Excerpt from The Freedom Teachings.
1) Who does this information source appear to be?
2) What are they telling me?
3) Do they really know what they are talking about?
4) Are they saying what they REALLY mean?
5) Where might their information be coming from?
6) What motive might they have for telling me this thing?
7) What are they hoping that I believe?
8) Why would they want me to believe this thing?
9) What are they trying to motivate me to do with my personal power: discover and embrace it within myself, or surrender it elsewhere in worship or obedient subservience?
10) If they are trying to help me, what are they trying to help me to achieve and how could believing this thing empower me?
11) If they are covertly trying to mislead me, how might I be harmed in believing them?
12) Are they inspiring me to lead through my own inner spiritual power and wisdom, or are they seducing me to believe that I am personally powerless and so must blindly follow an external power source to save me?
13) If I believe this thing, will it assist me in becoming more awakened, aware, loving, kind, responsible, strong, spiritually alive, intelligent, wise, compassionate, WHOLE and effective human being?