Chapter Fifteen Why Are We Here?

WHY ARE WE HERE
AND
WHO ARE WE HERE FOR?
(PARDON THE DANGLING PARTICIPLE)


Years ago, before I consciously started on any leg of my journey (although as I think about it now, maybe what I’m about to relate was the start this most recent part of my journey) a wise psychologist asked me if I knew my Purpose. He believed, as I have come to believe, that we all have a purpose and that by knowing and being in touch with that purpose we can achieve a more intimate and fundamental connection with ourselves.

A Digression:

It occurred to me as I was driving my son to school that I should check back in following yesterday’s offering. When I awoke this morning my body felt very clear and relaxed. I was not holding anything anywhere in my body and there is no fear. As I have thought about various things that could induce a fear response I have noticed a tightening inside my body, mainly in my sacral and root chakras. I have simply noticed the tightening and lovingly released it so that once again my body feels free, light and clear. This lightness and freedom is a wonderful feeling and I wish I could do justice to a description. Instead, I’ll just send it to you through my root chakra and out my fingers as I type this so please just pause a moment to feel this gift.

I have been living in a human body that experiences fear for a long time so as I help my body release the memory of fear and the physical sensation of fear and the automatic response to the things that have previously induced fear, I will stay conscious and present so that I participate in the unlearning process until the new default is to live in a body free of fear.

End of Digression:

Our offering and our gift today is assistance in knowing Your Purpose in this lifetime and by the time you are finished reading today you will have at least some, and possibly a great deal of, understanding about your purpose.

I don’t know why exactly but I have always had the ability to see people fully realized in their potential. Said another way, I have always had the ability to see people’s potential, to see what they are capable of. And I think, because of that, and because of my basically pushy nature, I have always encouraged the people in my life to reach for their potential. Since we’re sharing, I will admit that often this “encouragement” has been perceived as a boot up the backside or a push off a cliff, notwithstanding how well meaning my intentions.

Be that as it may, when asked by my psychologist about my Purpose, I defined it as “encouraging people to develop their full potential with love and humor” and I think, at the time, that was relatively correct.

The clue to our Purpose is the thing we do naturally, the thing we love to do, the thing that brings us joy or fulfillment, the thing that brings us closer to ourselves and to others. My heart was in the right place as I was blindly running around pushing people or kicking them in the behind. What I lacked was the further understanding that it was inappropriate to offer help indiscriminately or to push my perception of people’s potential down their throats regardless of whether they were ready experience to or even interested in experiencing their potential. As such, my lesson has been twofold; to develop my own potential and to wait to be asked to help anyone else to develop theirs.

So, look at what comes naturally to you. Look at what you enjoy. Look at what brings you enthusiasm. Look at what you would be doing if you weren’t worried about how to pay the bills. Look at where you would be spending your time, and with whom, if you knew all your “worldly” needs were met and I’ll bet that is where you will find your purpose.

Your homework for today is to introduce yourself to your purpose if you don’t already know each other and have some fun hanging out together.

From the joy of knowing within us, to the joy of knowing within you…


To be continued…