How do I know if my spiritual beliefs are actually mine or inherited?

This question itself is the beginning of the answer. Most of us inherit frameworks—religious traditions, family values, cultural narratives—and that's not a problem until we stop asking whether they still fit. I'd suggest sitting with what you actually *feel* versus what you think you *should* feel. Do your beliefs comfort you or constrain you? When you're alone, in doubt, do you return to them by choice or by habit? The work isn't to reject everything inherited, but to hold it up to the light of your own inner experience. Notice what resonates in your body, what makes you feel more alive, more connected, more honest. Start there. Write unselfconsciously about what actually matters to you—not what you've been told matters. You might find your inherited beliefs deepen when you claim them consciously, or you might discover you need something different. Both outcomes are spiritual maturation. The authenticity isn't in the conclusion; it's in the willingness to ask the question seriously.