The worst thing in the world is not being adversely affected by it, but the unwillingness to be freed from it and find yourself again; or to have gone your entire life never knowing your true self [Godly-nature] had been compromised.
We don’t as a rule, I’ll be at an unspoken rule, punish parents and society for the effects it has on individuals early in life which later in life caused them to compulsions or dispositions developed as a result.
What are, is the differences in the chances of someone repeating the crime, a crime after being caught, reprimanded vs being incarcerated for say 5 years, getting out and repeating the crime, or a crime again?
The wrong motivation is a big reason why many things he thinks come to us so slowly only or so quickly. Why did it take so long to figure out that you could put a probe in somebody’s arm to check their blood sugar levels?? Was the motivation for money or was it for something else?