Spiritual growth — where to start. What those who have just “awakened” need to know.

With each wave of awakening, new people come to the Keys of Mastery project in search of information about the world order and self-knowledge.

The project’s goal is not to “awaken” people; the goal is different — to help those who have already awakened learn to navigate.

That is why the project’s vector is aimed forward, focused on the depth of self-knowledge and the processes happening with the planet and how they relate to us.

You either join us and go with the flow while simultaneously knowing yourself, or, if it’s difficult for you, you choose another space where it will be easier for you to develop.

We created this manual, into which we put materials that lay the foundation, the basis of what we rely on. If you have just awakened, are at the beginning of your spiritual growth and don’t know where to start, we recommend studying it.

Materials aimed at returning to yourself

How to get rid of victim consciousness

A person who is in victim consciousness is unable to take responsibility for everything that happens in their life. And therefore cannot create their desired reality — nothing depends on them.

Therefore, the first thing to do is get rid of victim consciousness. Read the series of articles on this topic:

  • Why people play the role of victim and how this state manifests
  • How to get out of the victim state
  • 11 signs of victim consciousness

How to accept yourself and others

Without accepting yourself, situations, and people, you will not be able to move forward. Learn to accept everything that happens to you.

Important! To accept does not mean to resign yourself to troubles and undesirable circumstances; acceptance — does not mean “giving up.” It is an acknowledgment of the fact of what happened. What happened cannot be changed.

How to develop the right attitude towards circumstances, learn to accept yourself as you are, read in the series of articles:

  • How to learn to accept. 3 techniques of acceptance
  • How to learn to accept yourself. 6 ways

How to realize your own worth and uniqueness

Every person on Earth is unique, unrepeatable, but many people do not know how to value themselves and do not see their uniqueness. Why this is important and how to learn to value yourself, read in these materials:

  • Three components of self-worth
  • Why it is so hard to learn to value yourself
  • How to find your uniqueness. A simple way
  • How to learn to express your uniqueness. 7 steps

How to love yourself

The next step to knowing yourself after acceptance — is to love yourself with all your spots and bumps. We have many materials on the topic of self-love on our site. Here are some of them.

They will help lay the foundation if you are just at the very beginning of your journey to yourself:

  • What it means to love yourself. 15 signs to help you understand how much you love yourself
  • 15 steps to unlocking your inner source of love
  • How to stop sacrificing yourself but not be selfish
  • Selfishness and self-love. What is the difference
  • How to stop betraying yourself and why it is important

How to learn to find pearls of experience in any situation

Every situation that happens in your life carries some meaning. The universe has no goal of making you suffer. If you have learned to accept everything that happens to you, the next step is to recognize what pearl a particular situation is hiding. How to do this? The following materials will help you with this:

  • 5 ways to find wisdom in an unpleasant situation
  • The 3-signal rule. How the Universe teaches you
  • How to decipher the universe’s signals

How to learn to switch into a conscious state of awareness

These articles will help you understand what a conscious state is and how to switch from stress to mindfulness:

  • 10 principles of a conscious person
  • How to turn on mindfulness in a stressful situation. A 3-step algorithm
  • Ways to switch from stress to mindfulness
  • Mindfulness practices, or How to turn off automatic emotional reactions
  • The Observer State: How not to get drawn into conflict situations

How to reclaim your power

On the path of self-knowledge, a person learns to accept every part of themselves, thus reclaiming their power. Materials that will help you find your inner strength:

  • Inner core — What determines it and how to develop it
  • 5 factors that block the source of personal power
  • Being vulnerable — weakness or a display of strength
  • True strength — 9 signs of its manifestation
  • Empowering others as a way to serve and gain your own power

Materials on how to learn to manage your emotions

One of the most frequent questions from the project’s readers is how to manage emotions. In this series of articles, you will find answers to this and other questions regarding emotions and feelings:

  • How to manage your emotions, and why it is so important for you
  • Emotional immaturity. How to move from emotions to feelings
  • How to cope with emotions. Disidentifying yourself from habitual patterns
  • Negative emotions: anger, rage, outbursts of aggression. What causes them and how to deal with them
  • How to cope with anxiety

Materials on trusting yourself and the universe

Trust gives you access to inner resources and helps you build a connection with your higher aspects. You move through life easily, make the right decisions, and know that everything happens for your highest good. Learn how to develop trust from this series of articles:

  • How trusting yourself affects the quality of your life
  • How to learn to trust: 8 recommendations for developing self-trust
  • Trust or fear. What guides you through life

How to free yourself from destructive qualities: judgment and complaints, irritation, etc.

Judgment, complaints, envy, etc. slow down your spiritual development. Many of these qualities also have an opposite, resourceful side. Uncover it.

  • A series of articles on how to free yourself from judgment
  • How to find balance between complaints and recognizing your own worth
  • Why some people annoy you for no reason
  • The healing power of envy. How to transform the energy of this feeling
  • How to use negative personality traits to your advantage

How to change your thinking, get rid of limiting beliefs

The following materials are designed to help you embrace a new paradigm of thinking, replace limiting beliefs with constructive ones, and learn to think more broadly:

  • How to Write a New Paradigm of Thinking
  • How to Go Beyond the Limits of the Mind
  • Outdated Behavior Patterns. What Will Help Change Them
  • How Assumptions Ruin Your Life. Recipes for Overcoming Overthinking
  • The Cure for False Beliefs, or How to Change Your Thinking – A Simple Method
  • How Thoughts Affect Your Health. 4 Ways to Eliminate the Flow of Mental Negativity

Materials Focused on Building Relationships with Your Surroundings

Personal Boundaries and Your Surroundings

Often, people place others’ opinions above their own and allow strangers or even loved ones to intrude into their personal space.

