Self Help - Learning Who You Really Are

This first section of my personal development course sets up your self help frame-work for your journey of self discovery.
Chop Wood, Carry Water : Before enlightenment chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. - Wu Li.Unfortunately I can't be with you in person, but I will do my best to hold a mirror up to you. However, it will be up to you and how honest you can be with yourself which will determine how much you get out of these lessons. I believe in pushing positives, so in this first section let's look at what we have, our assets. Our assets take us as far as we can go, only then do our negatives hold us back. Recognizing and solving our problems we can deal with later in the course. So for now, it really has to be - self help. - as is life itself. The only person who can help you is you. That is a law of nature. When you go to the doctor for treatment, the treatment stimulates you body to heal itself. The doctor does not heal you - you do. If you skipped the
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chapter, please click this link.

Now, to begin - Let's find out what we are working with :- you.
- You not only have a life - You are one of a kind!
- There has never been anyone exactly like you!
- Are you special? - You Bet! **
- You have unique gifts and talents, (whether you know it or not).
- Without you the world would not be the same!
- We all need you!
** How do I know? You are reading this page so you must be! In the bigger picture, individuals can be seen as not particularly significant, at a physical level. However, any one of we "insignificant" beings can express a thought or an idea which changes forever the way the world is for the rest of humanity. We are talking about who you are, not what you are, or what you think, this is a huge distinction! You are not your thoughts .... you are the space they occupy! Self help note : By way of explanation, when a master meditates until there is nothing, no thoughts, no ego, just awareness, he or she is experiencing who he or she is. When there is nothing - there is potentially everthing!

This first section of the course deals with your self awareness, your place in the world and your connection to it. It provides a clear and simple framework and context on which to build the remaining sections. Because you are unique, I can only ask the questions, build the framework. You must fill in the spaces. The pages comprising this section are : - Your World.
- Meaning of Life Contract.
- Self Esteem.
- Self Awareness.
- Reality vs Illusion.
- Levels of Consciousness.
- Personality Types.
- True self - False self : your ego.
- Personality Addictions.
- Intuition.
Self help aside : Someone has said - "The trouble with life is that you may be half-way through it before you realize that it is a 'do-it-yourself' thing".
Just to make matters a little more complicated, as you work through the examples, clarifications in your perceptions are going to change the picture as you go. You are not only unique, you are also dynamic.The impact of the rest of this course is built upon the frame of reference set out in this section. Please complete this first personal development section, it provides a common frame of reference for both of us so that when you get to development and growth techniques we both know what we are talking about!
Recognising who you really are is the first and most important step. You may not come to a precise logical explanation of who you are, but by defining the various elements you can build up an intuitive picture.
The reason for so much self help material on knowing yourself is that there really is much more to you than you may have considered. Learning as much about yourself as you can is a process which will continue for the rest of your life!

Further Resources :-
Self Help Yourself
When you have no where left to turn - Turn to self-help .Self-help-yourself is a no time wasting and straight to the point kind of site. You will not be bombarded with endless lists of facts, figures and statistics which usually are useless bits of information that simply do not help you achieve your objectives.

Self Help Collective
Help yourself at our self help website and help others too - read articles, tips and inspirational quotes... You see, we all know something about living a great life and we all could do with some help from time to time too - and that's where The Self Help Collective comes in.


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