The spiritual path is the inner way of mystic tradition—our teacher lies within. When we're looking for guidance or truth, that is the most direct path. But guidance can also come from outside sources. Before accepting any advice as true for ourselves we first need to develop discernment, that inner sense of confirmation to what we hear or read. It’s that same sense of confirmation that comes when we perceive things directly from the inside. Whenever an outside perspective isn't validated from the inside we put it aside. It’s not for us. In that spirit, any perspective I give is simply the way I see it.

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