What is God Actually? Conscience is that Divine Spark within us

Dear brothers and sisters in spirit. In the depths of Holy Scripture, where the Old Testament shines like a dark mirror of the soul, the prophet Elijah stands as guardian of truth. At a time when the people of Israel forsook the living God and submitted to a king who, with the woman Jezebel, promoted the nature-based cult of Baal—a cult that sacrifices children and perverts the order of creation—the last faithful prophet arose. He challenged the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel. Fire fell from heaven, consumed the sacrifice, and the drought was brought to an end. This is not merely a miracle of natural force. It is the sign that the right order will be restored when humanity turns to the true God instead of the forces of the earth.

The Fire, the Storm, and the Cave

But the deepest revelation does not come in fire, not in storm, and not in earthquake. Elijah flees to the cave. There he learns what the thinker of our time has interpreted with clear reason and profound spiritual insight: God is not in the powerful manifestations of nature. God is in the still, quiet voice—the voice of conscience. This voice is autonomous. It speaks within us, and yet it is not of our making. It awakens shame, calls for repentance, and points the way to goodness, without our being able to control it.

Conscience as the Divine Logos

Here biblical truth intersects with the insight of depth psychology: Conscience is that inner Logos, that spark of the divine, which simultaneously kills and awakens the soul. It is the sword that severs false gods and makes union with the heavenly Father possible. This discovery is the rediscovery of the Logos itself. Just as the thinker of antiquity recognized reason as an inner voice, so the prophet recognizes that conscience is the place where God encounters humankind. Monotheism here means not merely the unity of a name, but the unity of moral orientation: adventure like Abraham's, preparation like Noah's, and the still voice of conscience—all one and the same call to responsibility.

The Order of Society and the Aridity of the Soul

Where society loses this orientation and places nature above humanity, aridity arises—both outwardly and inwardly. Fresh water, abundance, and healthy order arise only where humanity recognizes the primacy of the spiritual and of responsibility. The paradox of natural resources teaches this clearly: rich countries become impoverished when the ethical foundation is lacking; nations without great treasures flourish when trust and order prevail. We face the same temptation today. The cult of nature, which sacrifices childlike innocence and humanity, returns in new forms.

Return to the Heavenly Father

Against him, the still voice rises. It calls us to turn back to the symbolic Father, to God in heaven. It calls us to the healthy family, in which mother and father together bear the order of life. She calls to love as union and wholeness, founded not in the chaos of desires, but in fidelity to the Logos.

The sword that kills and awakens

Brothers and sisters, hear this voice. It is the sword that cuts through the darkness of Nigredo and opens the way to light. It is courageous, optimistic, and true. Follow it, and the soul will awaken. For whoever obeys conscience obeys the Divine Logos—and finds the beauty of goodness, the morality of reason, and the depth of the Christian mystery.

May this insight work within us like fire from heaven and at the same time like the still voice in the cave. Amen.