| What does it mean to take personal responsibility | | | | So what could possibly fool or seduce you in such a |
| when it comes to one's own spiritual growth? In order | | | | way? If you look closely at what motivates such |
| to answer this I will first outline my definitions of spirit | | | | decisions you will find that there are lurking within you |
| and spiritual growth and I think that the answer to the | | | | many beliefs that you've acquired through your lifetime |
| question will become self evident. | | | | some of which go like this: |
| What do we mean by "spirit"? Well I think most of you | | | | 1) If I spent all of my time feeling this good I would lose |
| will agree that it relates to the experience that each of | | | | all motivation to get things done. |
| us has and knows as our "Self". This is most | | | | 2) If I don't get anything done my life would just fall |
| embodied in the experience of our "self awareness" i.e. | | | | apart around me. |
| the awareness of our Self. | | | | 3) If my life fell apart I would feel terrible. |
| Now by "Self" I am not referring to what many "think" | | | | So in other words these beliefs are suggesting to you |
| is the Self i.e. their personality. Rather it is a feeling | | | | that: |
| experience that is something other than the | | | | (A) If you spent all your time in alignment with spirit and |
| accumulated and conditioned beliefs that we call | | | | feeling a sense of inner peace, joy, love, harmony, |
| personality. | | | | lightness, solidity, expansiveness, a sense of deep inner |
| It is, for instance associated with and felt most strongly | | | | knowing and generally feeling fulfilled and complete that |
| when one feels a sense of inner peace, joy, love, or | | | | this would make you to feel terrible. |
| harmony within and with one's surroundings. It is also | | | | Does this sound like a contradiction to you? Indeed it is |
| often associated with a feeling of lightness, solidity, | | | | because it is inherently untrue. |
| expansiveness, inner knowing, intuition, and buoyancy | | | | Now we come back to the issue of personal |
| to name a few. | | | | responsibility. When one is not taking personal |
| When one "allows" oneself to come into alignment with | | | | responsibility for one's spiritual growth or one's life for |
| their spirit one automatically feels what I have just | | | | that matter as they are intimately linked then one is by |
| described and with this also comes a sense of | | | | definition choosing to be a victim. |
| "rightness" about where one is within. It is coming into | | | | A victim is simply someone who has given away their |
| this alignment that I refer to as "spiritual growth". | | | | power and has made themselves vulnerable to |
| Clearly, many of us only have such an experience on | | | | whatever comes along, good or bad. |
| rare occasions or when we choose to try to focus | | | | To take personal responsibility then implies choosing |
| ourselves there. Why is this? | | | | not to buy into beliefs such as (A) above that seduce |
| Well the main reason is that we seem to "choose" to | | | | you away from what is your spiritual destiny. In other |
| be elsewhere at other times. At the risk of repeating | | | | words it is about having the courage to reject the idea |
| myself, why would anyone "choose" this? Well why | | | | that being a victim is somehow in your best interests. |
| would "you" choose to be elsewhere? | | | | By doing so you will find yourself coming head to head |
| Only if you "thought" or were "seduced" or "fooled" into | | | | with many beliefs that you and others hold inside of |
| thinking that that "elsewhere" was somehow a better | | | | yourselves. |
| place for you to be. If it wasn't, you see, there would | | | | If you would like some help on this journey then kindly |
| be absolutely no motivation for you to go there at all, | | | | visit the web link below where I have a special audio |
| would there? | | | | message waiting for you. |