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... it at the time. I think you assume way too much baggade on simple human reactions. Like the word 'sorry', the word 'need' covers many levels of interpretation. The need for food and water being the obvious example, ...guilt and shame to finally get its dream of transcending manifestation and leaving life here to those who love it.

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...> BOfL 'Can' being the operative word.  Regret and guilt are not the same ...  I do think guilt is worshipped as love in our society and that many ... it.  But I have certainly felt sorry for something I have done.  I ... overall,at the deepest level, Im not sorry for anything that happens. To 'regret' ... Years ago I would have said "Im sorry to say that this understanding" etc etc...

... doing so. It can become quite malevolent. BOfL 'Can' being the operative word. Regret and guilt are not the same thing. I do think guilt is worshipped as love in our society and that many of the best are bogged down with it. But I have certainly felt sorry for something I have done. I am not, in this state, fantasizing about undoing ...

...think you are missing the word, 'again'. Without the acknowledgement signalled...be no need of the word sorry. In such a world...use, nor expect this gesture.... 'Sorry'. Thats a far cry form...having to say you are sorry" Theres a lot more depth...when you are not 'in love', quite the contrary in fact...some prior state. BS before sorry. BOfL ** Posted fromhttp://www.teranews...

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...> wrote: What does "to be sorry" actually mean? BOfL An apology is...its complex emotions, such altruism entails love and empathy. What's more, ... agree that intelligence and even love were likely from the start, ... And, for every bit of love and harmony, there seems to ... the things we do for loved ones is hate their enemies. ... light, seeds of intellect and love, which over the ages grow ...