How can i determine my mission in life? How do i know what i'm supposed to do? I haven't the faintest clue. Will it come to me one day in a flash of inspiration ?
This is a very common question. Almost everyone has at some point in life questioned what they should be doing. Such questioning is often the precursor to deeper, more existential questions which in due course leads one to at least a partial discovery of the answer to our main concern. So, let us give this a few minutes thought and analysis.
First of all, we must remember that the knowledge we acquire is as a direct result of our daily experience and activities. As we interpret and assimilate these experiences and activities we form our particular character, the outer personality. But we are more than just an outer being, we are the manifestation of a soul..., specific, unique and never to be repeated..., which in turn is a partial expression of the universal Soul. The deepest and most permanent manifestation of our living being, is the personality that the soul manifests in life, the 'soul personality'. This is the 'being within' we aspire to reach whether we are aware of it or not. It is a being of great refinement and supreme accomplishment; and it is more aware of the laws and principle governing our lives than anything we could ever know. The wisdom of the soul is not limited to any particular circumstance but provides the key with which we may interpret all situation that may arise. And it is also the key to discovering our mission in life.
Our purpose or mission in life is first and foremost to fulfill our growing capacity for expressing the wisdom of the soul in our everyday affairs. Obviously, this implies 'right action'. Ask yourself: What is it that i really want from life? Most assuredly, your answer will include some form of action or activity. The inclinations of the soul personality, its talents and desires, will determine at the deepest levels which particular activity is most suited for us.The soul personality provides the guidance necessary for us to express our outer personality(our character) to the greatest degree possible in any endeavor.
Regardless of what course of action we choose, it is essential that it be one that we truly desire from the level of the soul personality, rather than from the much more changeable outer personality. And it must clearly be something we are well suited to undertake, or at least to be able to learn to master. Unless the outer personality is functioning in harmony with the wisdom and collective experience of the soul, the experience of life, while possible pleasing in the short term, will not lead to the experience that our deepest nature requires. what does our deepest nature 'require'? Clearly it requires what its karma mandates it must experience in order to grow and expand in spiritual awareness. And only this deepest part of ourselves can know therefore what is best for us and therefore what our main mission is life should be. Following any other course of action will be at best partially wrong or wasteful of the resources of the soul, but could also be catastrophic for the remainder of pour life.
Therefore, by listening to the wisdom of the soul through meditation and attunement , we contribute to the fulfillment of our individual mission. It is the way is which we find our mission in life. Through the continued practice of listening to the Inner Master, and then acting accordingly, there emerges a pattern which is soon realized as the guiding force in our life. As this harmonious pattern rises to consciousness, so does our mission come into focus.
No matter how suddenly the awareness of our mission occurs, and it may or may not occur as an intuitive flash, we may be sure that it has been developing long periods of time, from incarnation to incarnation.
This is a very common question. Almost everyone has at some point in life questioned what they should be doing. Such questioning is often the precursor to deeper, more existential questions which in due course leads one to at least a partial discovery of the answer to our main concern. So, let us give this a few minutes thought and analysis.
First of all, we must remember that the knowledge we acquire is as a direct result of our daily experience and activities. As we interpret and assimilate these experiences and activities we form our particular character, the outer personality. But we are more than just an outer being, we are the manifestation of a soul..., specific, unique and never to be repeated..., which in turn is a partial expression of the universal Soul. The deepest and most permanent manifestation of our living being, is the personality that the soul manifests in life, the 'soul personality'. This is the 'being within' we aspire to reach whether we are aware of it or not. It is a being of great refinement and supreme accomplishment; and it is more aware of the laws and principle governing our lives than anything we could ever know. The wisdom of the soul is not limited to any particular circumstance but provides the key with which we may interpret all situation that may arise. And it is also the key to discovering our mission in life.
Our purpose or mission in life is first and foremost to fulfill our growing capacity for expressing the wisdom of the soul in our everyday affairs. Obviously, this implies 'right action'. Ask yourself: What is it that i really want from life? Most assuredly, your answer will include some form of action or activity. The inclinations of the soul personality, its talents and desires, will determine at the deepest levels which particular activity is most suited for us.The soul personality provides the guidance necessary for us to express our outer personality(our character) to the greatest degree possible in any endeavor.
Regardless of what course of action we choose, it is essential that it be one that we truly desire from the level of the soul personality, rather than from the much more changeable outer personality. And it must clearly be something we are well suited to undertake, or at least to be able to learn to master. Unless the outer personality is functioning in harmony with the wisdom and collective experience of the soul, the experience of life, while possible pleasing in the short term, will not lead to the experience that our deepest nature requires. what does our deepest nature 'require'? Clearly it requires what its karma mandates it must experience in order to grow and expand in spiritual awareness. And only this deepest part of ourselves can know therefore what is best for us and therefore what our main mission is life should be. Following any other course of action will be at best partially wrong or wasteful of the resources of the soul, but could also be catastrophic for the remainder of pour life.
Therefore, by listening to the wisdom of the soul through meditation and attunement , we contribute to the fulfillment of our individual mission. It is the way is which we find our mission in life. Through the continued practice of listening to the Inner Master, and then acting accordingly, there emerges a pattern which is soon realized as the guiding force in our life. As this harmonious pattern rises to consciousness, so does our mission come into focus.
No matter how suddenly the awareness of our mission occurs, and it may or may not occur as an intuitive flash, we may be sure that it has been developing long periods of time, from incarnation to incarnation.
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