There many times in your life when you will come to a point of decision-making. If you don't know your purpose, it's difficult to know which way to turn. Decisions made without a clear understanding of spiritual purpose are often nothing more than extraneous diversions taken from a false sense of direction and the longing for something that can't be described.
There are ways to discover your spiritual purpose. We will discuss some of these here. They include: 1) opening to and meditating upon the images that come into your mind during moments of stillness and silence; 2) becoming an anthropologist of your own past within this lifetime to gain insight into your purpose; and 3) seeking visions from your guides and journeying into the Akashic Records to view the planning session for your current life.
First, we will explain why most people find it necessary to rediscover their spiritual purpose during the course of their lifetime. When the soul is born into the body, the mission or purpose is often forgotten. In almost all cases, it is important to the experience being sought for this forgetting to take place. Some older souls are able to remember their purpose after they are born, but forget their purpose during childhood. Some very awake souls retain the memory of their purpose throughout their life. These beings incarnate with a spiritual purpose that is facilitated by the kind of otherworldly knowledge that would hamper most other souls.
Many of those on the earth plane remember their purpose until age seven or eight. This is generally when the demands of the physical life begin to take precedence over the inner life. This is not true of all cultures on earth. A number of cultures encourage children to remember and interpret their dreams. In such cultures, individuals have a rich inner life that shapes and feeds the outer world. These children are encouraged to remember and talk about their purpose. This strengthens their connection with both spirit and subconscious mind, and fosters a sense of wholeness and well-being. In cultures that are more materially driven, children are taught to regard the products of their imagination and the "unseen" world as lesser realities. In this way, they are forced to leave the "Garden of Eden" of their inner knowing and spiritual communion and enter the vast, barren wilderness of a spiritually bereft world.
The Seeker's Journey
When a soul forgets its purpose, the journey is begun to reunite with this knowing. This journey is rarely undertaken with conscious knowledge of what is being sought. More often, it is begun with a sense of loss and longing and an emptiness that cannot be filled. It is, over time, the seeker's journey that reunites spiritual purpose with conscious-life awareness. Once this occurs, a new phase of the journey is begun. This is the phase that becomes kinder and gentler, when the "lost soul" feeling is healed. Whenever a decision must be made, it is the spiritual purpose that decides the direction to be taken. Doubt fades, certainty and confidence build, and meaning and joy permeate the life. This is in essence, a return to the spiritual garden of childhood.
Those who are able to remember their purpose are adept at navigating both the nightly dream state and the dream-like state of consciousness that exists between lives. The degree of remembering that takes place is directly linked with the degree of consciousness that is undertaken in creating the roadmap for the life. Such conscious awareness is developed across the arc of lifetimes.
Another way to discover the purpose for a lifetime is to become an anthropologist of your own history. We speak of becoming an anthropologist in this sense: as one who examines remnants of past history to gain insight into past and future. This examination is conducted with a perspective that is free of judgment. This objective study of the past is undertaken with the intention of understanding what has been. As an anthropologist of your own past, you undertake the study of everything you have done in your life. Pay particular attention to feelings of passion and that which brings you the greatest joy.
Next, examine your repertoire of skills. This includes abilities that come naturally to you, and those abilities you have sought to develop in this lifetime. With your current abilities firmly in mind, open to the universe of your potential abilities. You have received glimpses of these potentials through visions that have come to you over the years. Make note of these visions, even if you don't think they are attainable in the present moment. If you have dreamt of becoming a concert pianist, hold this potential in mind even if you have no skills in this area. Not all visions are interpreted literally. What you may be seeking through music is the ability to harmonize and create peace within yourself and the world around you. It may also be that you are being directed to begin developing an ability that will come to fruition in future lifetimes.
As you view your passions, skills, natural abilities, dreams and visions, common threads will begin to arise. Examine each of these in terms of their essence and energy. We will give you an example of how this might work. Imagine a person who has developed their intuitive abilities, has the natural ability to write, and a passion for helping others. Such a person might choose to use their intuitive skills to reach into dimensions beyond the Earth plane to bring back information that is of value to the world. Writing down this information and making it available for others fulfills the passion and joy of realizing one's life purpose. If this same person chose a purely physical life path, they might find themselves writing entertainment profiles for magazines or developing jingles for advertising companies. We can tell you this person would move through life with a sense of emptiness and loss. This is what happens when one fails to follow the spiritual design for their life.
Journeys into the Unknown
What we have described for you here are simple methods for discovering the spiritual purpose for your life. There are other methods that require a highly developed intuition and a faith and belief in that which exists beyond the physical plane. You might think of these otherworldly realities as existing in the domain of the "unknown." There are different ways of approaching these inner realms. These include asking your spirit guides to communicate with you about your spiritual purpose and journeying to the Akashic Records.
When you ask your spirit guides to communicate with you about your life purpose, be open to how this information arrives. It may come in the form of a dream, a sudden image that appears in your mind, a question-and-answer dialogue in your journal, or many other ways. You may choose a more direct way of communicating with your guides by setting up a tape recorder, entering a light trance state through breathing, chanting, yoga or meditation, and allowing your guides to speak through you. This works best in a space of uninterrupted silence in a darkened, candlelit room. At any given time, you can choose to enter a place of stillness within yourself and ask your guides to communicate with you about your purpose. This form of journeying is an advanced way of discovering your life purpose. Even if you are at an early stage in your quest, you can gain insight into your purpose by setting your intention to do so. As we have said in past discussions, the universal broadcast is always traveling into your energy field. This broadcast is being translated in terms of your purpose. It travels on an ocean of life force energy. It is, in fact, the essence of life force energy, so its urgings are the heart of your deepest passion.
Another advanced method is to go into a trance state and ask your guides to take you to visit the Akashic Records where the information of all-time is recorded. Imagine the Akashic Records as a giant library filled with books containing the record of everything that has ever been or will be. Your guides can help you peruse the aisles of books until you find the book where your current life is recorded. In the "introduction" to this book, you will find the prequel to this life where you mapped out the plan for this lifetime with your spirit guides and your council of advisors from your higher self.
This session with your guides and spiritual council took place prior to your birth. During this session, you reviewed your arc of lifetimes and decided the goal and purpose for your next lifetime. This review is not a place of judgment. Imagine you are studying a certain curriculum to complete a degree and you meet with your advisors to review which courses are complete and which courses are yet to be undertaken or completed. This is the essence of the review process. During the course of this review, the next step in your spiritual evolution becomes obvious. There is one understanding that must be obtained for all that is to follow. The next phase of your spiritual journey will be framed around this purpose, including soul contracts and reunions with soul mates. This purpose resides in a space of pure essence. Within this essence, many physical manifestations can take place. In other words, you have many choices available in how you carry out this purpose.
There are many ways of reuniting with the plan and purpose you set forth for this lifetime. Once you have the vision for your life purpose, you can regularly visit the Portal of Spiritual Purpose to find the next step toward fulfilling this purpose. It is only in discovering your spiritual purpose that you find the deep sense of inner peace, meaning and joy that comes with fulfilling your mission for this lifetime.
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