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Personal Growth

This category focuses primarily on internal and individual personality development, character building, and spiritual progress. The quest for personal religion, inner peace and balance.

Wikipedia defines personality development as that which encompasses the dynamic construction and deconstruction of integrative characteristics that distinguish an individual in terms of interpersonal behavioral traits. Personality development is ever-changing and subject to contextual factors and life-altering experiences. Personality development is also dimensional in description and subjective in nature. That is, personality development can be seen as a continuum varying in degrees of intensity and change. It is subjective in nature because its conceptualization is rooted in social norms of expected behavior, self-expression, and personal growth. The dominant viewpoint in personality psychology indicates that personality emerges early and continues to develop across one's lifespan. Adult personality traits are believed to have a basis in infant temperament, meaning that individual differences in disposition and behavior appear early in life, potentially before language of conscious self-representation develop. 

The Urantia Book 100:2.2 says: Spiritual growth is first an awakening to needs, next a discernment of meanings, and then a discovery of values. The evidence of true spiritual development consists in the exhibition of a human personality motivated by love, activated by unselfish ministry, and dominated by the wholehearted worship of the perfection ideals of divinity. And this entire experience constitutes the reality of religion as contrasted with mere theological beliefs.

Abundance

Abundance in experience   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Acceptance

Acceptance is self-tolerance   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Achievement

No achievement is made without prerequisite effort   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 ...

Adaptability

Adaptability is quick acceptance of circumstances that are occurring   CLASSIFICATION...

Adversity

Beautiful experiences out of adversity   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISD...

Aggression

Aggression is self-doubt projected outward   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JU...

Anger

Anger is a false alarm but how often do we see it that way   CLASSIFICATION R P...

Anxiety

Anxiety and coping mechanisms   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Attainment

Consider the realm of your next life to be as a mirror   CLASSIFICATION R P M ...

Awareness

Spirit awareness   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION soil ...

Balance

Balance starts at the physical level   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDIC...

Beauty

Beauty is much needed by beings of imperfect creation   CLASSIFICATION R P M ...

Belief / Beliefs

Belief is your hall pass to all that the universe has to offer   CLASSIFICATION ...

Challenges

Your growth process can be fun   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Change

Be The Change   CLASSIFICATION R P O 1 JURISDICTION soil ...

Chaos

Our perspective sometimes makes something seem like it's chaos when it might not be   ...

Character

Character is that which leads the way   CLASSIFICATION R P O 1 JURISDI...

Choice

The choices we make daily, monthly, yearly, a lifetime’s basis   CLASSIFICATION ...

Compassion

How beautiful it is to behold individuals helping one another   CLASSIFICATION A...

Confidence

It does no one well to struggle through uncertainty by oneself   CLASSIFICATION ...

Connecting

Contact has many different levels and many different effects   CLASSIFICATION R ...

Cooperation

The importance of cooperation   CLASSIFICATION R G M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Courage

Courage requires that a person's character be congruent   CLASSIFICATION R P M...

Creativity

The personality creates; it expresses   CLASSIFICATION P P M 1 JURISDI...

Dark times

When one has chosen to walk in darkness   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURIS...

Death

Death is the most misunderstood rite-of-passage   CLASSIFICATION R P O 1 ...

Decisions

The difference between choice and decision   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JU...

Desire

You can turn your desires into reality   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISD...

Destiny

Destiny starts to unfold at the moment of birth   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 ...

Devotion

The beauty of a devoted life is that it springs from willingness   CLASSIFICATION ...

Disappointment

Look with excitement upon your disappointments   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 ...

Discernment

There are few experiences to be had which are truly singular   CLASSIFICATION R ...

Doubt

Doubt is desirable   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION soil...

Ego

The ego is necessary for your functioning as human beings   CLASSIFICATION R P ...

Emotions

Human emotion is inevitable   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Encouragement

True encouragement promotes engagement   CLASSIFICATION R G M 1 JURISD...

Engagement

Engagement with the world is a quid pro quo   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 J...

Evil

Yes, there is evil in the world, and what is this but fear and ignorance   CLASSIFICA...

Expectations

Expectations are part of the normal human experience   CLASSIFICATION H P M 1...

Expression

Expressing the Love energy of God   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTIO...

Faith

What is faith?   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION soil ...

Fear

Fear is the biggest barrier   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Foresight

You can perceive the future through the gifts of insight   CLASSIFICATION R P ...

Forgiveness

Why forgiveness is difficult   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Fortitude

Fortitude makes possible the completion of all worthy projects   CLASSIFICATION ...

Free will

The law of personal liberty   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Fusion

Thought Adjuster Fusion   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Gifts

Practice giving goodness and never tire of it   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 ...

Goals

Setting goals   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION soil ...

Goodness

Goodness is a building block   CLASSIFICATION R G M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Grace

Growth is inherent in grace   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Gratitude

Gratitude fortifies you   CLASSIFICATION R P O 1 JURISDICTION ...

Grief

Grief is a very heavy feeling   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Growth

Spiritual Growth and Achievement   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION...

Guilt

Don't let guilt make you less than you can be   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 ...

Habits

You must keep a body and mind of clean habits   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 ...

