YouTube: Trust Yourself
“Who do you say that I am?” This question Jesus posed to the disciples may be the most significant of any that could be asked. We are born into a predefined religious culture that provides us with the answers we are expected to give to this, and countless other questions raised on our spiritual journey. The time comes when, after considering the abundance of perspectives available, we learn to trust ourselves to discern the truth about this life we are here to live.
In the parable of the sower (Matthew 13:3-9) Jesus gives us excellent insight into why it is important to trust ourselves. Our consciousness, the sum of our beliefs, is the soil through which the seed of the soul is expressed. At the soul level, we find absolute perfection. At the level of expression, we find a mixed bag of good and not so good. The reason for conflicting expressions is that we try to answer the question, “Who do you say that I am” though the opinions of others. Perhaps we’ve graduated from the well-trodden path of mainstream thinking only to adopt a new improved system of belief that is still not our own.
Think of your soul as the bulb of an iris, and the iris flower as the life on earth expressed. Where does the iris get its wisdom, it’s very being? It is in direct communion with the bulb, the very soul of the flower. The bulb knows how to draw everything it needs from soil, sun, and rain. It does not seek the opinions of other flowers or study the wisdom of its predecessors. It’s very being is the answer to the question, “Who do you say that I am?”
It is good to study the works of others, especially when doing so brings clarity and affirmative support to our own thinking. In other words, we know and recognize a truth before we read or hear another’s version of it. It is good practice to dialogue, perhaps through journaling, with our own inclinations. We are a soul expressing through a body and it’s important to know that we’ve come equipped with the proper mechanism that allows for perfect expression. When thinking of yourself, the question, “Who do you say that I am?” requires an answer only you can give. It is an answer you were given even before you asked. Trust yourself.