Editing Inward light (section)

== Contrast with other inner sources ==

Many Friends consider this divine guidance (or "promptings" or "leadings of the [[Holy Spirit|Spirit]]") distinct both from impulses originating within oneself and from generally agreed-on moral guidelines.  In fact, as Marianne McMullen pointed out, a person can be prompted to say something in meeting that is contrary to what he or she thinks.<ref>[http://quakersfp.live.poptech.coop/qfp/chap2/2.35.html#2.56 Margaret Hope Bacon, 1986] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060517060611/http://quakersfp.live.poptech.coop/qfp/chap2/2.35.html |date=17 May 2006 }}</ref> In other words, Friends do not usually consider the Inner Light the conscience or moral sensibility but something higher and deeper that informs and sometimes corrects these aspects of human nature.