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There is no such thing as a good person or a bad person. There
are choices and actions that lead us in different directions, and it is
through those choices and actions that we create our realities. Sometimes we
choose or do something that takes us in the opposite direction of the reality
we want to create for ourselves. When we do this, we feel bad -- uneasy,
unhappy, unsure. We might go so far as to label ourselves "bad"
when a situation like this arises. Instead of labeling ourselves, though, we
could simply acknowledge that we made a choice that lead us down a particular
path, and then let it go, forgiving ourselves and preparing for our next
opportunity to choose, and act, in ways that support our best
intentions.
Many of us experienced childhoods in which the words good and bad were used
as weapons to control us -- you were good if you did what you were told and
bad if you didn't. This kind of discipline undermines a person's ability to
find their own moral center and to trust and be guided by their own inner
self. If you were raised this way, you may find yourself feeling shockwaves
of badness when you do something you were taught was wrong, even if now you
don't agree that it's bad. Conversely, you may feel good when you do what you
learned was right. Notice how this puts you in something of a straitjacket.
An important part of our spiritual unfolding requires that we grow beyond
what we learned and take responsibility for our own liberation in our own
terms.
You are a human being with every right to be here, learning and exploring. To
label yourself good or bad is to think too small. What you are is a
decision-maker and every moment provides you the opportunity to move in the
direction of your higher self or in the direction of stagnation or
degradation. In the end, only you know the difference. If you find yourself
going into self-judgment, try to stop yourself as soon as you can and come
back to center. Know that you are not good or bad, you are simply you.
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