by John Hewitt

Created on: June 26, 2009

On the journey of self discovery and personal transformation there is nothing more destructive than guilt. Guilt is the lead weight that pulls you down. Guilt is the gravitational field that prevents you from blasting into space and guilt is the final throws of a tired and desperate ego to keep you in misery and fear.

The past is gone and the future is merely that which you extend from this moment here and now. To carry the baggage of guilt with you recreates your past as a future projection and so the loop starts again. It seems like your life is always in a circular repetition of regret and "what if".

Now then is the time to stop, place down your baggage and walk on without looking back. The past really is gone and so now we can let our guilt go and journey forward with relief and excited anticipation.

Now this may seem all too easy and the guilt you are carrying is just too much to simply drop. In that case making amends is a powerful and very productive technique. If you really do feel that you have wronged someone or something in some way then the process of making amends will release you from that burden of guilt.

The steps are very simple and can be achieved face to face or over the telephone, through social networking or by good old fashioned pen and paper. The point to remember is that we are not necessarily looking for a response. All we are doing is giving rather than offering our amends and leaving them at the door of the person involved to be picked up or not.

You might very well be amazed at the response you do get. Of course you may only get anger or rage yet the purpose is for you to release YOUR baggage and not the other persons. You have given of yourself and now they must be responsible for their own release. This may seem selfish, ultimately it is, yet as you become free so does a part of the other person. I guarantee it!

Miracles do happen yet there is no room for them when we are holding onto anger. There is no room either if we hold onto guilt. For some reason we feel that the guilt is almost noble in its power to keep us constantly sorry and ashamed. There is no honour in guilt. You are sorry, say so and move on.

Now if for some reason you have guilt about a particular event that makes direct amends difficult then you have other options. It may be because of a business deal you made or something you did as a child to an animal or anything similar where no one particular person is involved. Ideas for releasing your guilt may be volunteering, making a charitable donation or adopting a puppy! The possibilities are endless.

Now the donation of money can be utilised as I have stated, yet to truly release there is nothing better than "getting your hands dirty" as they say and physically helping out such as at an animal shelter or a homeless shelter, whatever the issue that is effecting you.

You can also give of yourself professionally if able. Offer free consulting, free blueprints, free building materials, free transportation and so on. Again the possibilities are endless.

So you can see that there is no excuse for holding onto guilt. There is a whole universe of opportunity available for you to give of yourself and release both yourself and the other party. The universe really does want you to be happy.

Why else would you be here?

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