How can one avoid feeling guilty?
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"When you stop comparing yourself to others and embrace your uniqueness, guilt dissolves and the ego fades away into the vastness of existence."
According to Osho, guilt is not existential but a psychological by-product of the ego’s habit of comparison. Existence knows no humiliation or guilt—trees, rocks, and even dogs simply are what they are. Drop the demand to be someone else, acknowledge your actual strengths and limits, and accept your uniqueness; when comparison ends, ego dissolves and guilt evaporates.
Stop comparing yourself to others and accept who you are, and the guilty feeling fades away.
Why this matters practically
- Catch and release comparison thoughts when they arise.
- Honor your real strengths and limits without self-judgment.
- Swap “Why am I not like them?” for “What is true for me now?”
- Honor your real strengths and limits without self-judgment.
- Swap “Why am I not like them?” for “What is true for me now?”
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