On our quest for spiritual growth, we come across a lot of information. The net is teeming with spiritual sites, new books are hitting theaters at higher rates than ever before and new “gurus” are popping up everywhere. In lots of ways, this can be a fantastic time for you to be on a quest for knowledge. The majority of us have been trained to look for this knowledge outside of ourselves. We’ve delegated responsibility for the learning to others; our parents, our teachers, our boss, the media, or some guru who appears to have most of the answers. “Just tell me what to believe” seems to be the mantra of the present day knowledge-seeking individual. We try to find the main one source, the main one book, the main one philosophy that can give us all the answers. Then we could just relax. We’ll have it all figured out. But how do we know who the most effective spiritual teacher is? How can we know who to be controlled by?

There’s a problem with assigning the responsibility of our learning to others. They’ll always offer their knowledge from their perspective. Especially as it pertains to spiritual matters (although definitely not limited to them), another person’s the fact is definitely not going to be your truth.

It isn’t that other folks don’t have anything of value to show us. They do. The problem occurs once we shut down our personal brains and take an “all or nothing” approach. Either the person has nothing of value for people, or we assign them the status of guru and believe everything they say.

Realistically, however, that’s not exactly just how it works. Everyone you meet, every book you read, anything that gets your attention has something of value to offer you course in miracles author. Not everything they say will do the job, but there’s always a nugget of truth there for you. You have to find it. You’re certainly not trying to find anything new. All you could should do is remember everything you already know, deep down inside.

How do you recognize it? You can feel it. There’s resonance whenever you hear or read a thing that rings true for you personally, a rush of energy, a sense in your gut. It feels good. It feels right. And you simply understand that it’s true for you. Haven’t you ever read something or heard someone speak words that seemed to expressing something you’ve always seemingly known? It’s like they certainly were taking your thoughts and simply organizing them in a way you hadn’t previously been able to do. It felt like they weren’t really giving you new information, but instead reminding you of something you already knew. That was an item of your truth.

There is no body guru, book, website or whatever else that will give you ALL the answers. No one can offer you most of the answers, because no body is having exactly the same experience that you are. We’re all unique individuals, living our personal unique lives, and having our personal unique experiences. And all of us have our personal unique truths, our personal unique group of answers.

With this in mind, I encourage you to always use your own personal guidance to ascertain which information is right for you personally and which isn’t. You are your own personal best spiritual teacher. You might find some information on the internet or in books (wherever) that you accept and some that you don’t. Some things will “resonate” with you, you’ll feel it in your gut. This really is you remembering everything you already know. Some things will evoke no reaction at all. Some may evoke a poor reaction. You may think a number of it is just a bit “out there” ;.

I encourage you to take whatever resonates with you and leave the rest. Look for whatever sources you’re interested in, be it books, websites or other people. When you begin to pay for attention, you’ll notice that the answers to your questions are all around you. You might overhear a snippet on radio stations, have a relatively chance encounter at the food store or see articles in a publication that sparks that feeling of resonance, of recognition.
Take those items that resonate with you and leave the rest. There’s nothing wrong with this information, it just isn’t for you personally, or may not be for you personally right now.

You are your own personal best teacher. You are alone who knows what is right for you personally and what isn’t. Listen to that particular inner voice, think yourself and don’t delegate the responsibility of deciding what’s true for you really to anyone else.