Do we behave out of fear of punishment, or out of the demands of our heart? For me, it is the latter, as I would hope is true for all adults, thought I know from bitter experience that such is not often the case. To act in a manner designed to catapult you into heaven would seem transparent to a god, any god, for if ones heart is not in allignment with the creator of that heaven, then.. what is the point? .R.A. Salvatore
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In this quote, Bob Marley speaks about the difference between how we behave when we are afraid of punishment and how we behave when our actions are motivated by what our heart desires. He gives an example in which he was holding a woman’s arm, either because he was afraid of punishment, or because he wanted to hold her hand. He concludes that his actions were not in alignment with the creator of that heaven, because if his heart was not in alignment with that creator then what was the point?
Source: The Ghost King
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