{"id":151158,"date":"2012-10-28T23:52:39","date_gmt":"2012-10-28T21:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/espirited.com\/dont-let-yourself-be-led-by-external-rules\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T10:05:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T08:05:22","slug":"dont-let-yourself-be-led-by-external-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/espirited.com\/en\/dont-let-yourself-be-led-by-external-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Let Your Heart Be the Touchstone"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cDoing things \u2018wrong,\u2019 making mistakes, is part of life and can even bring you greater growth than trying to avoid mistakes. In the \u2018bad things,\u2019 the seed of light lies dormant.<\/em><\/p>\n

Only by experiencing the bad from within can you experience the good as beautiful, true, and pure.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

You, the God within you, have plunged into the depths (into material reality) in order to know through experience, not to apply knowledge to experience. In this sense, there is nothing unspiritual. All experience is sacred and meaningful. Do not allow yourself to be guided by external rules that dictate what is healthy, right, or spiritual for you.<\/em><\/p>\n

Let your heart be the touchstone<\/strong>: if it feels that something is right for you, then it is right. Release everything else.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013Pamela Kribbe, Heart-Centered Living: Messages Inspired by Christ Consciousness, p. 12<\/p>\n

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\u201cDoing things \u2018wrong,\u2019 making mistakes, is part of life and can even bring you greater growth than trying to avoid mistakes. In the \u2018bad things,\u2019 the seed of light lies dormant. Only by experiencing the bad from within can you experience the good as beautiful, true, and pure. You, the God within you, have plunged […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":152808,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[646],"tags":[655,691,681,645],"class_list":["post-151158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spiritual-intelligence","tag-the-lessons-of-love","tag-pamela-kribe-en","tag-spiritual-teachers","tag-thought-of-the-day"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t