Think of guilt as a place. Places have dimensions; they have shapes. So, what are the dimensions and shape of the place we call guilt?
My guess is that guilt is a confining place. Once in a state of guilt, long in a state of guilt, right? Leaving is difficult. It’s pretty much a Klein bottle, turning on itself, with outside on the inside and inside on the outside. Just when you think you are leaving, you find you are entering.
You might think that someone else has put you in/on the Klein bottle of guilt. You say to yourself, “So-n-so makes me feel guilty.” And maybe to a certain extent you are right. You have constructed your Klein bottle with some help, but once you start the construction, its never-ending curving, opening, and closing on itself are largely your doing. You make it even more complex over time. No! Guilt is not a good place for you. As a place, it is a trap of confining dimensions. How do you get out of the Klein bottle? You don’t do it by continuing to travel over its twisted surface. Both you and the person you think "makes me feel guilty" are bound to that single surface.
You might say that the "other" doesn't suffer; only you suffer because of the guilt. But that other person is also walking on an unending surface of dependency. Making you feel guilty is part of his or her identity and daily travels. Breaking the bond of guilt would benefit both of you.
You need an Alexandrian solution. Remember that Alexander the Great, as the legend goes, could not untie the Gordian knot, so he found a simple solution. He drew his sword and cut the knot. You need to break the Klein bottle for the sake of both of you.
Picture your guilt. Picture a Klein bottle. Picture yourself breaking the Klein bottle. It’s the only escape. You need another dimension in your life, one more open, one that doesn't turn back upon itself. Anything else keeps you on the interminable surface. Come on, you can do it. Break that bottle. Break up guilt. Destroy that place so that both of you can move on.
My guess is that guilt is a confining place. Once in a state of guilt, long in a state of guilt, right? Leaving is difficult. It’s pretty much a Klein bottle, turning on itself, with outside on the inside and inside on the outside. Just when you think you are leaving, you find you are entering.
You might think that someone else has put you in/on the Klein bottle of guilt. You say to yourself, “So-n-so makes me feel guilty.” And maybe to a certain extent you are right. You have constructed your Klein bottle with some help, but once you start the construction, its never-ending curving, opening, and closing on itself are largely your doing. You make it even more complex over time. No! Guilt is not a good place for you. As a place, it is a trap of confining dimensions. How do you get out of the Klein bottle? You don’t do it by continuing to travel over its twisted surface. Both you and the person you think "makes me feel guilty" are bound to that single surface.
You might say that the "other" doesn't suffer; only you suffer because of the guilt. But that other person is also walking on an unending surface of dependency. Making you feel guilty is part of his or her identity and daily travels. Breaking the bond of guilt would benefit both of you.
You need an Alexandrian solution. Remember that Alexander the Great, as the legend goes, could not untie the Gordian knot, so he found a simple solution. He drew his sword and cut the knot. You need to break the Klein bottle for the sake of both of you.
Picture your guilt. Picture a Klein bottle. Picture yourself breaking the Klein bottle. It’s the only escape. You need another dimension in your life, one more open, one that doesn't turn back upon itself. Anything else keeps you on the interminable surface. Come on, you can do it. Break that bottle. Break up guilt. Destroy that place so that both of you can move on.
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