Conscience
Conscience can be a tricky thing. We weren't born knowing what was right or wrong but with the ability to learn this. The word "conscience" is comprised of the prefix "con" meaning "with" and "science" meaning "knowledge" and literally means "with knowledge."
At birth our conscience was like a blank tape that was programmed by those who shaped our early life. If you grew up in a rigid, legalistic, punitive home, or religious group, chances are you will have a rigid, legalistic and punitive conscience. Some of these people feel so controlled, restricted and smothered that they end up rebelling against or even deadening their conscience.
As a result of faulty teaching, some of us sometimes feel guilty (conscience-stricken) when we shouldn't and don't feel conscience-stricken when we should.
As adults, to have a healthy conscience, many of us need to deprogram the legalism and other faulty teaching we received in the past, and reprogram our conscience with knowledge based on so that we know what is right and what is wrong so our feelings no longer confuse, control or lead us astray.
Conscience can be a tricky thing. We weren't born knowing what was right or wrong but with the ability to learn this. The word "conscience" is comprised of the prefix "con" meaning "with" and "science" meaning "knowledge" and literally means "with knowledge."
At birth our conscience was like a blank tape that was programmed by those who shaped our early life. If you grew up in a rigid, legalistic, punitive home, or religious group, chances are you will have a rigid, legalistic and punitive conscience. Some of these people feel so controlled, restricted and smothered that they end up rebelling against or even deadening their conscience.
As a result of faulty teaching, some of us sometimes feel guilty (conscience-stricken) when we shouldn't and don't feel conscience-stricken when we should.
As adults, to have a healthy conscience, many of us need to deprogram the legalism and other faulty teaching we received in the past, and reprogram our conscience with knowledge based on so that we know what is right and what is wrong so our feelings no longer confuse, control or lead us astray.
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