You have been programmed. As a youth, you were shown faith by your parents and religious leaders. The way you studied was guided by your parents and teachers. When you did good things, they were mostly done due to your programming. Your parents and mentors did this to hopefully have a positive effect on you. They wanted you to strive for greatness, no matter what road you traveled down.
But true greatness comes from your own ability to choose. If you sense something is wrong, but those around you are telling you to go with the flow – stop! Go with your gut. It is your soul telling you what your rightful path should be. If it doesn’t feel right to you, it probably isn’t.
Listening to the essence within you will make you more intimate with your soul, and your spiritual light will never be extinguished.
Very true, but it is often hard to recognize the programming if that is all you’ve ever known. Sometimes it takes an outside observation to make it obvious to you