{"id":6225,"date":"2024-01-21T10:59:22","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T14:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/how-can-we-overcome-feelings-of-guilt\/"},"modified":"2024-01-21T10:59:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T14:59:22","slug":"how-can-we-overcome-feelings-of-guilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/how-can-we-overcome-feelings-of-guilt\/","title":{"rendered":"How can we overcome feelings of guilt?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/hop.clickbank.net\/?affiliate=infohatch&amp;vendor=J1R2C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10614 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png\" alt=\"Profit Gen\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png 400w, https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>1 Question: \u201cI have been struggling for a good while; like looking for God in all the wrong places.\u00a0 But recently I have had a revelation that I am caught in a mixed state of awakening accompanied by moderate depression.\u00a0 I trust that my deep spiritual beliefs are pervasive &#038; universal but they are not [&#8230;]    1 <strong>Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> have been struggling for a good while; like looking for God in all the wrong places.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But recently I have had a revelation that I am caught in a mixed state of awakening accompanied by moderate depression.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I trust that my deep spiritual beliefs are pervasive &amp; universal but they are not always accessible to me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I am not taking care of my body, my temple, but believe that that would be one of the keys to opening myself to the gift of the present more gracefully.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What does one do with the guilt of not honouring their calling?\u201d<\/span> <strong>Response:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The way to deal with the guilt of not living up to your spiritual expectations is to realize that all expectations, spiritual or otherwise, are subtle rejections of present reality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They are judgments that your current experience is somehow lacking or inadequate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And from a truly spiritual point of view that can never be the case.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Present reality is your true self, and that is the only possible experience of spiritual existence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So all expectations of not fulfilling your calling are just the projections of the ego.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Guilt is the ego\u2019s way of trying to control and define your spiritual growth on fear\u2019s terms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Real spiritual growth is always complete in the present moment and without any fear or guilt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Love,<\/p>\n<p>Deepak<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hop.clickbank.net\/?affiliate=infohatch&amp;vendor=J1R2C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10614 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png\" alt=\"Profit Gen\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png 400w, https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 Question: \u201cI have been struggling for a good while; 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