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1565 Voice of conscience....

August 13, 1940: Book 25

You have no surer sign of what is right than the voice of conscience, the voice of the heart, which truly shows you what is right. You are often guided by this voice to what is pleasing to God. And if you ever do not know what you should do, think or say, you should only call upon God in all intimacy, and He will make it known to you that every doubt, every indecision will disappear, and you will be clear and aware of your actions. Every wrong thought will cause discomfort in you, and every right thought will make you happy, for all good spiritual beings around you will always endeavour to mentally convey to you what you should or should not do, and if you willingly accept these conveyances they will also trigger a feeling of inner contentment in you, while conversely they will awaken a feeling of discomfort in you in order to make you aware of the inner voice. The urging of spiritual friends to do a good deed is often the reason why this deed is now also carried out, for man alone is too weak-willed if he is not inspired to do good. And if he only listens to the inner voice, he will be guided correctly. The realisation of what is right will likewise come to him if he wants to act rightly. For his will, which is turned towards God, persistently rejects what is wrong because this will attracts the good, knowing forces, and these now instruct him truthfully. Although the opposing forces are just as keen to exert their influence, they are only successful if the human being is without will or indifferent, thus complies with every spiritual influence regardless of whether good or evil forces are instructing him. There the evil forces have an easy game, even if the voice of conscience sounds reproachful afterwards and takes away the person's inner contentment. If this is still observed, it is possible that the good spiritual forces can then have a more influential effect, but such silent reproaches within the heart can easily lead to the person trying to drown them out, that he no longer pays attention to them and thus dulls his conscience, and no longer listens to the subtle voice within himself. And that is extremely detrimental to the soul. For it is difficult for the human being to persuade himself to do good deeds, because his strength is too weak to do so, but since he is not inspired to resist by the voice of conscience, he does not take refuge in God either, Who alone can make him strong-willed and send him spiritual strength to help him. But if a person cultivates the voice of conscience within himself, if he complies with everything the voice tells him to do or not to do, and finally listens to this voice after every question to the eternal Deity, he will hardly take any other path than the one that leads to knowledge....

Amen

Translated by Sven Immecke