| It's not easy to grow spiritually in our today's modern | | | | focus on our areas that need improvement. It is |
| world, where everything seems to boil down to money, | | | | important that we periodically examine our |
| power and influence. | | | | experiences, our relationships, the decisions we take, |
| Over the last decades more and more did we get | | | | the things that we attract into our lives. |
| used to focussing our attention on physical needs and | | | | This provides us with deep insights on what our |
| wants. Extensively helped by our society, the media, | | | | motivations for certain actions are. It gives us the |
| television, magazines and the world wide web, we | | | | opportunity to look at the qualities of character we |
| have learned to chase external rewards, in stead of | | | | want to sustain and the ones we need to adjust or |
| seeking a balance between the material and spiritual | | | | even change, so that we learn to properly act, react |
| aspects of our lives. We have allowed ourselves to be | | | | and conduct in any situation in our lives. |
| distracted by the various pictures of success that | | | | Growing spiritually means we learn to be able to live |
| society offers us. We constantly compare ourselves | | | | our full potential and we need to make sure that our |
| with others and we are living according to someone | | | | physical body, our mental body, our emotional body |
| else's idea of what life should be. So, large amounts of | | | | and our spiritual body are in balance. Achieving to bring |
| people have lost control of their lives and vast groups | | | | balance to each of these bodies will lead to our total |
| of them live a confused and unhappy life, while others | | | | development. |
| are close to different states of depression. | | | | Growing spiritually also means that we realize that our |
| If the under mentioned self motivation tips are followed | | | | lives have a purpose and that we are connected to all |
| we will start to live a more balanced spiritual life. | | | | things. Our purpose puts all our physical, mental, |
| Through this self motivation exercise we will acquire | | | | emotional and spiritual potentials into use. It sustains us |
| self motivation skills which in turn will help us to grow | | | | during challenging times and it gives us a feeling of |
| into the balanced spiritual person we want to be. | | | | having a goal to achieve, a destination to reach. After |
| To be able to grow spiritually we need to look inside of | | | | all we all need a purpose, a meaning. |
| ourselves, and this goes a lot further than to recall | | | | Realizing that we are connected to all things helps us |
| certain events that took place today, this week or the | | | | to become more humble and respectful of the people |
| past month. | | | | and all things in nature. It makes us appreciative to |
| We need to learn to be courageous and willing to find | | | | everything around us and it helps us to go beyond our |
| the truths that lie deep within us. Introspection means | | | | comfort zone and reach out to others. |
| that we have to look closely and reflect on our | | | | To grow in spirit is a day-to-day encounter and the |
| thoughts and feelings, our beliefs and our motivations in | | | | most important thing is that we learn, so that our |
| an objective and self-forgiving way and we need to | | | | further spiritual growth is possible. |