6 Ways to Know a False Inner Guide

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6 Ways to Know a False Inner Guide from the True One

By Guy Finley

The journey to the divinity within has its dangers. About this we are clear: the inner path is lined with many trials and pitfalls. But there is nothing to be feared in this foreknowledge; in truth, these encounters are actually stages of initiation; they are necessary points along the upper path where the aspirant reaches – again and again – the proverbial “fork in the road.”

A great confusion usually clouds these unwanted moments, made all the worse by yet another challenge that is, itself, a part of the path less taken: the aspirant can’t see down either path, as a kind of darkness shrouds the entrance to both.

It is always in these moments that the aspirant feels most frightened and alone. A mounting despair strengthens the sense of fatigue; an outpouring of stressful thoughts and worried feelings deny, decry, and try to console all at once. But the main question remains, which we’ll put in the first person:

How can I tell which of the two paths is the true one? Which leads to the immortal Self, and which is a one-way ticket back to being “me” again? And how do I know which – if any – of these “voices” in my head telling me, “This is the way,” or “No, go that way,” is offering me the right instruction?

In short, how can I tell the difference between a true inner guide and a false one?

Is there a way to know, with some certainty which of these guides can see through this darkness, and which one is blinded by it? The answer is “Yes.”

The following six ways are designed to help you tell the difference between a false inner guide and a true one. Use the light these insights provide to help you make it, safe and sound, all the way back home to your immortal Self.

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