GUILT

Guilt is the result of the violation of your own concept of what is right. Every individual has a value system, a system of justice, it's violation causes Guilt. It is an entirely internal phenomenon. It is something we do to ourselves because we feel we have done some wrong or have failed to do what we considered right. Either way we torture ourselves with self-incrimination. Having prosecuted ourselves we feel we are guilty, we ourselves pronounce the judgement.

Guilt can be classified into two types:-

1)     That stems from personal relationships.

2)     Those related to our role in the society.

When we fail to live up to our own expectations, hopes and fears and the relationships are close, greater guilt results.

The second type of guilt is what society teaches us, its expectations and demands. We develop a built-in value system whose violation causes guilt. We get influenced by guilt-builders in the society.

Inner Conflict is the result of subconscious programming with conflicting value, which results in conduct and behavior conflicts with professed values. We shall talk about it later when we deal with Goal setting.

Nothing is more destructive to human personality, than Fear, Guilt and Inner Conflict (Muna-fe-qat).

Whilst both fear and Guilt can be eradicated to some extent by "Auto-Hypnosis" perhaps religion has found a more efficacious answer. Fear is treated with Faith and Guilt by forgiveness, "Istaghfaar".