(May 26, 2015 at 8:18 pm)whateverist Wrote: Good question. Why not just be authentic and trust that your essential nature will allow you to find your way? "Being good" has the feel of evaluating experience according to preset, external criteria and then doing your best to act accordingly.
Hmmm.
Are you suggesting that your "essential nature" has been hardwired with a set of criteria for knowing right from wrong? Is this an internal thing at work in you? Would you call it "conscience"?
And if it feels good to behave according to preset, external criteria, how does that relate with the internal thing or conscience just mentioned?