Self Help And Enlightenment?

[Chrissy j]

Does self help really give you all that much? Would it be better to just shoot for enlightenment instead of even messing with self help? How would self help couple well with spirituality and enlightenment? And personal development in general with enlightenment?

[eputkonen]

I like what Eckhart Tolle said in one of his seminars - this is not a personal development seminar, it is a personal diminishment seminar.

Self help and personal development may make you more expert in living within or manipulating the illusion, but enlightenment is seeing through the illusion itself.

[No-Thing]

If your wish for self-help points to one direction and spirituality points into another direction than a conflict will arise.

If they point into the same direction then self-help can help.

If you wish to become a bigger and better self than that is the other direction.

If you wish to change aspects of your self to for example become a better teacher than that can be in alignment with spirituality.

If you are heavily on the path I think it is advisable to drop self-help for a while if a conflict arises.

Inquire on why you want self-help. From which place does your need for self-help come from?

Edited June 14, 2017 by No-Thing

[SOUL]

It just depends on the type of growth and transformation someone is seeking but there is definitely some common aspects shared by them.

 

[Delinkaaaa]

@Chrissy j Oh, you look exactly like somebody who didnt saw Leos enlightement FAQ!

Yes, it seems long, but it is helpfull! 

 

 

Edited June 14, 2017 by Delinkaaaa