Distinguishing Between Personal Growth and Inner Growth

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While Humanity, embodies the
development of the mental

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Consciousness in principle, it
must be noted that this

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generalization does not apply
specifically to each.

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And every human individual.
Just as the field of Statistics,

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does not predict any single
event and the observational

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experiments of quantum
mechanics.

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Do not predict the movement of a
specific Photon through an

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aperture.
Yet in both cases, statistical

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or real-world distributions, are
able to be predicted.

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So also the mental development
does not imply that every person

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is in the same place in
evolutionary terms, while we can

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conclude that the evolution of
Mind occurs in human beings,

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This leads to some amount of
confusion in terms of individual

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growth and development due to
the wide range of human

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development.
There are programs and practices

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that are supportive of the
development of the core

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competencies of Mind, life, and
body, and the development and

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strengthening of the ego
personality.

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As well as programs and
practices focused on the

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Transcendence of the ego and the
development of the spiritual

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consciousness.
With a variety of focus areas

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determined by individual
development personality and

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aspirations.
The first group is identified by

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dr.
Dalal as focused on personal

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growth, the second on inner
growth.

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In today's society, these two
directions are often lumped

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together under some kind of
personal growth, rubric it is

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thus easy to become disoriented
when trying to figure out how to

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move forward in one's own life.
One-size-fits-all definitely

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does not work.
So each individual needs to

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understand the source and
direction of his own aspiration

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and the initial starting point
from which the growth needs to

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occur.
Those who need to develop the

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basic skills of body life and
mind and the interaction with

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Society, will likely find it
best to focus on the personal

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growth side of things, those who
have already developed a strong

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personality and who feel that
the Fulfillment offered by the

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world is simply not enough to
satisfy their deeper seeking

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will likely turn to Inner growth
practices.

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Dr. Dalal observes quote, most
of what is today, called

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personal growth aimed at by
various psychotherapeutic,

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approaches such as transactional
analysis, Gestalt therapy,

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rational emotive therapy Etc,
and by the various techniques

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associated with the human
potential movement such as

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encounter group, sensitivity,
training assertiveness, training

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Etc, pertain to what has just
been above is the development of

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the ego and individuality on the
other hand inner growth aimed at

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by eastern and western spiritual
approaches such as yoga, Zen

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Sufism, Christian mysticism,
Etc, consists of transpersonal

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development, beyond the ego
State, and represent a total

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reversal of the normal ego bound
state of consciousness.

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It is therefore imperative to
distinguish between personal

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growth and inner growth, and
quote, reference SRI aurobindo,

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and the mother growing within
the psychology of inner

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development, introduction page,
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