What This Site IS and IS NOT About:

·         IT IS NOT a religion, nor does it promote any specific religion.

Though it will help you to become a better practitioner of whatever religion you claim as yours. Even if you claim no religion, it will help you become more spiritual.  Whether you claim an organized religion or not, this site will help you live your life at a deeper, more principle centered way.  If a Christian, it will help you be a better Christian, if a Buddhist, a better Buddhist, if a Jew, a better Jew, if a Muslim, a better Muslim, if a Hindu, a better Hindu, if an agnostic or atheist, a better agnostic or atheist.   For at the core of all great religions and all great spiritual practices, is what James in the New Testament refers to as “pure religion.” 

“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”  (James 1:27)

That is what this site is all about- to help us better live the “pure religion” of internal alignment with the divine and external love in action in our immediate surroundings.

·         IT IS NOT a diet, exercise or weight loss system

Though it will help you to change the way you consume food and drink, change the way you exercise, energize and purify your body, and live a more energized, positive life closer to your ideal weight. 

·         IT IS NOT an addiction recovery system

Though it will help you cast off your addictions and replace them with productive habits

·         IT IS NOT a specific meditation system

Though it will help you become more clear, grounded and focused and it will highly recommend that you do take up a formal daily meditation practice. 

·         IT IS NOT a “positive thinking” or “self esteem” system

Though it will fundamentally change your understanding of thought itself, how you think and what you think about.  It will also help you discover your own self worth and experience greater self-esteem. 

·         IT IS NOT a personal coaching system

Though it will help you awaken your own true coach within- the only coach you’ll ever need for your entire life.

·         IT IS NOT a prosperity or money management system

Though it will help you become more prosperous and abundant.

If you would like to experience any of the following in your life- this site will help you do it: 

• An increased capacity to handle change and uncertainty without feeling stressed 
• An increased sense of purpose and meaning in life 
• An increased sense of self worth and self esteem 
• An increased sense of inner peace and patience- with yourself and with others 
• An increased mastery over your senses and passions- so they become trusted servants instead of tyrannical masters 
• An increased ability to still the chattering mind and focus attention on the task at hand 
• An increased ability to make important decisions with confidence 
• An increased ability to understand your own emotions and use them as the amazing spiritual guidance system that they are 
• An increased ability to be aware of the fears that are keeping you from growing and disarm them 
• An increased ability to uplift and inspire those around you- not through your preaching, but through your living differently. 
• An increased ability to know what you’re here to contribute to the world and the courage to take the next steps towards doing it.   

John Groberg writes on a wide variety of topics related to personal and spiritual growth. His slogan is Grow. By Choice™. His articles draw out principles of personal and spiritual growth common to the world’s ancient wisdom and spiritual texts as well as many of the great philosophers, poets, and writers of ancient and modern times. These principles are then put to the test in his own life with an emphasis on simple, sustainable practices we can apply in our daily lives to more effectively deal with the stresses and struggles of modern life and to more fully realize the benefits of deliberate growth. John developed a model called the Divine-Align-Shine model as a way of visually organizing the principles, practices and the overall process of personal and spiritual growth. His writings are cataloged and organized on his website, www.johngroberg.com where contact information is available.