Happiness

Different forms of happiness   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Harmony

How glorious it is to be in harmony with the universe   CLASSIFICATION R G M ...

Healing

The power of thought and the power of healing   CLASSIFICATION R G M 1 ...

Honesty

Honesty moves in stages   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Hope

Hope is the grandeur of trust   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Influence

Influence and different levels of understanding and learning   CLASSIFICATION R ...

Integration

The human personality is a spectrum much like a rainbow   CLASSIFICATION R P M...

Integrity

Integrity is the hub from which all works extend   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 ...

Intention

The practice of stillness is a valuable undertaking to clarify intention   CLASSIFICA...

Intimacy

Intimacy and detachment   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Introspection

True introspection involves listening versus lecturing   CLASSIFICATION R P M ...

Judgment

Being less judgmental on yourself   CLASSIFICATION H P M 1 JURISDICTIO...

Kindness

Kindness and how it relates to individual spiritual growth   CLASSIFICATION R P...

Light and Life

Light is revelation — Life is evolution   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURIS...

Listening

Absorbing what another communicates to you   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JU...

Loneliness

The cure for loneliness is asking: What would my Father in Heaven have me do?   CLASS...

Loss

Seeking change and letting go   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Love

Does God love us all equally?   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Maturity

Building your foundation   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Meanings

Meanings and Values   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION soi...

Mercy

Mercy is not pity, or compassion, or empathy   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 ...

Mind

The human mind is capable of greatness   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISD...

Morality

Spirituality is unchanging truth   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION...

Mota

Mota is the most basic, kindergarten level of beingness   CLASSIFICATION R P M...

Negativity

A conversation with a person who was depressed, discouraged, and with a negative attitude. ...

Obedience

Obedience is badly misunderstood   CLASSIFICATION R G M 1 JURISDICTION...

Openness

Be open to changing ideas and changing understandings of the world and how it is ordered ...

Opportunity

Opportunity is a continuum   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Pain

A question and answer session about pain   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURI...

Patience

Patience is the antidote to the delays of time   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 ...

Patterns

Life comes together in patterns   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Peace

What is peace?   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION soil ...

Perfection

Perfection and imperfection   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Perfection hunger

How do we distinguish perfection hunger from perfectionism?   CLASSIFICATION R ...

Personality

Personality survival   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION so...

Perspective

You can't ask for better than this: to have far-reaching perspective   CLASSIFICATION...

Practical

Practicality needs a healthy relationship with Spirit   CLASSIFICATION R P M ...

Prayer

How prayers are answered   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Presence

Your presence is made up of Spirit, Mind and Body   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 ...

Procrastination

The difference between procrastination and putting faith into action   CLASSIFICATION...

Progress

The times of waiting can be the times when new insights are achieved   CLASSIFICATION...

Purpose

Living on purpose   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION soil ...

Regret

Those experiences you most regret have taught you the greatest lessons   CLASSIFICATI...

Relationships

Interpersonal relationships - personallity commingling   CLASSIFICATION R G M ...

Renewal

We oscillate through many cycles of growth and rest   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 ...

Responsibility

Responsibility in our interpersonal relationships   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 ...

Rest Play and Recreation

Play, rest, and recreation are vital   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDIC...

Revealing

How to reveal God to your fellow man   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDIC...

Risk

Nothing risked, nothing learned   CLASSIFICATION H P M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Self mastery

You must learn to control your body and your mind   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 ...

Self regulation

We must rise to a more enlightened perspective of community and self determination   ...

Self respect

There is inherent value in work   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Sensitivity

It is not sentimental or wishy-washy to be sensitive   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1...

Service

What is worthwhile service?   CLASSIFICATION R P O 1 JURISDICTION ...

Sharing

Sharing is an aspect of the very nature of God Himself   CLASSIFICATION R P M ...

Simplicity

Serenity in simplicity   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Soul

What is the soul?   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION soil ...

Sovereignty

The subject of sovereignty is so important that we dedicate an entire section of the site to it...

Spirit of Truth

The Spirit of Truth is the great Comforter   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JU...

Spirituality

Spirituality and Psychology   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION ...

Stillness

Recommendations from Rayson on achieving stillness   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 ...

Stress

Hypersensitivity and how stress works   CLASSIFICATION E P C 1 JURISDI...

Thought Adjusters

Through the Thought Adjuster, God lives in you   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 ...

Tolerance

Tolerance is the first outworking of divine love   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 ...

Transformation

Spiritual transformation requires balance   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JUR...

Trust

Since the nature of the human soul is growth, trust will ever be necessary   CLASSIFI...

Truth

Truth is contagious   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION soi...

Values

Meanings and Values   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION soi...

Violence

Love is as important as food or oxygen   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISD...

Virtue

The Virtue Continuum   CLASSIFICATION E P O 1 JURISDICTION so...

Will

Is will from an animal level or is it from personality?   CLASSIFICATION R P M...

Wonder

To wonder is to be at one with your own   CLASSIFICATION R P O 1 JURIS...

Work

Work as it relates to the qualities of Deity   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 ...

Worship

What is worship?   CLASSIFICATION R P M 1 JURISDICTION soil ...