I feel I am moving toward green ray - but am I fooling myself?

[Bring4th_Austin]

I am a relative newbie to this material. How am I supposed to know if I am truly moving toward green ray or am fooling myself.

Hi caycegal...perhaps this passage might help:

42.10
Questioner: How can an individual assess what energy centers within its being are activated and in no immediate need of attention and which energy centers are not activated and are in need of immediate attention?
Ra: I am Ra. The thoughts of an entity, its feelings or emotions, and least of all its behavior are the signposts for the teaching/learning of self by self. In the analysis of one’s experiences of a diurnal cycle an entity may assess what it considers to be inappropriate thoughts, behaviors, feelings, and emotions.

In examining these inappropriate activities of mind, body, and spirit complexes the entity may then place these distortions in the proper vibrational ray and thus see where work is needed.

As far as knowing whether you are "fooling" yourself, my main defense against that is to always ask yourself "why?" "Why do I like this? Why do I think this? Why do I dislike this? Why do I assume this?" This helps me understand my behavior and emotions which may spring from any blockage or over-activation, including green ray. If I find within my answers to these questions anything related to conditional acceptance or understanding, lack of forgiveness, or spiteful judgement, I realize that it relates to a blockage in green ray.

I have been very much interested in healthy living and eating most of my life. Does that make me self oriented?

Is it negative to try to care for one's own body as well as possible, to eat well, exercise and meditate?

In my opinion, respect for the self is a key component in spiritual work. With your physical body being an aspect of yourself, a sort of personal temple for your consciousness, showing respect towards it through healthy living is a simple and effective way to express this respect of self. I feel like the benefits of this for STO oriented individuals is far-reaching.