USING religio-scopy!

understood and well taken that faith or religion and its teachings have a definite bearing on how life is lived, preventing delibrate disobedience of God’s admonishment and rulings.
in case of expanding the mind’s eye on the periphery of what is only religion bound, is an essential step to gain a deeper connection with th faith itself.

how can one best stay clear of dogmatic innovations within the faith (in fact correct them with sound reason) and use the inner spiritual instinct to do the right thing for God and ownself’s redemption, without getting hung up on strict or rigid attestations by pseudo-authorities in the form of self proclaimed saints?

any thoughts?