Spiritual enlightenment is a universal subject and quite difficult to define. It actually refers to the concept of self realization which can be achieved by years of dedication, meditation and spiritual growth. Self realization is a hindu concept of looking into ones's innerself. The concept of 'self' is more important which helps people think about something that is beyond their body and physique. It is important to realize that there is something else- something more than our body or brain power that guides us. When one attains self realization it removes the fear of death from the mind. A person who attains self realization knows that the mind or atma never dies-it is the body that loses its vibrancy and deteriorates with the passing of time. Self realization is difficult to attain and in order to attain this bliss an individual has to master meditation and yoga. Spiritual growth is a part of attainment of what many refer to as God Realization. It is a common belief that to get peace you need to concentrate and follow the principles set by your religion or the teachings of our religious idols. This is true, but you need to attain spiritual enlightenment and spiritual growth to rise above the rest. You need to concentrate on your ownself and wash out the feelings of greed, jealousy, anxiety, frustration and lust. You need to realize that material things do not and will never control us. You need to be enlightened on your real self. If you wish to sum up spiritual enlightenment you can say that when an individual learns something very deeply and gets involved in the subject, the subject sinks inside the heart and becomes a very important part of the individual. If this state can be achieved which is profound and true, it is referred to as spiritual enlightenment. But this is not easy. There are many who claim to have achieved enlightenment, but is it so easy? Self realization or attaining spiritual enlightenment is not possible without the blessings of a spiritual leader and spiritual counselor. Today, spiritual counseling has become quite important and many individuals are resorting to it, to attain heights of spiritual growth. No matter how old you and how educated you are spiritual counseling is beneficial for all individuals. Once you are under the guidance of your spiritual teacher you realize how immaterial some material cravings are. Individuals who attain spiritual growth have drastic changes in their self being. Their belief system changes and so with it their actions and goals. There are many nervous minds and tensed people who are frustrated and exhausted with the daily routines and anxieties of life. They seek God realization to attain a little peace and this is when their journey to spiritual growth starts. The inner thoughts, fears and desires are all transformed. Everything changes your life. Patience, tolerance and peace are all part of spiritual growth and enlightenment. Spiritual counseling helps people to know the best ways to live a life, how to feel better and satisfied with all God has provided us and how to tackle greed, jealousy and untruths of life. What makes you different to the life forms around you (animal, plant, mineral), at this stage of the evolution of the divine one consciously entering into its manifestation, is that you have the capacity to consciously realize who "you" are. You have the capacity to consciously be this "you" of you, and as a result of this beingness, have the luxury of the journey of self and heart discovery – the greatest journey in existence. This "you" of you is the very central point of existence. It is the divine one of all time. It is the beyondness itself. This one has created - from within its own intelligence, beyondness, genius-ness and innateness – a manifestation that is precisely designed for the incarnation of the very beyondness that this manifestation arises in. The precision of its design is beyond our current comprehension – however, this very journey of self and heart discovery is what brings the awakening of this comprehension. It is immaculate and flawless. Who "you" are is truly the very divine one that this most amazing play of life is all about the incarnation of. "You" are not these short changed activities that you keep on believing yourself to be, after all, which quite obviously do not meet the mark of the recognition of this "you" that is this divine one. Is that not fantastic news for you? If it isn’t, then you are bound for a lot more of what you are currently getting. You are no longer bound to suffer the creating of an imprisonment that cannot bind who "you" are to it. You can actually find this "you" that you already are and stop at and as this one. You can actually be deeply at rest in this "you" of you through many consecutive moments of remaining stopped in and as your self. You can begin to awaken to just how free "you" are as this one through your at-rest-ment in the beingness of this one. Perfection is always what is going on from one moment to the next, it cannot be otherwise, this is the very nature of the divinity of "you". You can never not be this "you" of you. "You" have always been and since this "you" is immortal it is always going to be. Because you are who you are you can attempt to be something that is not true of you, as well – and this is the particular game that you have been playing out for the longest of times now. Because you are who you are you can convolute yourself into such knots as to make yourself out to be or appear lost from realizing just who "you" already are and you can believe yourself to be what you are not. You can believe yourself to be who you think you are. This belief has you suffering the forgetting of who you are, of not knowing who you are and of not being this "you" of you - although the moment you remember, recall and realize who you are once more, you will know immediately that this is who you are. Right now, you are simply suffering the belief that you are a something and a someone that is not and never was this "you" of you. As you realize just who it is that "you" truly are and you begin to establish your realization momentarily – on a moment by moment basis - you will awaken out of the dream, bondage and prison of your own making. You will awaken to the fact that this mindbody, that you find yourself so intimately involved with, is not who "you" are. You will awaken to the fact that you are "that" which is flowing through this mindbody that you find yourself flowing through.