Bon Voyage!

People say there's a small inner voice always telling you the difference between right and wrong.
It's called conscience.
Right?
No, Wrong!
In my experience that tiny voice inside is not infallible, despite inherent truths in bits and pieces, it is still as much a product of social conditioning, family upbringing, genetic inheritance and external circumstances...
It is not impervious to undue influence or auto suggestion...

Hence guilt and shame I consider relative to my environment and only heed one solitary truth...

who am I hurting and is it real?

This isn't fun and games friends and the rules are not cut and dried or pre defined.

The letter  of the law may be as repulsive and redundant as ironclad medieval chastity belts.

The spirit of the law may move each of us differently and no two interpretations are going to be the exact same.

So morality what is your name? Or do you have suitable pseudonyms for suitable occasions?
And virtue what about you? sometimes you are as virtual as the philandering husband who is a regular church goer or the philanthropist business man who bribes politicians.

If I emptied all preconceptions from my mind what would I be left with?
I think, it would have to be,
"Do unto others as you would like to be done to yourself".
In  other words be kind.
Be compassionate.
Be merciful.
Be helpful.
And judge not till you have walked some miles in the others pinching shoes.

Live your life without fearing voices, internal or external.
You will make mistakes.
You will pay for them.
Correction of course will happen.

LIFE is not a mapped pathway. It is not a treasure map or build-your-own-model kit with instruction manual provided.
It is not  the certain pot of gold at the rainbow's end.

Nor is it a stairway to heaven.
It could well be an unending
staircase where nothing is certain.

Are we going up or down? Is that guy on a level above mine or am I on top?

Since we don't know the only life we can live is one of adventure destination unknown.

And as we don't have a clue how or when we'll meet again
It's courtesy to partake the cup of kindness and cheer along our fantastic voyage...
Ahoy!

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(c) Amrita Valan 2014