Looking for Life Purpose

Question:

I am newly starting my spiritual journey and I have to say it has been quite a ride! As I read books and search the net for food to appease my spiritual appetite, I have suddenly become over whelmed with which steps to take rather than jumping all over the place. Right now I’m beginning to meditate (once a day) and working towards twice a day, I’m also very interested in Aura reading, getting in touch with my intuition trusting it and the big one is realizing my soul desire and life purpose…which I have no clue what it is, what I need to do to figure it out and this is my biggest struggle, almost to desperations. I look forward to your insightful direction to a purposeful, beneficial, spiritual fulfilling life….

Answer:

Congratulations on beginning your spiritual journey. You have taken the most significant step by starting a meditation practice. Your other spiritual interests you mentioned will help you as well, but take care not to go overboard and confuse yourself and dilute your energies. Taking the time to discover your purpose is certainly a good idea, but don’t let it become a desperate quest for an “aha” experience. Your highest purpose in life is not in what you do, but in living what you are, your being. Finding your purpose is, in the larger sense, the ongoing unfoldment of your self-realization. So it’s less a matter of your career path than it is being fully who you are in whatever career you might be pursuing at the time.

In order to get in touch with what is the natural expression of your being, ask yourself what it is that you love doing. Ask what gifts you have that can serve others, and how best you can use them. Keep a journal for two weeks asking these questions to yourself every after meditation and then writing down all the answers that come to you. After that time you will have a clearer idea what types of activities are aligned to your life purpose.

Love,
Deepak