Hello,
Do you have a conscience at all? I often hear my colleague jokingly say that whenever I pick up my bag to go home after work. Indeed, some guys carry on as if they don’t have any conscience and they have left a long line of broken hearts in their trail.
It is the conscience matter that Uncle Leke is addressing with Jack today. Plenty food for thought. Read on…
1. Dear Jack, sometimes I have these philosophical irruptions. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
2. They come inexplicably, triggered by hapenstances…the most mundane of life's ablutions. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
3. I was sitting at my desk, attending to some consulting paperwork, tending to my thoughts. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
4. In a bit of retrospection I lifted my right hand to my right ear, touched the edge of the funnel flare of the outer lobe. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
5. I moved it inward, feeling the indented cartilage of the architecture of my ear. I rubbed, semi consciously. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
6. I felt a physical jolt of insight. Was snapped out of my revelry by a strange sensation. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
7. My tympanic membrane became an over-sensitive fiber, like the woven gauze of a naked microphone. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
8. It was like my middle ear (which amplifies the sound vibrations of the ear drum) came out! #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
9. I HEARD A FEEDBACK, like an auditory sensation from "self"- the "inner man" Apostle Paul wrote about. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
10. There's a difference between hearing sounds and hearing self. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
11. Abyssus abyssum invocat. (Deep calleth unto deep). #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
12. We are surrounded by the sounds of life- the noise in the city, the whirligig of cars, the coughing of trucks… #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
13. …the sounds of nature, the hawings of man, the posturings of egos, the babel of humanity… #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
14. …the cacophony of emotions, the wail of pain…internet, radio, TV… (TV is loud!) #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
15. These sounds of labour, of attempted happiness- sounds of interaction…they make us tone deaf to "us". #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
16. We can't hear our selves, don’t listen to our selves. We listen to every other thing except our selves. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
17. We hear the promises of politicians, the condemnations of humans, the accusations of the envious… #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
18. …the endless chatter of confusion, sounds of indiscretion, strange philosophies, ideologies… #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
19. …even senselessness but we don't listen to our selves- the inner man. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
20. If we listen to our selves there are things we'd never say. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
21. We'd never haul verbal projectiles at "sinners" knowing we're bigger sinners. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
22. (God knows what you did last night). #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
23. And we'd never judge facts with which we're not familiar, wittingly condemning the innocent. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
24. When we do these things we condemn ourselves. We lay ourselves open to judgment and condemnation. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
25. If a young man does not pay heed to his heart he will go into sacrilege, contemn, profanation and irreverence. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
26. Or how do we explain a young man who calls his father's age mate a fool on Twitter? #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
27. Such words are too heavy for young mouths. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
28. They betray a lack of understanding of the issues of life. Listen to Solomon: #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
29. "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
30. Put away from thee a forward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee." Proverbs 4:23-24 #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
31. Only last week I remonstrated a young lad who told a much older @CNN celebrity anchor to shut up on Twitter. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
32. Must we partake in the sacrament of the rude and uncouth? Must we share coarse bread, drink vulgar wine? #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
33. We can disagree without being disagreeable. The one is argument, the other character. Character is destiny. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
34. Watch what you say. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
35. We must listen to our inner man. We must listen to our conscience. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
36. Some have seared their conscience with a hot iron. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
37. You represent to a lady your intention to marry her, all the while having no such design. Patent deceit. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
38. She got to know about your marriage to another woman a day to your wedding. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
39. You destroyed her emotionally. She can't marry again. You turned a young bright thing into a widow. *SMH* #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
40. You collected her money, used her resources, drove her car, slept incessantly with her, and then dumped her unceremoniously. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
41. Conscience brother! #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
42. You date and marry a woman deceitfully with the sole intent of using her to acquire citizenship. She even has a child for you #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
43. Once you collected your new passport you manifested. You are so wicked you told her you never loved her. You boast of evil. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
44. Surely there's a God up there, and we're all farmers. What we sow we must reap. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
45. There's a reason God gave us conscience. It protects us from our fallen nature. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
46. Conscience is like those indicators on the dashboard of a car. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
47. It's how we know the engine has a problem. It's how we know the door is unlocked. Conscience gives advance warning. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
48. Just as nerves give our body feedback and sensory awareness, conscience gives us feedback on the polarity of good and evil. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
49. Conscience warns us on our plans and actions, saves us from retribution, gives us critical feedback. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
50. It's dangerous to deaden your conscience. You'll be oblivious to danger. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
51. Listen to the speakings of your conscience. The voice of conscience is never loud. It's quietly self assured. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
52. Our hearts amplify the pulses, otherwise conscience is calm. It knows right from wrong. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
53. I read about the "still small voice" in the Holy Book the other day. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
54. The context is a bit of a long story but it involved death threats to Prophet Elijah by that infamous villainess, Jezebel. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
55. The prophet had a conference call with God on the issue. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
56. They discussed some but they needed to discuss further, to put a succession plan in place. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
57. Elijah was asked to “Go, stand on the mountain…God will pass by.” #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
58. Quite naturally he expected a dramatic flourish as indicator of God's arrival. I mean this is God! #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
59. A hurricane wind ripped by like a siren announcing the celestial motorcade. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
60. Rocks were shattered "but God wasn’t to be found in the wind". False alarm. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
61. After the hurricane wind an earthquake, but God wasn’t in the earthquake. Another false alarm. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
62. After the earthquake, fire, but God wasn’t in the fire either. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
63. After the fire "a still small voice." That was God! (1 Kings 19:11-14) #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
64. God owns the auditory technology of the still small voice. The consumer version is called conscience. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
65. Listen to that still small voice. The outcome of your life might just depend on it. #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
66. Your mentor, LA. ©Leke Alder talk2me@lekealder.com #Letr2Jack
— Leke Alder (@LekeAlder) November 16, 2013
Cheers.
Great stuff. Thanks to Uncle Leke