Purpose & Progress: A Softer Path Is Calling

What should I be doing?

What's my purpose?

Am I on the right path?

If you've been asking any of these questions I invite you to listen up to a message that has been coming through very strongly in my own experience and I feel called to share it because I think it's one that maybe many of us could benefit from taking in,

Receiving and experimenting with at the very least.

So in terms of the steps that we quote-unquote should take in life toward our goals,

Toward our dreams,

Toward our ultimate purpose,

It's not one plus two equals three.

If I do this and this and this I'll get this outcome.

It's not about that,

It's about alignment.

I know that word is used a lot but there is a reason.

Feeling is the path,

Is the way.

Listening to your intuition is the path,

Is the way.

Responding to life from a place of alignment is the way.

Now feeling and intuition is not going to give us all the steps,

It's not going to lay out the plan,

The master plan,

But it's going to give us the one step that we are invited to take today,

Now.

If we want a life that lights our soul up we have to listen to what lights our soul up in the moment.

So we can think about a plan but how do we know that in two days the thing that we that we noted down that we think is step three or whatever,

How do we know that that is actually going to be in alignment with who we are at that point?

So it's about being in the moment essentially,

Responding in the moment and just kind of going with the flow.

And so it's important that we don't dismiss or undervalue the things that make our soul light up that we did today because we don't see how this could possibly lead to the external thing that we want,

The goal that we're aiming for.

So I've done it myself,

Yeah that was fun but now I've got to go back to giving myself a headache trying to figure out how to do x,

Y and z.

So I've done it a lot,

This kind of straining I guess to try and figure out what I should be doing and the funny thing is that when I look at moments in my life when I've actually achieved some goal or some desire has manifested,

Whether it's finding a partner or getting a dream job or making new friends,

It has almost never come directly from a neat row of steps taken or from striving.

The things that I have enjoyed over the years,

The moments of success have come from curiosity,

Have come from following a nudge that has led to the organic emergence of that thing.

So for example I was in Brighton for the day once,

Brighton is a little seaside sort of city outside of London and I was really enjoying the atmosphere there,

It's got a nice vibe and I was at a restaurant with my partner at the time and he was,

I don't know,

I think he had a phone call or something and just out of curiosity I wasn't officially looking for a new job but I was just curious about what jobs they had in that area so I just googled it and suddenly like in an instant the most perfect job for that time of my life appeared.

So as I was actually sitting at the dinner table I was adjusting my CV and applied for it that evening and I think a couple of weeks later or whatever I had a new job and that job has led to so much freedom.

So again it wasn't something that I was like,

I had planned,

It wasn't something I was straining for,

It was a thing that emerged out of curiosity organically.

So the thing is that our human brain cannot know what all the steps are to get to what we want because the brain is limited and the reality is that we live in a universe of infinite possibilities,

Infinite possibilities and also our brain is not only limited in knowing what the possibilities are but also in terms of all of the conditioning that we've received about ourselves and about what's possible.

So we can't actually use our human brain to figure out our purpose or figure out the perfect path or the perfect action plan to receive,

Achieve,

Have whatever it is that we are wanting.

So what we're being invited to do is trust.

In order to follow curiosity and let our soul,

The desires of our soul,

Guide us forward it's really important to develop trust.

So trust that you are taken care of,

Trust that your needs are met.

I think this is a really big one that can create a lot of anxiety if we feel like we have to do the perfect thing because if we don't then we might not be able to pay our bills or you know maybe we're not going to be safe.

So how do we trust that we are taken care of and that our needs are met?

Well,

Look at you.

You are here.

After all this time,

After all of the things that you've seen and been exposed to,

You are still here and that is big.

That's no small thing that you are here after all of this time and you're here for a reason and life wants you to let your soul lead you because your soul is about expansion and connection and creation and we need this.

