Do you ever get the feeling that there is something not quite right about your life; that you’re not doing what you’re supposed to be doing; that your everyday reality is out of synch with your soul purpose?
Just like when your car needs an alignment, you can feel when your everyday life and your soul purpose are out of synch with each other. The vehicle (in this case your life) does not steer as smoothly as it should. You can have the noblest dreams; the best laid plans; but something always seems to happen, but something always seems to happen that mucks things up. Every time you try to get to a certain location something wrenches you in another direction; events conspire to bog you down; circumstances align to trip you up; people fail you, and hopes and plans and dreams get dashed to pieces and you feel like throwing your hands into the air and giving up and screaming “What’s the point?”
What Does it Mean?
If you find yourself contending with these sorts of scenarios regularly, it is not an indication that you are a bad person or that you have been singled out by the universe for punishment or torture. It is not even a sign that you are being manipulated by outside sources such as angles or demons or closet Marxists. It is, however, a sure sign that your life is out of alignment with your soul purpose and that you are in need of a serious synchronization.
Sounds big doesn’t it? Sounds like something that you might need an exorcism for – or at least the advice of a Shaman, or spiritual counselor. But believe it or not, it is actually a very simple process and one that each and every one of us is capable of undertaking. In fact, you can probably get to work on it as soon as you finish reading this.
Unlike getting your car aligned, bringing your life and your soul purpose into alignment does not require a trip into the garage. It does not even require a weekend meditation retreat or year spent in Nepal or Tibet. But for all that it is a relatively straight forward and simple process, there are relatively few people on the planet whose lives are in full alignment with their soul purpose and when they are it is unmistakable.
For these people, everything just seems to fall into place. Everything works. Events and circumstances come about which always seem to be exactly those things that are supposed to happen and which happen at exactly the right moment in time. Their lives look like a dream to the rest of us. They may not be rich and famous, but they are happy; they are at peace; they have passion and purpose and are living their lives with joy and verve. Their energy and enthusiasm draws people in and makes you feel as if the world is a better place for them having been there.
So how can you become one of these people? How can you go from a life where everything seems to be at odds to one where everything seems to fit? The answer, of course, is to bring your life into alignment with your soul purpose.
But first, of course, it helps to understand just what your soul purpose is.
A person’s soul purpose is the reason that they have been put on this planet; the purpose for which they have agreed to be here, in this body, and in this particular lifetime. It is something that only they are capable of doing, for only their exact circumstances and upbringing have prepared them for this particular job.
So, how do you find out what your soul purpose is? The first order of business is to take a look at your natural gifts and abilities for they will be a clear indicator of what direction you should be headed in. I’m not talking about things that you have been trained to do and that are by necessity a part of your job. Take a look at your natural abilities; those talents that you were born with and that are as easy for you as breathing.
Types of Natural Gifts and Abilities
These gifts can take on a variety of different types. For instance, some people are natural healers. They have a knack for always knowing just the right things to do or say that will make people feel better either physically or emotionally.
Then there are those who are natural teachers. A natural teacher has the ability to take a complex topic and break it down in such a way that someone else can understand it easily; they may do this in a number of ways (talking, writing, storytelling) but the effect is the same; people learn easily from them.
Some, however, are naturally knowledgeable. I’m not talking about know-it-alls (who simply think they know everything). Truly knowledgeable individuals simply have the answers. You ask them a question and they have an answer, as if they have a direct conduit to some vast knowledge source.
There are also those who are natural creators; their artistic and creative abilities are insatiable and they are always coming up with new ideas for things whether they are paintings, recipes, craft ideas, sculptures, machines or stories.
Or you may be a planner; someone who is great at coming up with a way to get things done, who knows how to organize people and resources in the best way to actually get things accomplished. Or maybe you are a doer; a person who likes to implement the plans that others come up with and are great at working with your hands.
The Problem and the Solution
The problem is that thanks to a society and culture that put an emphasis on those things that bring the most material satisfaction we have a serious disconnect between what we are supposed to be doing (and what society and those around us expect us to do) and those things that we came here to accomplish. In fact, this disconnect is so extreme that sometimes it seems impossible that it can ever be brought into alignment and that we will be stuck in this no-man’s-land forever.
But this is not the case, there really is a solution to the problem; something that can cut through all of the expectations that are piled up on us every day; those things that keep us from pursuing our true callings; from finding and living our true purpose.
The way to bring our lives into alignment with our soul purpose is to get in touch with that inner voice and that lives inside of each of us; the one that gives us that gut instinct to do things a certain way. Unfortunately this is usually the instinct and voice we ignore because so many times it goes contrary to what logic and reason (or even societal expectations) would have you believe is the right thing to do.
By listening to this voice; by following its advice, you can start bringing your life into alignment with your soul purpose; making decisions that will allow you to live an authentic life; one that is lived from the heart.