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There are seven principles total: truth, love, power, oneness, authority, courage, and intelligence. All of these are universal principles, so they can be applied to any area of your life -- health, relationships, spiritual development, finances, daily habits, etc.These principles are so universal that you can pick up any decent self-help book, and you'll be able to recognize some combination of these principles in the writing. These principles are the roots. Truth, love, and power are the primary principles. The other principles are secondary because they can be derived from the first three. The diagram shows how this works:

Oneness = Truth + Love
Authority = Truth + Power
Courage = Love + Power
Intelligence = Truth + Love + Power

What arises from this model is a new definition of human intelligence: Intelligence is one's degree of alignment with truth, love, and power.

You can't be intelligent if you turn your back on truth and succumb to falsehood and denial. Similarly, it isn't intelligent to withdraw and isolate yourself from everyone and everything because that would rob you of all your best learning and growth experiences. And lastly, it isn't intelligent to weaken and disempowered you. You can't live as a truly intelligent human being unless you're willing to embrace truth, love, and power.

Intelligence is our highest expression of personal growth. The purest aim of all growth efforts is to live as intelligently as we can. We aren't talking about IQ here. We're talking about aligning ourselves with the true nature of reality instead of railing against it. This requires that we continually strive to become more truthful, more loving, and more powerful -- both as individuals and collectively. Anything that turns us away from truth, love, and power also makes us less intelligent.

I realize these principles must sound very abstract, but in practice they're extremely practical and grounded once you learn how they work.

Any solid personal development encompasses bringing your life into better alignment with truth, love, and/or power. Any learning about wealth strategies would usually try to teach you how to make more money by increasing your financial authority. You'll be taught some financial rules (truth), and you'll be encouraged to take specific actions (power). But it is the principles of love and oneness. What you often get is a cold, largely heartless approach to making money centered on greed and pushing yourself to succeed. If you're a fairly conscious person, such strategies will only make you nauseous, and you'll fail to achieve the level of financial abundance. It's time to set aside these partial solutions. It's time for us to transition to a holistic approach to personal growth that satisfies our heads, hearts, and spirits. No more compromises.