How We Know
We know by an intersection of inner and outer enlightenment. God and the angels flow into our consciousness from within. At the same time, we encounter people in our lives and we read and hear many things from without. When truth flowing in from God meets with a notion we encounter from without that is true, we accept it. It then becomes part of our memory and our consciousness. We use it in our lives to guide and direct our footsteps. Without the inflow from God, we wouldn’t recognize a truth we encounter from without.
This means that B. F. Skinner isn’t right when he says our consciousness is completely conditioned from the outside. If everything comes to us from without, there would be no way to discern what we want to accept or reject. The blank slate of our consciousness would be a confused jumble.