Testing the Answers

No one is right all the time.

Some of the answers I’ve gotten from the spirit are… well, not at all what I suspected. Occasionally, the answer I get is risky: it’s embarrassing to do, it changes the relationships around me, it might put me in danger of getting smacked or, in the worst case scenario, detained for my own safety.

So far, it’s mostly been embarrassing. I’m immune to some kinds of embarrassment, but not others.

I like to test the answers I get. While the spirit has a connection to the divine and is hearing straight from the source, I can still hear other voices and I’m suspicious. So sometimes I ask stupid questions—am I wearing a red shirt? What’s going to happen tonight?

Thus far, the spirit has been pretty patient with me.

When I get answers ahead of me in time, or answers that might involve significant risk, I like to remember them and test my understanding or the answer. Sometimes, this involves spreading confirmatory questions over time.

Sometimes, this involves asking for confirmatory signs.

Sometimes, this involves consulting with my papa.

The spirit has, thus far, implicitly asked for my trust. It has never asked me to go in without questions.

The door is always open, stay or go.