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Dark Side 4
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Improving Thyself
Hello Students, In this class, you will be learning the answers to the following questions: What is Self-Actualization? Why must I improve myself? How do I improve myself?

What is Self-Actualization?
Self Actualization is the idea that we, as humans, can become enlightened individuals through the power of daily improvement. This coexist with some of the dark lessons that focus on the "Self." As Individuals, we must always remember that we don't own tomorrow, nor do we own yesterday. We simply own the now. The Now is the only time you have to improve yourself. There has been a lot of debate on what makes an individual an Enlightened Being, or an Aligned Master. If you can type a lot of words that sound logical and relevant, does that make you an Aligned Master? Does graduating the OoA Classes make you an Aligned Master? Does obtaining the Title "Aligned Master" in the Order of Alignment make you an Aligned Master or an Enlightened Individual? No. What makes you enlightened is your actual application of what you learn. This is known as wisdom. Self-Actualization will not occur because of the orders you belong to online, or offline for that matter. Becoming Self-Actualized will only occur once you have the ability to answer the following question: "Who Am I?" Its at the moment of having a social "Identity" that we lose all sense of "Self." Many people use their career's to answer the question. "Who are you?" "I'm a Policeman." Often times, people use their names to answer the question. "Who are you?" "I'm EnLi." In reality, these are only things you use to DESCRIBE "you." But once you get away from all of these shallow objects of identification, you will become Enlightened.

Why must I improve myself?
The Order of Alignment does not have an established religion, thus we cannot supply you a sufficient answer. The reason we must improve, though, as Aligned beings, is because without improvement, we remain stagnant, which is unhealthy in our desire to balance everything.

How do I improve myself?
This leads to our assignment for this lesson:

__Assignment__: Write at least 4 paragraphs explaining your journey from the beginning of your path towards enlightenment to where you are now. In previous assignments, you had to answer: What area's have you succeeded in tremendously? Now, you must answer the following question: Why do you think that these area's are the ones you've succeeded in, where others you have not?

Examples
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