Reclaiming Sacred Purpose! This is my new claim, a kind of motto that expresses what is important to me, what defines my work. You can find out why I chose this claim and what it says about the personal "why" of my work in this blog article.

Orientation in times that may make you feel helpless

The world feels massively uncertain, many things are in upheaval and there doesn't seem to be much left to hold on to. Many people find this frightening or at least unsettling - we humans don't like uncertainty, even if it could hold opportunities. But why is that? In my opinion: because most of us are not firmly anchored in the knowledge of what our role is, what we can contribute in these times.

We are in a pandemic of disorientation because we have forgotten the only truly reliable source of orientation - our sense of purpose in life, our very task. However, this isn't a job description, rather, it is an essence, an inner spark - which we can only find by connecting with our soul.

I noticed that those people around me who have more or less consciously found this spark and have derived their role in the world from it are much better able to cope with this uncertainty. Because these people know what they can contribute to the big picture. They have their “sense of purpose”. You could also say: they know their "why".

Incidentally, this is something that anyone who has ever been self-employed or founded a company should also know. Because only with your personal "why" can you really actively contribute to change in your own environment, make a difference, feel effective, whether on a small or large scale. And this feeling of being effective is the elixir of healing against the helplessness that many feel in the face of unsettling times. So my personal answer to how we can deal with these uncertain times is: find your sense of purpose, your role. (see also US elections and German government collapse: how to deal with collective uncertainty?)

Purpose is sacred because it doesn't just have to do with you

At the same time, purpose is somewhat abstract, not so tangible, precisely because it is not a job description. Purpose is actually not the same as our mission in life, i.e. what we actually do with our purpose (for example, heal people, bring people together, teach, build something, create or invent something). This is because our sense of purpose has more to do with being than doing, because it comes from the soul. This also means that purpose is something very fundamental that we need to know in order to be able to derive truly effective life missions from it.

And that is why finding our purpose is a deeply spiritual path. You won't find this path by ticking off checklists and worksheets or through any courses that give you a certificate. It is a path inwards - always. A path of self-knowledge. And with the knowledge of our purpose, we come into our sovereignty, our power, shed our fears and become an effective member of this society. Not necessarily in order to make a career and find recognition on the outside - but to feel the deep satisfaction that comes from being able to say “this is where I belong, this is my contribution”.

And everywhere around me I perceive an extreme - perhaps unprecedented? - longing to find this feeling of “this is where I belong, this is my contribution”. And I am convinced that this is so important right now, because there is so much potential lying dormant in people, which we urgently need right now in these times of upheaval. My role is to make a contribution to awakening this potential. And this is what my claim is intended to express, among other things.

Because: I personally believe that we currently have the opportunity to participate in a collective change of consciousness - and to set the course for a future as we imagine it. However, this can only work really well if we follow the truth of our soul - instead of some made-up rules, dogmas, social conditioning or expectations.

Our soul also sees the big picture. This means that if we refocus on our Soul and ask ourselves what part we can play in the big picture, what we can contribute that not only benefits us directly, but also others, we can find our potential, our purpose. And your Purpose will never be independent of others or other forms of life. Purpose always has something to do with your personal contribution to life as a whole, no matter how small it may be.

Perhaps an image that I once received in a meditation can help with understanding this: I once received the image of a white ray of light that falls on a prism and is refracted into many individual rays in different colors. If the white ray of light is the source, our origin, then each and every one of us represents one of these colorful rays of light. Purpose is therefore an essence because it is an expression of this white ray of light, an expression of the source. And so purpose is not only very individual (no two colors are the same), but also connected to all the other purposes that other people have, because the many colored rays of light all come from the same source, the white ray of light.

Purpose is not a spiritual reward cookie for being “good”

My own journey was also a unique search for my own purpose, which led me to make many, many changes to my CV and try out a few things (see also What I wanted to be in the past). What I didn't know at the time was that it is a search that is initiated by the soul - certainly not by our cynical ego, which usually doesn't even believe in something like purpose. And often enough, the question of one's own purpose is one of the first questions that sooner or later lead us onto a spiritual path.

Following a spiritual path does not mean being a “good child” who is always nice and kind, does everything right, follows all the “spiritual rules” and gets a cookie as a reward from some god up there! This is one of the many misunderstandings on the subject of spirituality - and is more reminiscent of ideas of religious sin, with which the sheep would somehow be kept in check.

This is also why I use the word “reclamation” in my claim. It's a much stronger word than “remember” or “find”, for example. Purpose is something that defines us, something that was never gone or lost, so we don't actually have to find it. We are entitled to it because we are this purpose. And at the same time, age-old social conditioning of the well-adjusted little sheep prevents us from “remembering” it. Conditioning ensures that we distance ourselves from ourselves and our purpose. And it takes a lot of power and determination to reclaim our individual purpose. That's why I use the stronger word “reclaiming”, (not asking nicely or carefully or searching without direction).

Let’s reclaim it!

So I developed a claim that to me expresses what a spiritual path means in contrast to many misunderstandings about it - also because it was and is my own path - and what I stand for with my work. And it shows what it is not about: for example, drifting into “good child” conditioning. Along the lines of: if I just do “the right thing” and follow a spiritual set of rules, then I will also get the spiritual reward cookie. Whatever that may be.

Instead, it's about sovereignty, our own power, overcoming fears and freeing ourselves from conditioning - so that we can finally bring into this world what really defines us, our sacred purpose. Sounds better already, doesn't it? Let's reclaim it then!

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