Our Conscience Asserts in Subtle Ways
By Shiva
@Shiva49 (28366)
Singapore
October 24, 2018 10:38am CST
We come with a clear conscience but the ways of our world, the hypocrisy in society, make us deviate from the righteous path. When my conscience starts to prick, I realize nothing is more rewarding than abiding by my inner voice.
We have to compromise to some extent to survive in a material world. We cannot please only ourselves but have to take care of our families. There is a subtle competition all the time with others and we are judged by our worldly possessions. Our lifestyle can then impinge on our conscience though I agree it is relative. Some live out their lives to enjoy the spread here without delving too much into analyzing the rights and wrongs.
I am one who is subconsciously alive to my inner voice and I cannot go against its prompts. I have sacrificed in terms of worldly possessions to be true to myself all the time. I take a view all have similar feelings, hopes and fears and we are all just human despite the outward and superficial differences highlighted to divide us.
I know most are like me, but would you share how you are able to balance the need to live comfortably and also stick with your conscience?
Image: Justice and Conscience from Wikimedia Commons
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13 responses
@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
24 Oct 18
When I listen to my conscience I fund that I am very comfortable and at peace. It is when I don't listen that I become uncomfortable. Did I understand the question correctly? 
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
24 Oct 18
@db20747 I have quit jobs or not accepted jobs that tried to change the way I am and live. I always found another job and at times even better and that paid even more. God sees all and helps those that want to do what pleases him!
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@Shiva49 (28366)
• Singapore
25 Oct 18
@1hopefulman Thanks for your response. Balancing our conscience and inner yearnings with the need to adjust to the expectations of family and society do not come easy. It is a challenge especially for those who are sensitive when they have to go against their conscience and inner voice - siva
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
24 Oct 18
@Courage7 Such people may have had a conscience at one time but the mechanism got damaged along the way, maybe by their continually ignoring it.
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@m_audrey6788 (58468)
• Germany
24 Oct 18
@Shiva49 Yes and it`s not easy balancing it all the time 
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@Shiva49 (28366)
• Singapore
24 Oct 18
@m_audrey6788 It is always a work in progress and we have to be nimble and compromise - siva
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
25 Oct 18
I have been there and done that and that is I have thrown my inner voice to the winds but not any more. When wants do not exist and one's life is centred round one's needs there is no need for compromises or whatever.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
25 Oct 18
@Shiva49 I love shopping and so what I do is donate old stuff and get new stuff for me (lol)
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@Shiva49 (28366)
• Singapore
25 Oct 18
@allknowing That is what I tell my wife; "when you buy, be prepared to discard/donate to find a place to store them". Also to remember those we have bought than just buy and forget - siva
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@m_audrey6788 (58468)
• Germany
24 Oct 18
I agree. as long as you know what is right
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@innertalks (23734)
• Australia
26 Oct 18
Our conscience tries to keep us aligned to love, and to the righteous path.
Love lives inside of you and flows out through you in various ways.
One is through your mind, both conscious and unconscious aspects of it, and another way is through your heart, which connects to your conscience, which is a part of your soul placed there by God, connected to his love, via the part of God that you are, your soul.
Conscience allows you to see God's point of view and tells you what is God's way for you to go in in any situation that will ever come up in your life.
Conscience, no matter how cut off from you, by various aspects of yourself, always remains connected to you, and it can always be felt in some way, even in a subtle way sometimes, or more directly sometimes too.
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Our conscience always takes us down the right path if we allow it to do so.
@innertalks (23734)
• Australia
26 Oct 18
@Shiva49 Nicely stated siva. You put it there in an easily understood way.
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@Shiva49 (28366)
• Singapore
26 Oct 18
@innertalks Thanks Steve, I know these are trying times for you.
I do hope and pray your mum is finding peace amid her declining health and physical discomfort - siva
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@Shiva49 (28366)
• Singapore
26 Oct 18
That Steve, you have said what is in my mind.
The spark of creation from our creator is inside us. It is the ultimate guide.
The universe is vast, beyond our imagination, but our inner knowing is also boundless.
Just sit and allow our mind to wander without controlling our thoughts, then the journey takes us to who we really are, what it is about.
We should not cut off the umbilical cord to our creator due to our ego and selfishness. When we listen with love and earnestness, we are on the right path all the time with the creator guiding us - siva
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@sofssu (23660)
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4 Mar 19
I'd rather live and sleep in peace than on a plush couch in huge mansion tossing around without peace. My husband and I have been through tough times when we started our life together some 25 years ago, and thankfully we value love, peace and honesty above everything else. I am so grateful that our boys are like us too. Material things don't really matter. They don't bring happiness, just temporary comfort.
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@Shiva49 (28366)
• Singapore
4 Mar 19
Having been in the finance field, I had seen how some were blinded by greed.
I found the more money people had the more they wanted because wealth brings recognition in this material world. However, wealth enslaves us, our outlook etc.
Balance is the key as life has to be savored in all its variety - siva
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@DianneN (254949)
• United States
27 Oct 18
There will always be negatives in our life. I find joy and peace with my family and close friends. We are comfortable in our retirement and continue to give to worthy charities. I have always followed and listened to my conscience, and have empathy for those not as fortunate.
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Nov 18
I have trouble spending on frivolous items. For instance, I will go into a house at Christmas and wonder how many children could have been fed on the money it took to buy all the lavish decorations. Many of these people are very generous so it's not for me to say it's wrong. But I don't buy new decorations very year and I don't have many to start with. I don't buy goods I don't need and I never go 'shopping' just because I have nothing else to do. So I suppose that is my conscience telling me I don't need these things and the money could be better spent elsewhere.
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@Shiva49 (28366)
• Singapore
6 Nov 18
Yes, we have a smoother ride when we give credence to our conscience than satisfying ourselves with "what the heck, everyone is doing the same".
Though we have to play an active role as long as we can, I have subconsciously and seamlessly moved from one stage to another in life. At the back of my mind, I am always aware I am enjoying some bonus years, so it is all the more reason to stretch to the limit and leave a better world. Though I don't scrimp on necessities, I am more aware of what I spend on and not to add on to those that can prove a burden to others - siva
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