Re: Re: soy in bird feed

[Guest guest]

I am so appreciative for the discussion that goes on here, I got this

quote today and it resonated for me with what I am doing here with you

all, so I wanted to share. I really value becoming more aware that I

have responsibility and choice and power as I become more and more

engaged in seeking what resonates for me as an understanding that I

can lean on making decisions about what food to consume

The Ultimate Authority

Using Our Own Minds

Our own sense of the truth is the most important piece when taking in

information from external sources.

To a certain degree, we rely on other people’s accounts of reality to

inform us of the nature of the universe. For example, we can’t all be

molecular physicists, but we can benefit from taking their findings to

heart. In the same way, we often look to teachers, various leaders,

and gurus to tell us about the path to enlightenment and the nature of

the realm of spirit. While this input from experts is undeniably

valuable, our own sense of the truth is ultimately the most important

piece in processing the information we take in from external sources.

In the end, we are the authorities in our own lives, and we have the

final say on whether something generally held as true is true for us.

We need only take a brief look at history to remember that the

religious, scientific, and political establishments that ruled the day

were all wrong about something at some point in time. This is the

beauty of learning, experiencing, and evolving. While we sometimes

wish we could just let someone else decide for us what is real and

true, this is clearly not a viable option. The good news in all this

is that we can confidently devote ourselves to making up our own minds

about reality, taking everything that is handed to us as truth with a

grain of salt.

This does not mean that we discount the information we receive from

outside sources. It simply means that we are vigilant enough to

question it before we decide whether or not we agree with it. All the

information we receive is useful in the process of helping us make up

our own minds. As we allow ourselves to sit with the things we learn,

measuring them alongside our own inner sense of the truth and our own

experiences, we find that making up our minds is a joyful process of

integration that grows us into stronger, smarter, more engaged human

beings.

Thank you for sharing your truth as you know it Alvin and Jan, and

others too.