We need this more than ever and your own unique expression is needed and wanted and the more you say yes to it through saying yes to whatever ignites your curiosity today or whatever lights up your soul today not your ego,

Your soul,

Not the fear,

Your soul.

So you just have to say yes to what is aligned,

What feels good,

What piques your curiosity today and this could mean doing yoga,

Reading a certain book,

Going to a certain event which unbeknownst to you will lead you to one thing that leads to another that leads to another that leads to another that leads you to your next big thing.

So listen to the pings of your soul,

Trust in them and again how do we build trust?

Look,

Look around and see how you are already supported.

Now we have this negativity bias which means that we find it very easy to find things that are wrong and missing but we can be more conscious about looking for actually signs of abundance,

Signs of being well resourced.

So look around your environment and see how you're supported.

You can do this right now.

So maybe you're on the way to the city on a high-speed train.

That's a pretty decent resource that you have,

Your transport system or maybe you're making lunch or dinner.

Isn't it great to have that food at your fingertips?

You just have to open the fridge and wow there's food there or maybe you're outside and you're looking at trees and birds and a vast open sky.

Wherever you are,

You're free,

You're supported,

You're abundantly resourced and the more you look,

The more you'll see,

The more you'll find.

I did this practice myself.

It was a mindfulness practice where you essentially just very slowly look around your room.

So you're kind of moving your neck from one side to another and just seeing like random things dotted around my room.

It was just like what was I looking at at the time?

Just literally everything in my room.

The books,

The wi-fi modem,

The candles,

Like clothes strewn about,

Like everything.

It was just like look at all of these things that I have,

You know,

That we just take for granted.

And yeah,

So these are just signs that we are supported basically.

You are supported and you don't have to strive to be supported,

You just are.

So that's one way to build trust,

Just looking around with the intention to see how you are supported.

And another way is to experiment.

So what happens when I trust?

What happens when I respond in a way that's aligned with the light of my soul?

When I say yes to a particular urge,

An urge that I can sense is coming from something deeper.

So if you want to feel like you're on track,

Trust,

Listening to the desires of your soul.

And also if you want to see a new earth,

Know that in the new earth we create from within because we understand at a cellular level that the world is a mirror.

So instead of struggling to figure out your purpose or the perfect action plan to achieve your goals,

Focus on peace.

Trust,

That word again,

That the more space,

The more presence,

The more connection,

Acceptance,

Joy that we deepen into,

The closer we're getting to whatever it is that we're here for.

Okay,

Because the answers that we're looking for,

The steps can only be known in that state.

You know,

If we're looking for a new way of living and we don't want to just recreate the old,

We want to create with the divine,

Not logic,

Not conditioned mind.

So releasing the energy of chasing,

Of struggling,

Of striving because all of that just reinforces the message that we are in the process of editing out,

That something is missing.

So simply being aware of your desires and knowing that the path toward them is one,

Softness,

Beingness,

I.

E.

Presence,

Peace,

Acceptance,

Appreciation,

Love,

Essentially being a channel for divine energy to come through you and land on this earth.

And two,

Listening to what your body is telling you intuitively,

Responding to life through our thoughts and actions and speech.

Knowing that the path is non-linear and trusting that any aligned decisions that you make today that come from softness is the way.

So you can relax and enjoy the process.

So anything that helps you let go into spacious awareness,

Anything that helps you to feel loved,

Feel inspired,

Feel supported,

Feel good,

Just do it.

Take a moment to let all this sink in.

Notice how you feel.

Feeling into spacious awareness,

Softness,

Now as you continue with your day,

Notice,

Feel into what lights you up,

What lights your soul up.

Okay,

We're not talking about pepperoni pizza here.

So even the smallest thing that gives you that sense of that feeling that your soul is pinging,

Even the smallest thing.

And trust that saying yes to that feeling,

To that nudge,

To that divine inspired action,

Is always the next right step.

And you only need to know one,

One at a time.

Okay,

So relax and enjoy.

Take care.