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the spiritual sense on behalf of superior Spiritual Beings?
Rigden: Man cannot absolve anyone from “sins” or pray for anyone, for he himself is
imperfect. And no one is given the power on Earth to forgive on behalf of superior
Spiritual Beings, and even more so on behalf of God.
Absolution is associated with confession, which we have already mentioned in our
conversation. It is necessary to understand the psychological nature of the origin of such
a phenomenon in religion as confession. The effect of catharsis (from the Greek word
“katharsis” meaning “purification”) is well known not only to ministers of various
religions but also to psychoanalysts and psychotherapists. People knew about it also in
ancient times. This is a therapeutic method when a person recalls moving moments of
his or her life, which gave rise to a deep experience of an inner conflict or a
psychoneurotic disorder. In fact, for a person this is a psychological relief, which is
inherent in any heart-to-heart conversation, for example, with a friend about one’s
troubles or problems, after which his state of depression disappears, and a person
experiences a kind of a psychological relief. As they say: “joy shared is joy doubled,
while sorrow shared is sorrow halved”. And in most cases, the more pride there is in a
person, the harder it is for him or her to confess what was done. Ministers of religions
added this practice to their armoury. Confessing what was done was presented as a kind
of a sacrifice, which was certainly to be followed by a reward – “forgiveness of wrong
actions” or the “remission of sins”. This way, they basically dishabituated people for
working on themselves spiritually and accustomed them to the thought that, if a person
asked well, they were sure to receive this forgiveness. I repeat: this is simply a purely
psychological technique, which is based on the faith of man.
But what I want to say in this respect. A heart-to-heart conversation is certainly good.
But it only temporarily helps a person go through one of the consequences of his or her
inner conflict at this moment, but it does not solve the main thing – removing the cause
of the conflict. The roots of the latter lie in the daily habit of thinking, which is mostly
related to the concentration of attention of the Personality on the thoughts and desires of
the Animal nature. The cause of the origin of such conflicts can be radically eliminated
in himself only by the person himself. No one else can do this for him. Only he himself,
with his choice and internal changes, by multiplying his good deeds and seriously
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