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compound feeling of attraction and repulsion is the outcome of it. Vacillation between the
good principles inculcated from babyhood and the faith as expounded by some now gives
rise to a perpetual internal contest. And if the voice of conscience strongly shows
disfavour, what would you advise?
Do not mistake your emotions or the promptings of your own mind for the voice of
conscience. Only if you have learnt the art of stilling your thoughts for considerable periods of
time can you claim to be able to hear the voice of conscience. When you begin to hear it, you
will automatically begin following its dictates and all conflicts will end. Vacillation has no
antidote except determination, which is so difficult when vacillation is present! You must
exercise your will and cut out one of the conflicting thoughts - the one which, according to
yourself or the opinion of one whom you are inclined to trust, is the worse.