Your existing purpose is something that you have been unconsciously doing already. It can usually be summed up in a short sentence that encapsulates who you are in a powerful statement about why you’re here, and what you’re here to do.
Once you know your purpose it can help you stay on track. The knowledge of what you are here for can help you decide on the fly, “should I do this or should I do that?”
Of course, you can exercise your gift of free will at any point, yet if one choice fulfils your purpose – your life will tend to run more smoothly (than running with one that that does not). Additionally, when you bring yourself more closely inline (in an involved and doing way), you may feel that your life energy flows more freely.
A method to discover your purpose:
It is perfectly possible to pass this task to your subconscious power-house by simply asking, “I want to know my purpose and I want the answer to come to me in the form dreams and spontaneous insight”. The latter would work just fine yet I found that it needed a more systematic approach to tease out the information I needed. This is how I did it;
Stage 1: Begin by looking back on your life. Take a blank piece of paper (lets say – A4 size) – put a diving line down the centre and write at the top of one side, “Things I enjoyed and wanted to do” .. and on the top of the other side write, “Things I would rather not have done”. Then leave that piece of paper out, and over time (lets say – a week), put a brief description, under each of your headings, of actions or activities you have done in the past. Try to fill each side of the dividing line right down to the bottom of the page with as many varied examples as come to mind.
Stage 2: Take a look at each column and try to find any commonality between each listed item on each side of the page. You might notice a lot of sport, mediation between people, leadership, working in teams, or creativity and lone working. Take a new piece of paper and again put a dividing line down the middle. This time – make one heading ‘More like me’ and the other heading ‘Less like me’. Read through your previous listings and jot down the essence of each type of action/ activity under the relevant heading. You should now have two shorter lists that give you a pretty good idea of your inclinations, this way or that way, based on what you have already been doing in your life.
Stage 3: Finally, examine the previous two lists and try (by trial and error if you like) to ‘boil down’ the list of ‘More like me’ to a single sentence (that usually begins with “I am..”), like – “I am a joyful liver of life”, “I learn then I teach”, “I intensely appreciate life”. If these descriptions seem too vague, then go for one that is a little more specific – “I am a light-hearted creator for peace”, “I am a talkative vessel for highlighting happiness”, “I am a festive organiser of people”, “I am a silent contributor to a peaceful world”, etc.
If you have been feeling that your life hasn’t been quite as you hoped, or as ran as completely as you might, then knowing your purpose might just answer that question, “Why am I here?”
Try it out – enjoy the process, gain some new insight, and have fun!
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