Emotions disrupt our path to fulfilment. The Christian tradition ingeniously identified certain emotions that objectively disrupt our ability to attain virtue and therefore regarded them as sin. If we exist within our vices unconsciously, we are committing the greatest sin of all: unconsciousness. When our ability to attain virtue is blocked, our path towards fulfilment also declines. 1. Lust spoils devotion We can only have devotion when our intentions are pure, true commitment requires true intention. But lust is the opposite, lust is non-committal and therefore impure. Devotion cannot be actualised through lust. 2. Anger spoils knowledge Anger clouds our understanding of life, for knowledge requires a calm and open mind to expand and thrive. Anger instead leads us down a path of anti-knowledge, towards rash absolutism that denies the reality of perspective, incrementalism and empathy. 3. Greed spoils sacrifice The insatiable desire to find fulfilment in that which is temporary through stubbornness bankrupts our ability to find fulfilment in that which is everlasting through sacrifice. When we have our eyes on sacrifice our fulfilment can be found by giving ourselves up selflessly for a noble cause, greed only leads to selfishness which then leads to misery when no greater purpose for our lives is found.