618. CONSCIENCE our inbuilt CCTV Camera!!!!

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Conscience is the word of the Self that answers “right” or “wrong” when we are drawn in an ethical struggle. It is moral faculty and silent teacher hence above reasoning and discussion. Conscience is a terrible witness of our deeds and a great ledger which has accounts of all our actions be it good or bad.

When we are into wrong action the conscience pricks us and does not let us have a happy sleep. It informs in a clear small shrill voice about the wrong doing and a wise man at once ceases to act further. Conscience is unclear by human sin and flaw and the voice of it has become inaudible due to our emotional conflicts, impulse drive, and sensory wantons. Our foggy conscience will infect our subconscious mind. A righteous man alone can use the instrument of conscience. He alone can hear the inner voice of the soul clearly. A man with a clear conscience is ever pure, joyful, and cheerful and sleeps happy while a man of guilty conscience is depressed, cheerless, and dead even while living.

A clear conscience is the abode of God, the ecstasy of bliss and helps the seeker to reach the ultimate goal. Clear conscience is to the soul what good health is to the body. Conscience is an inbuilt Close Circuit Camera set up by the Supreme for surveillance. In fact Conscience is Himself. 

Once Saint Vyasaraja who had a large number of disciples gave one banana each to all his disciples, including the saint-composer Kanakadasa, and said, “I wish to give you a task, eat this banana without being witnessed by anyone, and come back before sunset. Whoever finishes the task is considered a winner.” 

The disciples were pleased and looked forward to become winner. All the disciples went and one by one arrived back after eating the banana. It was lunch time and Kanakadasa was still not back. The disciples were gossiping and making fun of Kanakadasa saying that he couldn't even handle the simple task of eating a banana where nobody is watching. 

Finally at sunset, Kanakadasa arrived and placed the banana at the feet of the Guru. He begged his pardon saying, “I tried to the best of my ability to eat it without being watched, but my conscience which is Lord Krishna kept watching me.” 

Such was Kanakadasas God Consciousness. The other disciples had heard many spiritual discourses but had not put them into practice they felt ashamed of their ignorance.

In every action we do, weakness asks if it is safe to do, greed wants to know if there is any gain in it, pride ensures if I can become great, lust searches for pleasure in it, But conscience question us, “IS IT RIGHT?” Conscience propels us to choose the right way instead of the wrong, and informs us that we ought to do the right thing.