The source

You begin to seek the blessings of God from where you are. Any limit you have in the accuracy and depth of how you see yourself will limit the flow of blessings from God to you.

You can’t be aligned with God more than you are aligned with yourself. It should be no surprise that while you are out of harmony with yourself, you cannot be in harmony with God.¹ In order to maximize flow from God to you, you have to be “pure in heart,” or aware of and aligned in what you think, feel, and do.² You will only have God’s goodness in your life to the extent that you align everything that comes out of you with everything inside of you.³

As you learn who you really are and discover and remedy any dishonesty in how you think, feel, or act, you will remove barriers that prevent the maximal flow of good from God to you and, through you, to others. Complete honesty maximally opens the channel of God’s goodness in your life.⁴ As you live fully integrated in your mind, heart, body, and spirit, you will become an unimpeded channel for God’s light to flow into the world:

`I am the door, and if anyone enters in through becoming how they understand me to be, he will be saved, and I will flow into him, and I will flow out of him, and he will increase and expand in the pasture I provide. (John 10:9, Author’s Reflection)`

When you are in total alignment, God’s light can flow into, through, and from you without impedance.⁵

You can’t see God beyond how accurately you see yourself. You can’t see much of how God really is beyond how much you see yourself as you really are. Any inaccuracy in your self-awareness will limit your ability to see God. To the extent that you do not see parts of yourself correctly, you will likewise see God incorrectly. Your inner and outer selves are the canvas upon which more of God’s character is painted. Until you know who you really are in your desires, thoughts, and actions versus who and how you wish you were, you will not be able to identify, make, and apply the changes necessary to align with God.

You can’t see much more of God more than you see yourself. You can’t see the breadth of God beyond how extensively you see your own breadth. To the extent that you do not see parts of yourself at all, you will not see the pertinent parts of God.

You can’t see the depth of God beyond the depth of yourself that you see. You will never know God much more deeply than you know yourself. If you don’t yet know yourself, being far less than God, how can you ever expect to know God?

The gospel is about gaining greater awareness of God, and fully aligning yourself with him in how you act and feel. You can’t do that while you are still unaware of and inconsistent in how you think, act, and feel.