To me, the answer to the question, “Is There Really Such a Thing as ‘Self Improvement’?” will depend on 1) What the person believes the word self to define as, 2)what the person believes the word improvement to define as 3)if the person believes that self improvement is a means to and end. To be more specific, what can I improve about myself that can help me create “this” in my life? “This” I believe is a state change (of mind).

When a person utilizes the word self, I hallucinate that they are referring to the sum total of thoughts that they believe create the whole of who they are. We are what we believe, whether this belief is an illusion or not, we make it up by the way of our thoughts. The self is only as real as we think it to be. I believe that we are thoughts.

When utilizing the word improvement, we are evaluating the beliefs of what we think we need to improve to create a state of mind that we desire in that moment.

To get to the point, since we are thoughts, then what we really should be calling the subject is “thought improvement.” However, we as humans need to put a face on “it.” We need something tangible to visualize. So we call “it” self. Self is me. I need improvement. I need to change what I am doing to feel the way I think I want to feel. But, we cannot escape the essence of self, which I believe is thought.

So to answer the initial question, yes! Since we are thoughts, and the law of cause and effect does exist, thoughts are causes and our conditions or circumstances are the effect. So to improve your surrounding circumstances, which we create by the way of our thoughts, we must improve our thoughts.

If your head is spinning out of control – don’t worry. It might be an improvement. : )