Repentance and Remorse Are Sweet
Whisperings From One’s Own Spiritual Soul

Carlos Cardoso Aveline The sixth principle of one’s consciousness is the spiritual or Buddhic soul. It is also the real source of remorse feelings. Remorse is therefore a sane emotion: a remorseless individual could only exist by being disconnected from his or her own conscience.

While discussing the process of Devachan - which is the culmination in the trajectory between two incarnations -, a Master of Wisdom referred thus to remorse:

“If a remorse of conscience (the latter proceeding always from the Sixth Principle) has only once been felt during the period of bliss and really spiritual love (…..) then this remorse must survive and will accompany incessantly the scenes of pure love.” [1]

Remorse is Buddhic, then. So is repentance. This is the main point for the present note. Remorse is an uncomfortable feeling: there can be no doubt about that.  Yet it must be respected, for it comes from an actual contact with the higher self, and such a contact is probationary: it is not supposed to be necessarily nice.

The reality of one’s failures must be accepted. It is no use to try to convince oneself that one rarely makes mistakes, in order to escape from unpleasant feelings. Remorse must not be artificially denied or suppressed in one’s life. To be proud of having nothing to repent about is a pathetic delusion. Remorse must be calmly observed, and accepted, and heard, for it brings important lessons for us to learn.

In his work “The Prophet”, Kahlil Gibran wrote:

This applies to every altruistic movement, and to every aspect of life, individual or collective.

[1] “The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett”, T.U.P. edition, Pasadena, California, 1992, 494 pp., see item 8, Letter XXIV-B, p. 188.
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