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How Guilt and Your Conscience Work

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

We’ve all experienced guilt. We do something we are ashamed of, and we feel guilty. But what brings about this shame? How does this emotion work?
I was raised in a devout Christian home, and grew up hearing about “godly sorrow”, sin, shame, and remorse, all from the perspective of Christianity. I [...]

Ideals, Interests, and Desires

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

I’ve spent the past few weeks thinking about ideals, interest, and desire.  What makes people interested in something?  Why do people like things, and not like others?
Desire has always been a strange subject to me.  Why do we want the things we want?  Why are we interested in some things, yet not in others?  Why [...]