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20 ottobre Consciousness, not conscience mattersFrom our childhood we have been told to act out of our conscience. These were just social rules that were laid down by society for some justice and peace to prevail in society. But it is very important to understand the difference between conscience and consciousness.
A man, who has real consciousness, cannot hurt or kill others, because he feels others as an extension of himself. A person with conscience may not kill with a knife, but he will kill with words because his Being is violent. With conscience, we may be socially non-violent, but with consciousness, our Being will be non-violent.
Morality should be based on consciousness, not on conscience. When this happens, there will be no need for rules. Because our love for ourselves and society (which is only an extension of ourselves) will be so great that we will never think of disturbing or harming anybody.
A serial killer has no consciousness, which is why he does what he does. The fact that he does not abide by societal rules, what religion and moral studies would term as conscience, is only a secondary issue arising out of the first. If he has consciousness of his existence, he would be aware that he is the same as every other being and would not harm another Being.
Conscience is a poor substitute for consciousness. In the meditation program called NSP (Nithyananda Spurana Program - the Flowering of Eternal Consciousness), I help people experience at least one glimpse of consciousness, so they can start living with consciousness instead of conscience.
Anything based on conscience is skin-deep; its not eternal. But, anything based on consciousness is eternal. We should work for a conscious experience. Just because we dont have a conscious experience, we should not compromise with conscience. Our morality, understanding, lifestyle - everything should be based on consciousness.
When its based on conscience, its based on fear and greed. If the idea that we should not speed on the highway is based on fear, when we dont see a cop's car, we will speed up. We are obeying the laws only out of the fear of being caught. Once the fear is removed, we stop obeying. It becomes tempting to break laws, and we feel courageous. Whenever anything is followed because of fear and greed, we will be waiting for a chance to break the rule. Thats also why kids say no to parents; it makes them feel that they've proved themselves.
If morality is based on conscience, we will always do something to violate it, directly or indirectly. When we operate out of fear or greed, we will always carry a vestige of guilt in us.
With consciousness, we are free, we are enjoying in the present moment, so we dont carry any guilt in our Being.
- From the Talks of Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda CommentiPer aggiungere un commento, accedi con il tuo Windows Live ID (se utilizzi Hotmail, Messenger o Xbox LIVE possiedi già un Windows Live ID). Accedi Non hai ancora un Windows Live ID? Registrati RiferimentiBlog che fanno riferimento a questo intervento
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