Recognition of the Truth Is the Discovery of True Conscience

Recognition of the Truth Is the Discovery of True Conscience Q; What creates the kind of stability that allows a sublime realization to remain uncorrupted?

A: Clarity of intention creates stability. That means clearly knowing that you want to be free more than anything else. Q: Even the best of intentions often become corrupted. It seems so difficult.

A: Yes, that's true. Often when people have sublime experiences, because their intention to be free is not absolutely clear, the experiences soon become only inspiring memories. The basic structure of the ego usually remains intact and fundamentally unchanged. But after such an experience, they will always know that there is another possibility. They will know this from their own experience because they will have realized it themselves and the memory of that experi¬ ence will haunt them. Q: Why will they be haunted? 2 7 1

A: Because arecognition of the truth is the discovery of true conscience. Being haunted by the truth is being haunted by your own true conscience. The point of these experiences is for you to realize what your part in the big drama of life is. Most people are so concerned only with themselves that they do not feel any responsibility for anyone else. The more deeply aperson has realized, the deeper will be the birth of the kind of conscience 1am speaking about. In profound realization, it is possible to come upon aperspective that is so vast that you will suddenly feel overwhelmed by the tremendous responsi¬ bility that you have simply being ahuman being. You will recognize how important your own life truly is. 2 7 2