You're the Compass and the Map

I was considering my experience where I would quite literally not believe something, believe something and then not believe something such as pilgrimaging from Christian denomination to Christian denomination, the orthodox christians, the Catholics, other religions and so forth and I realized the nature of beliefs is temporary and therefore do not hold much value. What holds more value is to know. 

So how does one go from faith to knowing? I would say the answer lies within rather than without. We’ve been taught by so many religions to not trust ourselves but rather to trust that religion and their interpretations. However, if we are all one with God, then the true direct link to knowing is by going within. That would mean every creation from man outside of us, such as religion, is temporary because it didn’t exist, exists, and then doesn’t exist. So us believing in temporary things to explain eternal reality doesn’t make much sense, but using our own self as a compass and a map because we are one with reality does make a lot of sense.