The Power of Truth

Metaphysical studies, very much like religion, is often the basis for profit-based businesses these days. In other words, profit is the motive, rather than the spiritual growth of the patrons. Since spiritual growth has turned into a business, we can’t always rely on the integrity of those providing a service or presenting information. When profit becomes motive, truth is expendable. Truth is a prerequisite for growth. So we must question the information, the service, or the healing method, by developing and relying upon, discernment.

True spiritual healing, by necessity, involves an awakening. We cannot remain unconscious until we become enlightened. The journey involves a conscious and willing agreement to seek awareness. When we look into the world with rose-colored glasses, it may boost our comfort, but we are hiding from truth. This is not consciousness. If we believe fiction because it feels better, that is not awareness. If we remain in illusion, we cannot wake up.

Science has proven the existence of some metaphysical concepts, thus bypassing the leap-of-faith requirement that standard religious teachings demand. However this does not prove a particular application of a concept, or law. When putting into practice some "proven" teaching, many students, when faced with failure, do not re-evaluate the validity of the teaching; instead, they believe that they didn’t have enough faith, didn’t know properly how to use the concept, or didn’t want the manifestation on a deep level.

If you have thought of checking with a psychic or reader for some advice, know in advance that they have adopted a standard disclaimer to cover a wide range of error: "free will." Although they may claim to 99% accuracy, free will is the reason they will tell you your reading did not play out as they had told you.

If you have gone to a healer and didn’t experience success, they won’t tell you that you are in the majority. They will point out the few testimonials of those who experienced success, whether or not those testimonials were authentic. They might suggest you didn’t really want the healing on some level. Free will prevails!

A student can spend a lifetime savings on courses, tools, teachers and healing modalities. Perhaps the next teacher who assures us they have "cracked the code" may know something no one else in history has learned. For good reason, we might need to believe that the DNA healer or the energy healer can resolve our health issues. With every product, modality, process, or method that claims success, we need to evaluate the credibility by reviewing our success. We need to remain biased towards our own perceptions. When we doubt ourselves and our judgment, we make ourselves vulnerable to mistruth, and thus, disempowerment. Placing faith outside ourselves removes our power and sets up a cycle of seeking and never actually finding. Today, seeking can be expensive!

This is not an insult to the intelligence of the faithful. Whether we desire to connect with spirit, improve our lives, or achieve wellness, we have a legitimate need. Whenever a need surfaces, business will exploit that need for profit, if we allow them. We can see that modern medicine exploits our natural desire for health. Some patients may continue in the medical system for years, visiting one doctor after another in search of a better answer or better care. One doctor may pass them to another, keeping them in the system. As doctors authorize more tests, more specialists and more treatment, it results in increased profits for the system and increased costs for the patient–who may not even find relief. Many people now educate themselves to make more informed decisions, rather than relying completely on their doctors.

In the same way, the spiritual and personal development field draws in those seeking to improve their health, their lives, or understand the spiritual realm. Unethical people will profit on those needs. Sometimes the healing they provide benefits only their own bank account! We should carefully consider their claims and evaluate fairly to determine which are worthwhile.

Trust yourself. True faith does not require ignorance and complete naivete. Be discriminating in whom you trust and what you believe. Spirituality does not require all-or-nothing blind faith. Although you believe in the existence of "god" as the energy in the universe, you do not need to believe some tool, person, or modality that claims to have captured that essence to heal you. You may believe in law of attraction, and indisputably, it does exist, but you can understand that the way it is presented in some popular teachings is not quite right. You may believe that there are angels or guides in the higher realms that assist us, but you do not need to believe that someone has channeled them or receives special information from them, whether or not they are profiting on the information–although, they usually are! You do not need believe that a book or teaching was channeled information, just because it was claimed. Complete belief is not a requirement for spiritual awakening, but self-trust is. A roadblock on the path to spiritual maturity is trust in self, before all others. In order to progress, you will need to graduate that course.

Be wise! It is not "negative" to use your intelligence and discernment. Wisdom, intellect, discrimination and discernment are our gifts, and our responsibility. It is our task here on earth to balance both our spiritual and human side–not to abandon one aspect of ourselves to embrace another.