There are many incorrect assumptions and perceptions in society regarding emotional states and they combine to create a huge amount of the dysfunction we see all around us. Guilt is one of the key ones to understand.
Many more mentally oriented people have assumed (illogically) that emotions are the cause of so many of our problems, but they have reached this conclusion without really understanding the topic. This kind of assumption is like assuming that fast food boxes are responsible for obesity because we see obese people eating fast food from fast food boxes. Yes, emotions are involved with dysfunctional behaviour, but no - that does not make them causal.
When it comes to guilt, some people have thought that guilt is an emotion - but is it really? The resources that I have found to be most helpful with emotions state that guilt is actually the opposite of an emotion. The idea is that guilt constricts emotional movement and is actually a lack of self love that denies self. For example, if you truly feel happy and someone says (or even if you yourself think) that you are 'bad for being happy' (for some reason) - then the logical state is created that says that you are not good enough just because you feel happy and also that your feelings of happiness are 'not good'. Guilt can then take over your inner voice and tell you all manner of things which are twisted and even cruel about yourself. If you think that guilt is an emotion, ask yourself "Does guilt move?" and "What is the actual feeling of guilt?". I do not feel that guilt can move at all and the feeling is more of a compression and freezing up than an actual feeling of something that is alive. Real emotions are 'energy motion'.
Guilt does not have any role in learning or an intention to teach/balance - it simply holds back, controls and limits. There are other, more useful and loving ways of learning and evolving than through the control of self and thus guilt is of no use.
So having addressed something of the nature of guilt and of its controlling and unloving nature, let's consider how many people continue to try to use guilt to 'teach' others or control others. This is typically done through judgements that proclaim to be 'authorised' and 'righteous', yet there is nothing that is unloving that is truly right. Only those who are partially unconscious and thus ignorant of key parts of reality and themselves will attempt to control the free will and emotions of others through guilt. This kind of control is like trying to control a dog that makes noises by beating it into submission. The compassionate and intelligent approach to peace is with understanding - finding out why the noises are being made and helping the dog get what it needs.
Along with these epic misunderstandings about guilt comes other assumptions, such as the thought that if you feel guilty you 'must' have done something wrong that deserves punishment. In reality, it is possible to feel guilty just by avoiding other feelings. If you don't like anger and try to avoid your real feelings of anger, you can create guilt in yourself. The avoidance is a lack of self acceptance that feels 'bad' and which can accumulate guilt in the emotional system of self . As this guilt builds up, perceptions can be warped and subconsciously then people can think they are 'bad' or 'wrong', when in truth they have just made a poor decision to not feel all of their real feelings.
A build up of guilt can unconsciously open us up to thinking that unexplained phenomena, such as dream content or thing said by others that we don't understand are evidence that we have done wrong or are not good enough - when they are not. Guilt has a kind of voice in us that alters our thinking process in the direction of reducing our own love for our own being (and for others).
When we truly do do something harmful, guilt can only be created in response to blame - yet we do not actually need to blame self or each other when mistakes are made. A far greater balance and beneficial result will be achieved when we do not blame and instead just accept ourselves and accept mistakes as part of life and part of our learning process.
Intention is key. If we have intent to heal, balance and evolve we will always find our way to less mistakes and harm in future.
To clear guilt from our emotional body is as simple as freely expressing emotions and giving them unconditional acceptance - however, this is exactly what guilt seeks to prevent in us. Other people will even be attracted to our emotional expressions - allowing their own guilt and lack of emotional acceptance to try to shut us down. So moving emotionally is best done in private to begin with. The results will typically involve an increased sense of peace, love and wellbeing.
Wishing you well,
Ura Soul
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