This series of articles is dedicated to establishing personal boundaries with your surroundings. This is important for preserving your own energy, your vertical connection (connection with spirit), and for gaining inner strength.

  • Weak Personal Boundaries – 7 Signs
  • Personal Boundaries – How Not to Lose Yourself
  • Why It’s So Hard to Free Yourself from the Influence of Others’ Opinions
  • How to Overcome Dependence on Others’ Opinions
  • How to Stop Adapting to Loved Ones and Achieve Understanding
  • If Your Relationship with Your Parents is a Minefield – Why and What to Do?

Relationships with Partners and Loved Ones

As you evolve, your surroundings change. Read about how to build relationships with loved ones, how they “mirror” you, how to properly help loved ones without harming yourself or them, what types of relationships exist between a man and a woman, and whether soulmates exist, in the list below:

  • Series of articles on the dangers of the rescuer role
  • Transforming Hatred into Love. How to Heal This Destructive Feeling
  • How Relationships with Your Surroundings Change During Your Spiritual Growth
  • How to Improve Your Relationship with Your Parents
  • Five Mirror Principles and Five Mirrors of Relationships
  • Why It’s So Hard to Find Your Other Half
  • Three Types of Relationships. Do Ideal Relationships Exist?
  • When Feelings for Each Other Fade: Should You Separate or Preserve the Relationship?

Why It’s Important to Free Yourself from Resentment

The next series of materials is dedicated to resentment and how to free yourself from it. If you hold grudges and cannot forgive, you harm yourself first and foremost. Your offender doesn’t care. Allow yourself to forgive, free your heart from resentment:

  • What the State of Resentment Teaches You. 10 Facets of Resentfulness
  • How to Forgive a Person and Why It’s So Hard to Do
  • How to Truly Learn to Forgive Offenses
  • Protection Through Forgiveness: How to Forgive Yourself and Others
  • How to Let Go of Resentment Toward Your Father and Why It’s Important to Do So

Materials Dedicated to the Theme of Abundance and Financial Prosperity

These are not all the materials about money and money energy, but only those that lay the foundation and help you switch from a poverty mindset to an abundance mindset.

  • What is a Poverty Mindset and How to Identify It
  • How to Switch from a Scarcity Mindset to an Abundance Mindset
  • 8 Steps to Activate the Flow of Money in Your Life
  • The Five Laws of Abundance

Find the rest of the materials on money and prosperity here.

How to Understand Your Life Purpose

People at the initial stage of spiritual development are often puzzled by the topic of purpose.

The following articles won’t answer exactly what your purpose is, but they will help you understand this topic:

  • 7 signs that you are not fulfilling your purpose
  • The computer of life, or why seek your purpose
  • An antiviral shot against searching for your purpose

Materials on managing your energy. Beginner level

What to do if you have no energy, fatigue has built up, and you have no strength to live. These materials lay the foundation for managing your energy and give you an understanding of how your energy system works:

  • 10 ways to energetically ground yourself
  • What “eats” your resource. 13 causes of energy leaks
  • How to charge yourself with energy for the whole day
  • Energy gymnastics. How to turn your life into a fairy tale in 10 minutes
  • Chakras: How to use them in everyday life
  • 5 stages of integrating cosmic energy

How the laws of the universe work

On the Keys of Mastery project, we look at everything through the lens of the laws of the universe. Perhaps they will become the foundation of your worldview. The choice is yours.

In the article 7 Laws of the Universe. How to Apply Them in Life, we look at 7 laws. If you want to go further, subscribe to the series of broadcasts “Cosmic Laws”.

In this article, we suggest finding out in which cases the law of attraction does not work.

How to learn to understand what you want and bring it to life

Cosmic Laws also help with working with intentions. Knowing how they work, you can go from a dream to its realization:

  • How to make a choice and change your life for the better
  • How to allow yourself to dream
  • Why it’s important to be able to express intentions and understand your desires
  • 3 signs that will help you identify a true desire
  • 10 steps to your dream. Instructions for realization
  • Inverse polarity, or why what you don’t want comes true

Basic materials on the topic of spiritual development

There are certain stages of spiritual growth, each characterized by specific signs. You can use them to determine which stage you are at:

  • Stages of spiritual development. How to determine which one you are at
  • How your spiritual development affects your connection with higher powers
  • How to measure your development progress, or 3 good reasons to start keeping a journal of achievements
  • How the soul plans life lessons and whether everything depends on your choice
  • Spiritual awakening: How to stay in the state of the Creator

Also read how to follow life principles and what you need to know before you start applying spiritual practices.

If you have already studied all the suggested materials, we suggest you don’t stop there. Check out our sections “Self-Development”, “Mindfulness”, and “Practices” — you will find many more useful materials there, and also register for our introductory courses.

Or write in the comments what other information is missing, what else you would like to know about?
Based on the original Russian article from Keys of Mastery (kluchimasterstva.ru), published since 2010.