Is confession really good for the soul?
I’m not talking about the religious aspects of confession. I’m not interested in rather my soul or anyone else’s is going to heaven or hell. Or wherever they may go.
I’m talking about confessions easing any guilt the soul might feel for things done wrong. If a person confessed all of their wrongdoings, would their soul be better company? Would they feel better in their own skin?
Everyone has feelings of guilt. We don’t all feel guilty over the same things but we still feel guilt on some level for things done or not done. Said or not said. Some people feel a different amount of guilt over the same situation. The degree of guilt is ultimately about the wrong that was done and how the individual feels about that wrong. There’s nothing anyone else can do to control another person’s guilt or lack thereof.
What if someone has done a wrong to another person? Would it make a difference what the wrong was? Or is guilt just guilt? Should all guilt be confessed?
Would the situation make a difference in how guilt was handled? Should a person bear the burden of the guilt and keep it to him/herself? Would confessing this wrongdoing lessen the feeling of guilt? What if the guilty one confessed the wrongdoing to a third party? Would that ease the feeling of guilt? Would it help out the soul? Would it really make a difference at all?
What if the guilty person confessed to the person that the wrong was done to? What if this confession brought about unwanted or unneeded hurt, anger and confusion? Would this really be fair to the person that the wrong was done to? Should a person unload their guilt unto someone else and let them feel the pain and anger just to ease their own selfish needs of a guilt-free conscience? If they did this, wouldn’t it just make them guilty of something else in the end?
If a person chose to tell the other person of the wrong they had done to them, it seems to me that it is a never-ending cycle of guilt. The original guilt would still be there because you can’t change what was done. Then there would be guilt for bringing to light the wrong done in the first place. Not to mention the guilt of hurting, angering and confusing the person that was done wrong. Would the guilt ever stop?
Is it fair to hurt someone in the process of freeing the soul?
