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We human beings love to understand. We love to know "why". We struggle to make sense of things, people, and situations. Therefore, the biggest question for us is often, "Why am I here?"
Growing up in a religion that gave its members all the answers, I knew from my youngest years why I was here on this planet. I was born into a female body and so my purpose was to obey the edicts of "god" and to have babies.
No pondering for me....
When I grew up and traveled I meet people who had other ideas. I was in discussions that opened my mind. I saw happiness and purpose coming into female lives who were not obeying an external "god" and/or who had never birthed children. I also ran into the ideas of master, devotee, guru. That gave me another lens through which to view life.
With a lot of Gemini energy in my astrological birth chart, I am always attracted to bits and bits and bits of information. Eventually, those bits of information come together in ways they could not by themselves. That is what has happened over and over again.
In this blog I am sharing about listening to Beings in unseen bodies. During those times I was listening, I would often experience an overwhelming sense of peace, joy and love. A sense of peace and enthusiasm about life often flooded my entire being as I spent time with my Spiritual teachers. I was experiencing that my most secure place was connected to their presence and wisdom.
My knowledge of personal purpose came together for me step by step.
On our journey, we begin with whatever system our birth family provides. It is the platform and lens through which we see ourselves and the world. It is a beginning place, a tribal mind of group agreed upon concepts. As stable as it may be, it is limited.
Eventually, the platform and lens of that birth community has taken us as far as it can. The ideas and concepts begin to chaff, we feel limited, we have a sense of something more or we cycle in repeating patterns that cause escalating pain. At some point, we look around and see someone or something that promises a better way and we listen to new views. This new guide, whether person, book, video, documentary, etc., becomes our teacher or in some culture, our master. We are the student, the devotee of this external voice that seems to have something that we do not have.
This is a place, I have learned, where the "moon" path begins. We are living, learning, stretching from a reflected light. The reflected light is the knowledge and experience of an external teacher, master or guru. We have grown beyond our birth community of knowledge and are ready for something more.
Dr. Brough Joy in his book, Joy's Way, write, "It is important to be discerning when you choose a teacher. The question is, 'Where is the power?' Does the teacher/organization claim to have all the power, all the knowledge, all the answers? Does the teacher/organization suggest that if you do not stay in the 'flock' that you will be lost? Or does the teacher/organization hold that you have the power and answers for yourself even when you do not know you do? Does the teacher/organization continue to mentor you into your own magnificence even if it means that you are called beyond the teacher/organization?
"A spiritual teacher, guru, master, organization of integrity will hold and encourage your knowingness. They will teach you ways to draw your wisdom forth from within. Those kind of teachers are ones to which you want to align."
So, who tells you your purpose? Who are you expecting to give you the answer?
Who or what is your "moon" path?
What does all of this mean to you?
