Thank you for sharing your personal experiences of getting rid of built up guilt. Yes man, it will be interesting to see what this exercise will do to me. I actually already have “12 Rules for Life”, but I never finished reading it.Bman wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 2:29 pm@Crimson really really good on you for taking up this exercise and following through with it.
I did something similar in the past a few years ago, apologizing to all the people I may have ever hurt or done evil to. I did things like donating money to make up for the items I stole from a gas station once and apologizing to a kid I was a real asshole to once in high school (because I was trying to impress a girl. The things women do to you sometimes.)
It will help you see your own humanity and to own all of it. The good and the evil. In fact you will realize those labels don't hold as much weight as you think. You will see there is much grey in the world, than black and white. You will have greater empathy towards others. You will greater empathy towards yourself.
A great book to go along with process is Jordan Petersons "12 Rules for Life". He will tell you to face your own evil.
It's pretty high level and I don't recommend it right now, but after you have gone through this experience and get a more visceral and intimate knowledge of your own capacity for good or evil, maybe come back to this and have a read of Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil".
Again, really really good work man. You're doing great.
In my current state Nietzsche would probably just overwhelm me, but I’m looking forward to reading “Beyond Good and Evil” when this process is over. And thank you for the compliment.