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Fading toward enlightenment is a phrase that makes me think of the process by which you slowly and gradually work at understanding yourself spiritually. It's a process of inner reflection and deep thought. It's also a personal journey where you learn about what it is that provides you satisfaction and an inner peace. You feel a spiritual contentment as you know yourself better.

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October 8, 2006 08:33 - Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute

Empowerment takes more than a minute. Often, this can be a difficult concept to remember as it's easy to be impatient to feel more sure of yourself. Since you may still allow others to impact your self esteem, it can become frustrating that empowerment takes more than a minute to manifest in your life. I guess we could say this about most things in our lives. We live in a society that has taught us to place a premium on instant results.

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October 9, 2006 22:17 - Skills Follow Belief - Control Belief in Your Mind and Skills Follow

It shouldn't come as a surprise that skills follow belief. Skills are important, yes. If you're not proficient in whatever area you're working at, success will be hard to find. However, skills follow belief because without self confidence, skills really mean nothing.

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October 10, 2006 23:39 - Elusive Enlightenment - Spiritual Enlightenment Doesn't Need to be Elusive

Elusive enlightenment. The idea that spiritual enlightenment is difficult to attain comes from your ego. Your ego is the part of you that sees and identifies yourself shrouded in fear. It's the part of you that sees yourself as a separate entity. Struggling to find spiritual enlightenment starts with your thought process that you're a body encompassing a soul. You're a soul with a body.

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October 12, 2006 15:48 - Definition of Moral Belief - A Look Into the Definition of Your Moral Beliefs

As I think about the definition of moral belief, I struggle a bit. Although we all have a sense of what is or isn't "moral", I think there are many variations on that theme, depending on the person. As far as "beliefs"? Wow! I'll bet you could line up ten people, ask them about the same basic issue and end up with ten different ideas on what they believe to be truth. I look at this in a spirituality sense - striving for your own spiritual enlightenment.

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October 17, 2006 15:25 - Benefits of Critical Thinking - Critical Thinking and its Benefits

The benefits of critical thinking are quite essential. In America today, we have an epidemic: most people can't think critically. It's vitally important to your future that you develop the ability to be able to look at a situation or problem and think through all the angles.

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October 24, 2006 18:04 - Trust is Prosperity - Concept of How Prosperity Results From Trust and Belief

Trust is Prosperity. If this doesn't get you excited, then nothing will. One of the definitions of trust involves the concept of hope. Hope for something realized in the future. You may be going through struggles today. Whether it's financial problems, feeling lost spiritually, or self esteem issues, I want you to know that there is hope for you.

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October 26, 2006 11:19 - Unseen Belief - Develop a Belief in the Unseen and Find Yourself

The inability to cultivate an unseen belief in the spiritual world may be at the root of any frustration you may be experiencing in regards to your spiritual growth. One of the characteristics of being a human is the struggle you go through in balancing your beliefs between what you can see in the physical world and that which you can't. The very fact that you can't touch or see God is what creates doubt. Unseen belief is necessary for enlightenment.

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