I would identify the first 'self help' story I ever read as being "The wonderful story of Henry Sugar" by Roald Dahl. It's theme aligned with all the religious teaching of my sect. Through supreme concentration those things just beyond natural sensory perception would be revealed.
I smuggled a candle and sought to concentrate on the center of the flame....nothing.
Robin Sharma and David Irvine each direct their disciples to take time to go within and align themselves with their authentic soul. Escape.
Hugh Pinnock, area NW area President warned the missionaries of the Canada-Vancouver Mission that any book they read or music they listened to, was an escape from the work they were called to do, and this distracted there-from and therefore would not be blessed. (Nor condoned)
Irvine's Father said to him, "If you define success by the world's standards (achievement, conformity, recognition,wealth, compliance, materialism, and pleasure), then success for you will be easy. But I don't wish success for you by these terms, I wish for you to have a meaningful life"
My synthesis of all this and countless pages of further substantiation, just as the mind requires sleep to subconsciously file the learnings of the day; A moment of solitude will loose the shackles, pour off the dross, winnow the wheat, and eventually define your purpose for the day.
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A bit about small scale farming, ancient grains, 40 cent philosophy, occasional failure, small victories, raising twin boys, grist mills, maccaroni, jersey cows, simplicty, complexity, rammed earth, flowing water, authenticity, and happiness.
"The words of the Prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls." Simon and Garfunkel
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