Other's Opinions are Less Important...

I love this passage!  I believe I love this passage so much because it speaks directly to me and certain times in my life where I looked outside myself for approval and affirmation when I had all I needed within. 

Other's Opinion Are Less Important Than My Personal Guidance System... You did not intend to use the opinions of your parents to measure against your beliefs, desires, or actions in order to determine the appropriateness of them. Instead, you knew (and still remembered, long after you were born) that it was the relationship between the opinion (or knowledge) of the Source within you and your current thoughts, in any moment, that would offer you perfect guidance in the form of emotions. You did not intend to replace your Emotional Guidance System with the opinions of your parents even if they were in harmony with their Emotional Guidance System in the moment of their trying to guide you. It was much more important to you to recognize the existence of your own Guidance System, and to utilize it, than to be deemed correct by, or to find approval from, others.

--- Abraham

Excerpted from the book, The Vortex, Where the Law of Attraction Assembles All Cooperative Relationships

          To paraphrase this excerpt:

 We tend to listen to others opinions above our own divine guidance system.  We look outside ourselves for the answer when it is already with us.  Even when we consult with others who we fully trust, the truth is, WE are the only true source of what is good for us.  That is why it is so important to get quiet and go within when needing guidance.

 Sometimes the answer we hear is not the easiest route though.  Sometimes it will make us squirm in our seats, but it is the correct route and we could bypass weeks, months or even years of distress if we just follow what our inner guidance is telling us.  Intuition is never wrong.  If you have found that your “intuition” was wrong, then it wasn’t really your intuition, but a fearful thought craftily designed by your ego.

Trust yourself.  You are your own best judge of what is right and correct for you.   

Peace  J

For more on this topic please read: 

“Believe in Yourself and Your Divine Messages”