How can you discern what is true from what is false? How can you know that the information you receive from some unknown place is not of your own making? How can you feel confident that what you have received is indeed of spirit and not some delusion of the mind?
You can know by first knowing that the things of Spirit never cause you fear or pain. They never create tension or guilt. They do not separate you from others or from the whole in any way. They never condemn another or create thoughts that lead to divisiveness. They do not render you powerless. They are never diminished in the giving and can therefore be offered freely and generously. It is in the giving that the things of the spirit are increased.
Spirit is ever loving. Ever giving. Ever accepting. Ever understanding. Ever aware that what appears to require any form of forgiveness is only an illusion; a momentary condition which always passes. Spirit is wholly loving, wholly accepting of life as it unfolds. It operates wholly within the realm of grace. Spirit sees only the perfection of itself and sees only itself in all things. It is, therefore, ever aware of your perfection even while seeing the imperfect things you do. Spirit observes the dance of life, with all its missteps, placidly and without judgment for it knows that life is unfolding just as it must. It knows that life is the highest expression of the universe; the one song, and all of nature is learning to dance.