"It doesn't matter
where the information comes from.
It only matters
how you feel about it after receiving it."
-- Albert K. Strong
Sometimes we get caught up in the source of information rather than the information itself. Jesus proclaimed the same things in his own homeland as in other parts of the world, yet in his homeland they did not listen because of the source. "Who was He to speak this information? We've known Him all His life and He is nothing special."
Fear, disbelief from familiarity, focusing on the source and not the information, can all lead to missing the value of the information. It might even be the other way around, as with famous people like movie stars and rock stars, where we focus on the source, and only because of the source would we even consider the information. In other words, if they say it, it must be true!
There's a better way in all of this. Focus on the information and pay attention to how you feel about it. But don't look for the truth or the lie. That matters little. Look only to see if it resonates within you in a positive way or a negative way. Do you feel good reading or hearing it, or do you feel bad about it, fearful of it? How you feel about it determines two things: One, whether you will know it as truth to you or not, and Two, whether you even allow it in at this time. You might not be ready to hear it and then at another time, you will.
My best advice to myself is to open up when it resonates. Roll around in it, splash it over me, stir it up a bit, feel all the bits of it. Some parts may resonate and some parts not? No problem. I accept the parts that resonate with me and leave the rest for another time or a not-ever time. If I feel bad, fearful, distrustful, disbelieving, or any of a bunch of other negative emotions, I just let it be and move on.
We've been learning all of our lives. In that process, we've often picked up the views of others and accepted them in ourselves. It may be totally misinformation, yet right now it is affecting us in what we let in or don't let in. It's okay. As we find things that will resonate with us, we might even realize that we've heard this before a long time ago and at that time we rejected it. But, now it resonates. Everything in its own time. Everything unfolds perfectly.
They say to follow your heart. Well, that's the same thing as opening up to what resonates with you.
It's sort of funny that not too many years ago, I would not have allowed in the things that I now teach fluidly. Yet that is perfect. The timing wasn't right, but it came around again, and this time it was perfect. I celebrate that perfection.
I Celebrate That Which Resonates Or Is In-Tune With Me At This Time. I Feel The Alignment Of It.
Spread Some Joy Today--because feeling good has become so important to you that you seek it every minute of every day, and because it resonates with you so clearly, you cannot help but share it with others in your demeanor, body language, and speech.
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