*Skepticism* 

Q:  Hello.

B:  Hello.

Q:  How are you.

B:  Perfect! And you?

Q:  Fine.

B:  You are perfect as well, whether you know it or not.

Q:  Well, I try.

B:  In your own way, you do not have to try.

Q:  Um, my question is - let me tell you a little about myself.

B:  All right.

Q:  I'll be brief. I'm just getting into, well, learning about New Age
awareness. And I can't help but be a little skeptical.

B:  That is all right. We do not care. For do understand, in your society
it is the habit of the way you think - to think that anytime that anyone
has something to share, they share it because they wish to /prove/ something.
And we have absolutely nothing to prove.

Q:  Well, I want to find my inner light; I want to find myself, and I want
to spread my knowledge to other people...

B:  You go right ahead!

Q:  ... but how do I know that the people... let's see, on my venture to
find myself...

B:  Yes?

Q:  ... are real?

B:  Real? Everything is real.

Q:  In the sense of people not faking something, if you know what I mean.

B:  Let me put it this way: whether they are, quote/unquote, faking it or
not, if what they share with you works for you, it doesn't matter who they
are. And that is actually the whole idea. Take what works for you, no
matter where it comes from. If it doesn't work, don't use it. If it works,
use it. That's all there is to it. You follow me?

Q:  Yes, I do.

B:  That is why we are coming now, in the manner we are coming. Because
this way you don't have to believe we are who we say we are; and that the
message itself is what is more important - not the messenger. Because it
has been the habit of your society to lock onto the messenger, and ignore
the message.

So take the message for whatever it means to you. Use it if it works. Find
what works; use it. That's the idea; that's all there is to it. That is
what is real. What works for you is what - for you - is most real. What
doesn't work, you don't need to think about it right now. If it works for
you later, you'll think about it then. You follow me?

Q:  Yes, I do.

B:  Now, also allow me to point out one thing: skepticism. Many individuals
in your society think: "All right, I'm going to be very scientific, I will
be skeptical." Skepticism is not a scientific attitude. Objectivity is.
Skeptical is a /pre-built bias/. Objectivity is balanced. Objectivity says:
"All right. Here's a concept, how does this apply? How can this be applied?
What can I learn of it, one way or another? What, in this concept, will
work or won't work for me?"

Skepticism says: "This is hogwash! I will, therefore, go in exploring this
with resistance already - rather than an open, balanced, objective point of
view." Nothing is truly, ever /truly/ objective; every thing is
/always/ subjective. But you can create subjective and objective attitudes.

But skepticism is not scientific; and any true, quote/unquote, scientist
will be the first to understand that. Because if skepticism were a
scientific tool, there would be very few things you would ever discover. So
when, many times, individuals in your society say they are skeptical - many
times it is simply a misinterpretation; many times they are being truly
objective.

But many times when individuals think they are being objective, they are
actually being skeptical - which means they already have a built-in belief
about what it is they are approaching. You follow me?

Q:  Yes, I do.

B:  Thank you. And also allow us to remind you that because skepticism is a
built-in belief, then quite often skepticism will only be able to manifest
in life the result of that belief. In other words: " I told you so." And
when you get the manifestation that lets the individual say: "See? I told
you so," that's an indication that the only reason they got that
manifestation, is because they - to begin with - believed that they were
going to be able to say: " I told you so." So it is a self-perpetuating
prophecy.

Thank you for your sharing. You are the path you need to be. Do not forget:
a path is not what you are on, a path is what you are. You cannot be off
yourself. Enjoy the path you have created yourself to be. We thank you for
sharing that idea with us. At this timing, we will suggest that you all
enjoy a short break.

Q:  Thank you.