A relatable sentiment and useful metaphor indeed! Although, I do have to question the internal/external authority statement only because I have 3 kids who are still developing their inner authorship over their own subjectivity. If they couldn't rely on the semi-external authority of their parents (my wife and I) then they'd invariably resort to instinctual impulses. The kind prone to hominids of any variety. Our biology dictates one way to survive while our minds and actions sometimes say and do contradictory things. Our words and actions don't match and we have to embody the contradiction somehow? Thus conscience is a curious faculty of guidance that helps and sometimes harms... this brings us to having a look at the beliefs that animate our lives. I see a connection we could make based on anarchism at first glance. Next theres the endearing banjo which, like any good conscience can sometimes help or sometimes "harm" peoples ears;)

Now as long as we are both referring to conscience as in the inner voice/feeling of right/wrong then we are likely understanding each other. If on the other hand you are using the word conscience but imagining a poetic representation of a "higher power" (god) then we may only differ on the emphasis placed on the subjective value of that qualia. {experience} I know this is unsolicited commentary but I just wanted to find a way to appreciate your post while experimenting with a way to communicate something like an agnostic bridge of honesty that seeks to structure a neutral way to regard the whole god debate without making this an us vs them divide. I got the impression that I could pitch this idea to you because you made a connection between The Voice of God and the conscience and it made me think: that is an uncontroversial way to regard God in a public and metaphorical way. I wonder if it's neutral-enough to perhaps find a non-religious, anarcho basis for Common Ground among non-statism inclined humans? Some type of Open Source Spirituality? I've rambled enough for one comment. Sorry if I took this somewhere off topic a bit...