Joseph Smith described this principle when he taught the following:
“The Spirit of Revelation is in connection with these blessings. A person may profit by noticing the first intimation of the spirit of revelation; for instance, when you feel pure intelligence flowing into you, it may give you sudden strokes of ideas, so that by noticing it, you may find it fulfilled the same day or soon; (i.e.) those things that were presented unto your minds by the Spirit of God, will come to pass; and thus by learning the Spirit of God and understanding it, you may grow into the principle of revelation, until you become perfect in Christ Jesus” (27 June 1839, Commerce, Illinois Willard Richards Pocket Companion, Teachings and Sayings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 98).
Here is an outstanding article on revelation and growing into the principle of revelation. https://toawakeandarise.com/2018/12/30/growing-in-the-principle-of-revelation-how-to-discern-between-the-spirit-and-your-own-thoughts/
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