Does developing our conscience and intelligence develop our bhakti?
Does that answer your question? So, is it that when we develop our conscience and our intelligence, do we develop bhakti? Yes, ultimately, but primarily our conscience and intelligence enable us to do the things by which bhakti will develop. So, it's not that conscience and intelligence automatically develop bhakti.
We could say conscience and intelligence are like road signs. Go in this direction, don't go in this direction. Now, I have to travel along the road signs to reach my destination.
So, by my conscience and by my intelligence, I can make the right choices. And by making the right choices, I will develop bhakti. So, the things which help me to develop bhakti, I will engage in those activities.
The things which damage my bhakti, I will avoid those activities. And thus, the difference between conscience and intelligence, broadly speaking, is that conscience is more immediate, instinctive. It's a reflex action.
It's a reflex internal action as conscious. No, I can't do this. Oh, I should do this.
Intelligence means it's more deliberated choice. So, but both help us to choose. And by choosing the activities that develop bhakti, we move closer to Krishna.
Does this answer your question? Yes, ma'am.