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PART 2
LEARN TO CHOOSE, LEARN TO TRUST
While we measure our success in terms of material achievements, the universe measures our success in terms of the lessons we learned from life.

Being spiritually mature does not mean passively sitting in one place, it means acting, taking chances and using your intuition to achieve great things.

In this respect, a wise old saying states: "The sailor who failed is not the one who drowned, but the one who stayed on shore". When we firmly believe that our ideals are possible, the transformation begins for us.

Developing self-esteem often requires an act of inner revolution, it occurs when we begin to separate ourselves from the mentality of the group and we begin to establish our own sense of self-identity and security.

Finding one's inner voice is a significant achievement from a spiritual point of view. Spiritual maturity represents the truth and courage required to express and preserve our ideas.

Learning to respect and follow our inner values, we gradually replace the influences of the group with our own inner guidance. Once this process has begun, the next step that will naturally follow is a deep and powerful introspection of one's own person.

Most often, a sincere self-analysis will lead us to the desire of focusing on our relationship with God and on our purpose in life.

Individuality represents the general character or ensemble of characters and aspects that differentiate one person from another. All living beings are obviously different from each other in any number of ways.

A person possesses his/her own individuality, which vibrates as one with certain energies in the universe. An individual is different not only thorough the quantity of energy he/she possesses but also through its quality.

Individuality expresses a person's originality and particularities he or she has. For the yogis , a person's individuality is the expression of certain intense processes of resonance and the unique mixture of energies that make a that person unique.

In the yogi practice, particularization refers to the adaptation of beneficial influences and of ancient yogi methods to each practitioner's characteristic needs.

The awakening and development of all beneficial qualities is sought in yoga from the very beginning, as they will gradually annihilate all negative characteristics. Proceeding in this manner we ease our harmonious development and accelerate our spiritual evolution.

The famous doctor Henri Durville, in his study of success, indicated a series of suggestive assertions aimed at enhancing optimism and self-esteem.

In order to greatly benefit from this information, you need to write it down on a big sheet of paper and to use an adequate color. Read it daily and slowly, especially in the morning and in the afternoon. Try to apply it to your everyday life and try to perceive your inner growth as a result.

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