Behind the seemingly insuperable tests we go through lie the answers we seek addressed to us personally. Tests are the cornerstone of any spiritual growth. The situations we define as tests, when accepted, change into a means for initiation and become the way of our transformation. Our free will lets us the choice to accept or refuse the tests that Universal Consciousness puts on our path, as an answer to our longing for a more spiritual life, and so as to make us grow and elevate our consciousness. And there is nothing such difficult as accepting a situation that our rationality refuses a priori because of the uncertainty of its unfolding and the calling into question, even the pain that it imposes on us.

Thus test is an encounter with the unknown as well as a painful situation to live, a situation that our mind wants to avoid at any cost. The lucid choice of accepting to be put the test is above all an act of faith. For our reason encourages us to try and understand, and anticipate the events, so as to disperse the mist of the unknown. However, only the intuitive perception can guide us with trustworthiness. It's only with accepting to live fully the tests we are put to that we discover their spiritual message. Then we realize that without tests, we can't know our reality, our divine nature. As long as we don't accept the situations we don't understand, the Divine carries on putting us to the test until we become able to release our fears and let go, so as to let our consciousness become our guide.

Laurence