Spiny Norman wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:26 amSo please explain what you think the correct understanding is here, practically speaking, using the example of a feeling of remorse.
This has been repeatedly explained.
A further example: Jack takes Jill's candy away for no reason. Jill cries. Jack feels remorse.
(1) Helpful reaction by Jack: He feels remorse, gives back the candy, and resolves not to steal in the future.
(2) Unhelpful reaction: He feels remorse, thinks about the remorse constantly, ties the remorse to his other prior bad conduct, and as a result of this cycle of thinking, feels more remorse, and says to himself, "you're a thief, you're a thief, you're a rotten thief."
In the instance of (2) an anatta instruction may be compassionate, depending upon the person, so long as it does not interfere with (1) as described above.