When it comes to self help and a spiritual path in life, everyone is different. There is no set of rules that can be applied to anyone across the board because each person has their own individual set o circumstances that are specific for them. Personal self help means finding out what your specific issues are that are different from other peoples and then finding a way that you can fit these issues into a more common form of treatment that is convenient and readily available.
Every alcoholic or drug addict that ever existed enters a treatments center or a twelve step meeting with the idea that I am different from thee people and every one of them is right to some degree. Regardless of this truth, however, the same solutions often work for many different people and, even though your specific problems may be different, they can still be applied in similar ways to a solution that works. Personal self help does take into account the differences that each person has and yet it also takes those differences and helps to bring out the similarities that can be seen with countless other individuals that have felt the same way. For example, it really doesnt matter how many...