Emotions

Feelings and emotions are an important part of being human. Not only can they morally guide us through our lives, but they can also provide meaningful insight and direction.  Our emotions can reflect perceptual nuances taking place outside of our conscious awareness which can manifest themselves in the form of human intuition and hunches.

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A Strong Conscience

A strong conscience rallies our emotions in an attempt to morally direct our lives.

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Integrity

When the violation of integrity damages and weakens our conscience, only the consistent practice of integrity can repair it.

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Live with integrity

Improving our ability to morally judge between wrong and right can only serve to strengthen our conscience as an inner guide to living responsibly when this knowledge is actively used to guide our lives. Again, once we know the truth, we must struggle to live in line with this knowledge or else it becomes worthless. In order to enable ourselves to grow, we must live with integrity.

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Integrity

To be successful we must develop a consistent personal integrity which is based on our responsible purpose and guided by an uncompromising morality. We must start making the right choices in all situations, not simply to avoid punishment, but because we recognize that this type of behavior is the most beneficial for ourselves and those around us. And, because we truly believe that it is the right thing to do. In the end, if we can get to the point where our moral abilities have become habitual, then we will become more productive and successful in life. Instead of continuously struggling to simply deter irresponsible and criminal thoughts and behavior, we will be able to concentrate more on our spiritual, physical and mental growth.

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Our Conscience

Our conscience is like a mirror in which our soul reflects upon itself and weighs what it sees against the highest standard of reality we perceive. And, much like any mirror, this reflection will become more realistic and clearer when we clean it. When we eliminate the blemishes caused by our past atrocities (along with their excuses and justifications) we enable ourselves to recognize reality and see ourselves more clearly. Not only do we increase our ability to realistically judge between wrong and right, but we also augment our human capacity to be emotionally guided by this judgment.

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Right and Wrong

I believe that as human beings we are innately moral creatures. Most of us have the internal ability to judge between right and wrong, good and bad. And, we have the capacity to be emotionally guided by this judgment. We have a conscience. However, listening to our conscience requires effort and sacrifice. It requires choosing to pay attention.

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Potential and Possibilities

Our life is transitory. Eventually, the day will come when it is no longer full of possibilities and potential, but only memories. Thus, we must learn to view the present, the here and now, as the time to make the most of our opportunities, strive towards our potential, and build a meaningful life. Today is the day that we create our memories and shape the legacy we will eventually leave behind. The legacy which, for good or bad, will be our eternal mark on posterity and will determine how we will be remembered, and how we will spend the rest of eternity.

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Eliminating Regret and Sorrow

If we can learn to realistically anticipate the consequences of our behavior and imagine our future, then we will gain a much better perspective on life. We can enable ourselves to use a sort of 20/20 hindsight (through our imagination) and “Live as if we were living already for the second time and as if we had acted the first time as wrongly as we are about to act now.” We can make our choices as if we were getting a second chance to make them right!! With this powerful perspective, we can actually eliminate regret and sorrow from our lives.

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Cause and Effect

While working towards our responsible goals and objectives, we should practice anticipating the consequences of our choices and behavior. Then, once our choice has been made, we should evaluate whether it led us in the right direction. By becoming more aware of these consequences and assessing their impact on our lives, we can develop a more realistic understanding of the cause and effect relationships that serve to create our circumstances.