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Lesson IX: More About Dharma.397
Lesson IX: More About Dharma.
Our last lesson closed just as we were about to consider and examine
into the Theory of Intuition or Conscience—the second pillar
supporting the edifice of Dharma. We will now take up the subject at that
point.
Every man is more or less conscious of an inner voice—a “knowing”
apparently independent of his Intellect. This voice speaks to him either in an
authoritative or a coaxing tone—either commands him to do so and so, or
to refrain from doing something. Sometimes it impels him to higher action,
and sometimes it seems to tempt him to perform an unworthy act. In its
higher phases, we call this voice “conscience.” In its lower phases, we are apt
to regard it as “temptation.” The old tales held that each man had a good
angel on one side of him, and a bad one on the other, one whispering into
his ear telling him to do the “right” thing, and the other urging him to do
the “wrong” one. The old tales symbolize the truth, as we shall see as we
proceed with our consideration of the matter.
In addition to the “voice of conscience,” or the “urging of the tempter,”
we find that there is a “leading” in matters of ordinary action and conduct
in which the question of “good” and “bad” does not arise—the decision
upon some of the affairs of ordinary life, work, business, etc. This third