"a man cannot serve two masters" 3 Ne 13:24 This is something I have been thinking about lately. Having taught Psychology in High school a couple of times, I relate this to the little knowledge I have there.
Cognitive dissonance = an uncomfortable mental state resulting form conflicting cognitions. A change in attitudes, beliefs, and/ or actions is required to relieve cognitive dissonance. Dissonance can also be reduced by justifying, blaming, adn denying.
I am so grateful for cognitive dissonance. It is a very uncomfortable state to be in for me. But, those feelings of discomfort are telling me, "you are not living as you believe, so either change how you believe, or change how you live"
I watched the movie, "tangled" over the Thanksgiving holiday with my children. In this movie there is a scene where she has left the tower without her "mother's" knowledge. She has so much joy in her experiences and yet so much guilt because she is going against what she was taught. At one point the "prince/thief" says to her, "I can see that you are torn"
I thought...wow! That is so how I have felt so often. Torn. She didn't know what was right and what wasn't. Throughout the movie, she figured things out and followed her heart.
We should all follow our own hearts. But in order to do that, we first must find out for ourselves what we believe. When we experience cognitive dissonance we have the choice to change our beliefs and/or actions to either meet those of the natural man or those of God. But first, again, we must know the truth...we must know for ourselves what is right and we must live that way and never let anyone convince us otherwise.
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