In seeking Truth, FEEL it is the highest influence in your life, for it helps to lift you to a higher level of living. The desire to know more about God and Truth is a stepping stone to higher knowledge. You must find the Truth, make it a familiar part of your mental furnishings, and put it into action in your lives. This is what enables you to make spiritual progress. There is reluctance to accept responsibility for lifting your own consciousness.
Some people expect to receive from outside themselves.
You can receive wonderful things from books, people, and events, but what you DO with these little gems is all important. They must be incorporated into your own being by the power of thought and love for God. Each discovery should make you realize anew His thoughtfulness, compassion, and love in providing everything you, His children, could need for your development into the light. The first thing you need to bring to this upward journey is a self-starter. Your own bodies put up resistance.