Your Purpose in Life
Have you ever wondered what your life or soul’s purpose is? Whenever I broach this topic in my classes it inevitably brings up a variety of emotional responses. People either feel a deep soul’s calling or they have tried desperately to find a soul’s purpose (or life purpose) and failed to figure out what it is.
One thing I notice people doing is trying to figure out what their “sole” purpose is, as though there is one Divinely inspired action they are supposed to achieve before they die. But thoughts like that cause anxiety for people who haven’t connected with something big and important and obvious. What if, instead of a sole purpose, your soul’s purpose is to simply live a fully expressed life? To align with the Truth of who you are in any given moment? What if your soul’s purpose is to awaken?
The question then becomes, “What in you wants to be fully expressed at any given moment?” And maybe even more important, “If you’re not fully expressed, what’s preventing you from doing so?”
Another way to look at soul’s purpose is to consider that there may be a unique theme that weaves its way through your life. For me it is obvious: creating and expressing. These themes are present in every second of my life. How I choose to give voice to them differs depending on my circumstances. If I go for long periods of not creating or expressing, I am not living a fully expressed life. When this happens, some form of depression or enuii is inevitable.
What do you think? Do you have a soul’s calling? A sole purpose? A life purpose? I’d love to hear what you have to say.
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Wonderful Amy……..I have never thought of these differences..
soul calling, sole purpose, life purpose
We were recently in Canmore, Alberta looking for homes. I feel called to live in a small community in the mountains. While we were there I was speaking to a
man while we were listening to an open mike session at our hotel. I said to him.. I find this to be a very spiritual place…I am feeling pulled by the mountains..can you feel it? and he said yes there is actually proof that there is a spiritual vortex at the base of the mountain and many people comment on it…it brings out the best in people. Even when I was in bed I could feel the mountain pulling me, my spirit. I went up to the Cancer Tx Centre and made a proposal to lead groups of people through cancer from the time they are diagnosed to the time they complete their surgery and tx……because nobody has offered such a service and the nurse I spoke with asked me to send her a proposal. What I am trying to say here is that these words came out of my mouth without forethought, without a plan and I knew that it was the work I needed to be doing withought having any idea how I would go about it.
I would say this is a soul calling.
My life purpose is to help connect people to their source of strength …to know that they can make it through anything ..that by going through the eye of the storm..that that is where the great place lies.
What a perfect opportunity for you. Coincidentally, I just met a man from Canmore. I’ll tell you more about it/him over the phone. I imagine he’d be a great connection for you in terms of meeting kindred spirits. The world works in mysterious ways! Thanks for sharing, Janice.