The Death Of Conscience

Dictionary definition: The sense or consciousness of the moral goodness or blameworthiness of one's own conduct, intentions, or character together with a feeling of obligation to do right or be good.

I wish I could travel back in time. I would like to go back a hundred years in the past and look at society at the time. The more I read about the old times the more I am convinced that the society per se had something going for them. I bet I would meet someone there who would echo my sentiments and would like to go back in time a hundred years. I also bet that he or she would say that the earlier society was better inspite of all the technological marvels that we seem to have today. Honestly, that too stumps me at times.
How could the Egyptians build the Pyramids, Sphinx and other great wonders? Inspite of being so progressive today, we cannot build a pyramid or a city like the ancient Sumerians with the best of machinery and technology.
History has it that Solomon the Jew was the wisest man that ever lived. Nebuchadnezzar was the finest king of all times. Semiramis was amongst the most beautiful woman that ever lived and is credited with stopping a civil war only by her presence. Legend has it that she was so beautiful that when she walked the streets of ancient Babylon, the people fighting on the streets all stopped to behold her beauty.
Even before that time and long before the great flood the society was even more different. Men and women of character grace the pages of history. Legends abound about the civilization and the achievements of man. Literature, music, and arts flourished like never since. The society then had something far more important and lasting going for them than what can be claimed today.
In one word its called - conscience. The desire to do the right thing always!
An old adage says there is no honor among thieves and in today's society thievery is the name of the game. Look around you and you will see ample proof of a reprobate society that has replaced morals and the sense of good and bad with an emotion -- please the self and hang the rest. I have often wondered what made man (and woman) different from animals and I think one of the distinctions is that man has a conscience and can decide the course of his actions whereas an animal will follow instinct.
There is this bit about spirit and soul but I will save that for a later blog. If this distinction is indeed true and if you believe that man can choose to act in a particular way then it stands to reason that conscience has a role to play. It is the inbuilt security system that helps you to make the right choices. The choice to choose between right and wrong.
However, when faced with a choice most people would look at "profit mongering" than to stick with the truth. I have often heard the phrase that truth is relative. It amazes me that today in the so-called era of higher consciousness we have lost the essence of what it means. Or perhaps the dictionary is all wrong and antiquated now because there is a new definition - "Do what thou wilt the whole sum of the law," as Anton LaVey put it.
The Self has replaced God and since some believe they have the ability of becoming one with God they need not pay attention to anything more that their own self. As Rajneesh said, "The alpha and the omega unite in me." Little wonder that though he came, he preached, he died -- nothing changed except for chaos as to his successor.
It seems to me that to make the choices most people make these days you have to die a little every time you compromise the truth. The little voice inside of you tells you to behave a certain way and to quell that voice you have to strangle it. No wonder one needs to find peace with oneself after the ordeal. In time, the voice dies on its own or perhaps you become deaf and can't hear it anymore.
What a terrible price to pay for the sake of instant gratification of self. It is very difficult indeed. The truth comes with a terrible price. And subduing the little voice may have become second nature. But a part of you dies every time you silence the voice of conscience.
Man in his wisdom has become nothing more than wild beasts and the writing is on the wall. To those who can keep a really old tradition alive, please keep the faith and listen deep down inside. There is a voice crying out to you. Pull the ear plugs out of your ears. Listen!
The voice is calling out... Can you hear it whisper?
You may have to endure just a little longer for as Luke the doctor said, "when these things begin to come to pass, then look up and lift up your heads, for your redemption draweth nigh."