It seems to me that your "filtering process" has served you well Allie
. As did my own. It's really all about acceptance and non-resistance. Life flows naturally and more painless if one does not resist change or the "unknown". As a
Master I have known always says: "Easy is right". Security does not come from preparing for the unknown in a thousand and one ways, it comes from simply accepting that there is only the unknown. The mystery is never-ending, and it gets more mysterious the more one evolves. I used to be totally asleep, and in that state I really thought I "knew it all". The more Awake you become the less you know. There is great beauty in paradox.
So many are caught up in the "being right" game. It's not about "being right" as that is really impossible. It's simply about being in Love, because Love
is right. Being content no matter what the circumstances are is the only thing one needs. All else is based upon illusion.