“Help yourself and God will help you”, goes the saying. I guess this is perfectly valid if you buy a digital camera for example. You can try very hard and by chance you may discover its features if you are the talented type. Otherwise you just have to read the provided instructions. This is valid when learning by yourself is usually more effective than praying. The importance of self help is undeniable these days. Actually there is a whole industry built around this recognition. The question arises: Isn’t this overrated? Is self help truly the only way to deliverance?

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It is time for some more pragmatism on Vertegram. After having written a few posts known to the probloggers as pillar articles on vertical thinking, now I am going to introduce you into what I call vertical thinking, with some concrete examples. For some of you these will be new stuff, for some will be common knowledge. I am asking the latter to be patient. For me it is important to present vertical thinking in this way, because as I stated before, it is an essential part of the framework for understanding and self transformation I intend to promote. So here it is, the first post in the series of more concrete presentation of vertical thinking.

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Common logic that we use is also known as the step by step logic. This is integrated in what is defined as lateral thinking. When it comes to lateral thinking, I often prefer to say it is a causal thinking. Causal thinking is what we learn from early childhood. It is the essential way to rationalize of our present society and culture. It reaches its climax in scientific reasoning and factual approach in giving answers, solving problems. On the other hand, there is a completely different way of thinking. Less known, or maybe less common. It is the vertical thinking, also known as acausal thinking. For those of you looking for relations and correlations in understanding, vertical thinking is a must learn. Here is why.

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Welcome to the May 27, 2007 edition of the personal development carnival!

This is the first carnival hosted at Vertegram. It was thrilling to see so many excellent posts being submitted. Thanks for you all!

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Whether you are opting for one method or another, it is the terminology by which you are introduced to it. Each method, each system that provides means for self development, has a certain terminology. Often a very specific one. Through terms you get to understand and apply what methods actually teach you. Terms are creating the frame. They are the most essential part of any method or system. The only problem with terms is that they tend to become petrified. They don’t sound any more like they used to. Can you recognize the first symptoms?

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The big hype around the law of attraction will eventually cool down. It would be elucidating to see how many people of those who are LOA evangelists now, will have the perseverance in applying it continuously. How many of those who are preaching and teaching about it will become what they attract or will get what they attract? Will see that in the near future for sure. For today, I am going to write about how I met this law of attraction in different disguises before. I guess, this might even help clarifying the concept a little bit. Let’s see.

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According to developmental psychologists, after the adolescent ages, we all end up with some sort of identity. The way it reaches a stable stage differs a lot at each of us. Developmental psychologists often try to define certain stages for how identity is reached. Usually, they include into this process the attitude of the person towards politics. For some reason politics shows up in these proposals for stages. But I ran into a problem here.

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As you know, the problem with truth is that it hurts sometimes. According to the song, it is love that hurts. But that is desirable. Not as in the case of truth. When you are engaged in a self developmental effort, truth and honesty get very personal concerns. Sometimes you have to face facts about yourself that you dislike. Being brought back to reality often spoils the fun. The fun of living in a dreamworld. In those moments, when you meet again those forgotten parts of yourself, truth is there. Dealing with it is difficult. Accepting it is hard. Why is that? Why it is so hard to receive something that you are actually looking for so desperately?

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Whether you are aware of it or not, it is your human relations that have the biggest impact on your life. Being a grown-up often means finding your way through social relationships. The network of social relations is complicated, often manifold. Finding your way through it is a real challenge. The individual approach to overcome this varies at each of us. And this always has a huge influence on the quality of our lives, on how much happiness we are able to generate.

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So far, I’ve been talking only about first steps. Outlining major characteristics of self development possibilities, mainly focused on personal development. This time I will formulate a few principles for those of you trying to approach spiritual development. We keep hearing about spiritual development everywhere around us. It is so trendy to talk about spiritual development. To believe in a bright future for yourself is very human. And what can be more thrilling than picturing yourself as following a shell-proof spiritual path with a glorious finale. Here is my take on this subject.

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