With so much information flooding the media waves, how can we know what is correct? With liars lying at the highest level of government and organizations, how can we be sure we are not getting “fake” news? These days it seems to be more difficult to discover truths from falsehoods, so we, the people, are going to have to be more discerning about our information gathering.
We will need to question data....
We will need to question data more rather than just assume everything is rightly given. We will need to pay attention to the sources of information. Have they been truthful in the past? Are these the same people we have trusted in the past? Have we checked multiple sources to see if the information resonates with each source?
Our own value systems...
We also might need to check our own value systems to see if we recognize within ourselves what appears to be logical and life affirming, something that supports the general good and not just the selfish desires of a few. Any of us who were raised with the idea that we are all in this life together will have an easier time recognizing truth from untruth. We, ourselves, can be dispensers of honorable ideas and practices, and we can sense thoughts and words that are designed to injure.
We should be able to trust our hearts...
If we believe ourselves to be divine beings who live in the center of Infinite Good, who can trust ourselves to hear and sense higher truths, we should be able to trust our hearts to discern the best. In our spiritual practices we can accept this because I believe we genuinely want to live from our best selves and bring our good into life honestly and effortlessly.
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