The Concept of a Higher Purpose
It’s not something you have to do ...
The concept of a higher purpose is often framed by “what do I need to achieve; what vocation should I choose; or how do I contribute to the world?” Ultimately, this is in order to find meaning such that we attain happiness or quell a rising fear.
What we fail to understand is that happiness and fear are emotional states and constructs of the ego. The ego bases itself upon beliefs that we have established based on our basic drive to survive. We can have positive or negative beliefs based on whether our survival needs are met or unmet. Be sure, these needs begin at the time of conception.
Nearly always, this higher purpose is also framed by what you need to do, or what action you have to take.
In this context, your higher purpose is not something you have to do. It is something you have to be. This is an extraneous concept for most of us.
The idea that happiness or meaning and purpose is something external to ourselves is a false understanding. Attaining the correct inner state of being belies a contentedness that does not rely on the external search for greener pastures. The need to attain (a particular vocation, house, car, partner, financial status … ) falls away.
This is not as easy as a few short paragraphs might suggest. Modern life challenges the ego with constant promises and comparisons. This talks to the human nature in all of us. To attain higher states of being does’t mean that we will be challenge-free and experience periods of discomfort and pain. However, we need to understand and accept these periods for what they are — a play on our adopted belief system.
Of those people who you most sincerely respect, do you do so because of their feats? Or do you do so for their essential qualities, their calmness or their positivity?
If connected, your higher purpose can and will bloom in the most ordinary and routine environments.
Your higher purpose is to examine the tension within yourself and then find the ease. Once this is done, you can shine with your inner light. In the end, with contemplation, meditation and practice, this transforms into an internal and external freedom that will naturally, inexorably raise the vibration in the world and contribute to the good of all. This may be by your simple presence or it may be through something you do, but whatever you do will be coming from within you.
If you are operating out of your highest frequency, it will be coming from a place of jubilation. If you don’t have this jubilance, truly, then it is not the path of your higher purpose. Your radiance is the fertile ground from which your higher purpose will germinate, be that an unassuming wild flower or a gigantic mountain ash. Take note! One day you might identify with or as, the whole forrest itself.
You have the keys to your higher purpose within. The path begins by opening to your higher purpose by surrendering dominance of your ego and mind to your consciousness, stillness and heart. This very thing will reshape your existence.
Your higher purpose: to be luminous / shimmer because it is within you and you bask in the miracle of being here. All things that you do will come from this.
Be well.