(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 internal thing at work your "conscience"?
And if it feels good to behave according to preset, external criteria, where do these external criteria come from?