| The modern world is full of distractions that discourage | | | | research and writing about what we learn helps us |
| personal spiritual growth and development and | | | | build greater comprehension and self-expression. |
| encourage negative thought patterns, poor health, and | | | | Strengthening these abilities promotes self-confidence |
| despair. Without even noticing it, those distractions | | | | and inner spiritual power. Our aura becomes stronger |
| focus our attention on wealth and material | | | | and brighter, and we are better able to adapt to |
| possessions and reduce our interest in personal | | | | change, remain flexible, and resist negative energies |
| development and inner wealth. | | | | and influences. |
| Each person radiates energy, called the aura, that | | | | Learning will also help you improve your life. You can |
| reveals their overall condition. The aura indicates the | | | | do personal research in areas that will give you new |
| status of our physical health, mental outlook, emotional | | | | skills for your job and make you a more attractive |
| balance, and spiritual strength. Positive people have | | | | candidate for promotions. You can use your new |
| strong bright auras. Negative people have weak dark | | | | knowledge and abilities to become a more active |
| auras. People with strong bright auras are more likely | | | | participant in your community. You will have a wider |
| to be happy, healthy, productive, and successful. | | | | range of choices for what you want to do with your |
| Negative people have the power to drain the energy | | | | life and your time. |
| and aura, usually unconsciously, from positive people. | | | | One way to direct your learning and make it more |
| In order to protect ourselves from these "psychic | | | | productive is to develop a personal plan. The exposure |
| attacks," we must grow spiritually. Adopting a healthy | | | | you've gained to new concepts and ideas will most |
| lifestyle is critical to spiritual growth. Growing in | | | | likely change your life ambitions and open doors you |
| knowledge is one way to improve and enhance a | | | | never dreamed of. You can set new goals and |
| positive, wholesome lifestyle. | | | | develop a plan for achieving them. Your new abilities to |
| Everyone knows that change is occurring more and | | | | gather and comprehend information will allow you to |
| more rapidly in the modern world. Scientific advances | | | | identify the steps you need to take to reach your |
| and technological developments appear everyday that | | | | goals. Your greater self-confidence will give you the |
| change the way we do things. Somehow, people must | | | | motivation to pursue your ambitions. |
| be able to adapt to these changes, to remain flexible | | | | A few months after you've changed your focus to |
| and learn to do things differently. The appearance of | | | | learning and developing your abilities, you will find it |
| the Internet has created tremendous shift in the way | | | | easier to solve problems, to better communicate, and |
| the world works. And it has created a need for people | | | | to accomplish more in less time. Your new personal life |
| to learn new skills and build new knowledge. | | | | plan will be realistic and achievable. |
| Each of us has the ability to master change and | | | | Put your plan into action by setting short-term |
| remain flexible. One human factor to mastery and | | | | objectives that build toward your ultimate goals. Plan |
| flexibility is a strong inner spiritual center and positive | | | | one step at a time in the order that those steps must |
| energy. Developing as a spiritual being produces a | | | | be taken to make true progress. Included continued |
| strong aura that allows us to deflect and avoid | | | | learning and skill development in your plan. Know what |
| negative energies and influences. | | | | results you expect to accomplish. And set a time-table |
| While there are many practices and techniques that | | | | for reaching your goal. Write down what you expect |
| encourage spiritual growth, shifting focus is key to | | | | to accomplish in a specific time period, say one year or |
| bringing about personal change and development. | | | | five years. |
| Shifting focus without conscious intent can be | | | | Your plan doesn't have to focus on professional |
| dangerous, as we may be tempted to move toward | | | | development and material success. You may want to |
| negative influences, even when our goal is to move | | | | make spiritual enlightenment your ultimate goal. Or |
| into the light and become more powerful spiritual | | | | perhaps you want to have a big happy family. Maybe |
| beings. | | | | you want to become an expert in some field as a |
| We must shift our focus toward improving our innate | | | | hobby. Whatever goals are right for you are the |
| skills and abilities. Mental stimulation and growth is a | | | | correct goals. This is about you and your life. No one |
| powerful tool in spiritual development and maintaining a | | | | else can tell you what you should want or how you |
| strong, healthy aura. Expanding knowledge expands | | | | should get there. That's why we call it a personal plan. |
| consciousness. Expanding consciousness nurtures the | | | | As you learn, you'll find that you're more interested in |
| spirit. | | | | life and more interesting to other people. You'll be more |
| Introducing a daily habit of learning is a positive way to | | | | confident about your abilities and more adventurous in |
| move toward a healthy lifestyle and a stronger spiritual | | | | what you're willing to try. Every little success will build |
| center. Studying new subjects, enlarging our | | | | positive thinking and encourage spiritual growth. Over |
| vocabulary, acquainting ourselves with great art and | | | | time, you'll find that you're a powerful positive person |
| music, and learning new languages are a few of the | | | | with a strong bright aura. You'll be able to resist |
| things we can do to stimulate our minds and increase | | | | negativity and negative drains on your positive energy. |
| our understanding. | | | | You'll be a better person, and you'll contribute to building |
| Gathering facts and information using visual aids is a | | | | a better world. Shifting your focus to new ideas and |
| great way to improve our memory. Gathering facts by | | | | pursuits will be a powerful tool for your spiritual |
| listening to music and lectures also improves our ability | | | | development and for psychic self-defense. |
| to focus and understand what we hear. Conducting | | | | |