R. D. Laing Pleasures of the Mind has launched a wonderful page dedicated to existentialism and Abraham H. Maslow , within The Realm of Existentialism section, that may be of interest. Britannica Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings. We are bemused and crazed creatures, strangers to our true selves, to one another, and to the spiritual and material world mad, even, from an ideal standpoint we can glimpse but not adopt. These forces are mainly concerned with destroying most of its potentialities. This enterprise is on the whole successful.
True guilt is guilt at the obligation one owes to oneself to be oneself.
False guilt is guilt felt at not being what other people feel one ought to be or assume that one is. We are all murderers and prostitutes no matter to what culture, society, class, nation one belongs, no matter how normal, moral, or mature, one takes oneself to be. Learn to express yourself through writing with articles, quotations, book reviews, special promotions, contests and free stuff. You will find recent news articles, books, personal thoughts and literary quotations.