In regards to eating meat

[Monica]

The mind can justify anything, everything, to feel guilty.

The mind can also justify anything, everything, to avoid feeling guilty!

Guilt is a useful emotion. It indicates that we are not forgiving ourselves. (Like Ankh was saying, a tool to indicate where acceptance is warranted)

True, but first we must accept the guilt itself, and pay attention to what the guilt is trying to show us. Then we can accept and forgive whatever we're feeling guilty about.

If that first step is skipped, nothing is learned from the mistake, and the catalyst was wasted.

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Many of my friends who were able to break free from the grasps of fundamental Christianity say that the worse thing about it was the guilt it instilled in their life.

I do not believe this kind of guilt is healthy. I think that the topic of guilt is huge and probably deserves its own thread.

Agreed. Would anyone like to start a thread about guilt?