the impact of sin and guilt on your life, to recognize the ego's deceptions, and to begin the process of releasing yourself from these chains. Through meditation and introspection, you can start to dismantle the ego's thought system, replacing it with one based on love, empathy, kindness, and truth.

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