The collection of structures—thoughts, beliefs, feelings, etc.—which determine behaviour. When conscience is unified with Consciousness, grounded in Love, the result is conscientious, caring behaviour, concerned about the whole. But when conscience is separate from Consciousness, feelings of pride and guilt can arise from a belief in what is right and wrong. Having a guilty conscience is a familiar term. See guilty.
Latin conscientia, ‘joint knowledge with another person, being privy to, knowledge within oneself’ present participle of conscire, ‘to be conscious of guilt’, see Consciousness.