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t is common for us to
contemplate what our
greater purpose on the
planet might be.
The problem is that we cannot
reach this answer through
logical thinking. These answers,
this truth, can only come
through us as we establish
a personal relationship
within ourselves. Our souls
communicate to us through our
feelings. If we are anesthetized
by external things that get in
the way of our ability to feel,
the possibility for this to occur
is greatly diminished. Our soul
guidance can only be revealed
from within if there is actually
room for it to “bubble up” into
our consciousness.
So many people are busy
doing what it takes to get it all
done. Our homes are full of
things we don’t have time to
sort through. Our schedules
are full of things that don’t
allow time for us to explore
things we think we would really
enjoy. Our minds are constantly
going, strategizing, wondering,
wishing; full of possibilities that
are quickly squashed by things
we forgot to do or worry we will
forget to do, not to mention a
host of things we may secretly
resent we have to do.
Our lives are full. We may feel
gratitude for many of the things
in our lives, but due to lack
of time we rarely take a true
inventory of what matters to us
and what doesn’t. Even if we do,
often we are evaluating based on
external measures of success. Our
raw emotions about such things
are so deeply buried. Rather than
feel our own true feelings on such
things, we unconsciously allow
these feelings to be manipulated,
hijacked by the media; by our
neighbors who seem to have
what it takes to really be happy
(or so they imply); by the beautiful
women wearing the right labels,
carrying the right bag, with the
right hair, make-up, and nails, and
ideal bodies; by the seemingly
incredibly successful people
telling us in one subliminal form
or another to put on our big girl
panties and seize the day.
Before we know what happened,
our lives have been entirely
shaped on things happening
outside of ourselves. We think,
“They are doing this and that
seems to lead to more happiness.
I will try that too,” and little by
little we add into our minds a
puzzle of pieces we have added
to our repertoires over time in
hopes of having a better life.
Then everyone and their brother
and his dog need something
from us, so we take off the pieces
of our puzzle that represent
optimism and put them in a pile
off to the side to hopefully get
back to at some point—when we
have more time.
So how do we reject our codependency on the external
and begin a relationship with
what is trying to bubble up
from within? How do we create
a space within from which
our true purpose can start to
emerge, grow, and take shape
into something tangible?
We begin to slowly eliminate
the obvious things that are not
meeting our needs.
As we release the things that
are no longer serving us,
something amazing begins to
happen. We begin to see what
does serve us, and we begin to
attract the things necessary to
fulfill that vision.
The process which I am about
to explain is two-fold. One side
of the process is an external act.
The other side of the process
is an internal act. The energy
released from each is equally
as important. If you only do the
physical releasing, the energy
will re-accumulate in the form of
new unconscious items.
Everything on the planet is
energy. We are only allocated
a specific amount of energy to
fulfil on our purpose. If you find
yourself floundering—searching
for what it is that you “should
be doing” with your life—it is
because your energy is being
used up elsewhere rather than
lead you where you really belong.
The most common area that our
energy is otherwise stored is in
our accumulated “stuff.”
Below are some simple things
you can do to release some
energy so that it may return to
you in the form of unfulfilled
potential. You don’t need to plan
out a total overhaul of your life.
I like to describe the process
as going for the low hanging
fruit—that which is easiest and
most obvious. The purpose of
this exercise is primarily to bring
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