FINDING YOUR LIFE PURPOSE

After many years practice of meditation and connection to my guides and higher self, I have come to realise that my life purpose is simply ‘to heal’ – from emotional wounding in this life and even past lives. And the most simple and amazing thing of all is that your life purpose will be exactly the same as mine. ‘To heal’ is all that is required of any of us because when we heal all our natural strengths, talents and passions will come to the fore. Nothing gets in the way of this happening. No-one else hinders you. When you are healed you have no blocks, so life circumstances present no blocks to hold you back. When you experience negativity from others, this is actually a reflection of your own doubts and fears. When you are free to follow your passions, your life path naturally unfolds but, before then, if it’s not happening, you need to heal – to release and clear blockages.

 

Our life purpose then is actually very clear – to heal and to love. As part of our healing journey we learn to love ourselves through self-nurturing and honouring our own needs and to love those who have hurt us – lovers who have betrayed us, people who have let us down and those who have deliberately hurt us. Once this pain has been released through acts of forgiveness and understanding, we allow the space for a broader love and compassion for humanity to emerge.

 

Asking for Help

 

Most people waste hours, months, years worrying about what they should be doing. All this just puts unnecessary pressure on us and uses up valuable energy that would be better spent letting go of the past and living in the present. By all means ask your guides and angels to show you the way and guide you into your life mission but, if you do this, it is essential that you are able to recognise the signs of guidance. Very rarely will you be shown the bigger picture or told exactly what you should be doing. It is far more likely that you will be led first to the ‘next step’, ie what you need to do in order to heal and release any issues that are holding you back from moving into your life purpose in the first place.

 

Challenging situations and crises occur at some point in everyone’s life and these situations serve to reflect back to you the aspects of yourself that need healing. Bad things do happen and we all wonder why bad things happen to good people. Recently a friend of mine went through a horrendous ordeal of wrongful arrest after being framed for something she didn’t do. I discovered that she was carrying the energy of guilt in her aura from her relationship with her mother which had left her feeling like whatever she did, she could never do enough. According to the Law of Attraction we can only attract what we already have, for example happiness creates more happiness. Likewise guilt attracts situations where we are made to appear as the guilty party. The universe is not cruel but simply mirrors back to us the aspects of ourselves that need healing.

 

As part of moving into your life purpose, your guides, angels and higher self may also lead you to a healing modality that can help you release whatever needs to be released. These can include Reiki, Angelic Reiki, Faery Reiki, Crystal Healing or one of the many other forms of energy healing available today. I was led to Reiki 15 years ago when I first began my healing journey, then more recently I was led to Faery Reiki which cleared out my chakras at an even deeper level than before. I just simply know that this is preparing me for the next stage of my journey.

 

The Never Ending Journey

 

Personally I was very lucky when it comes to finding my life purpose because many years ago in meditation I heard a big booming voice, that sounded both within my head and outside of me, say “You will be a spiritual healer”. This felt ‘right’ at a deep level and this conviction has kept me on my path despite there being many occasions when I could have abandoned it for financial reasons!

 

Even when you feel that you are on the right path and have got to where you want to be, there is still further to go. It is still possible to move deeper into your life purpose and take your work to the next level. I want to help others heal on a deeper soul level. I don’t yet have all the answers regarding how I am going to do this but I have already seen the powerful shifts that can occur when you are able to heal the soul or spirit and this is my passion. Moving further into this kind of soul level healing is my goal for the future. And each time I release more of my old emotional ‘stuff’, the deeper I will move into it. Maybe it is time for you to start your own journey too…

 

Practical things to consider when moving into your Life Purpose

 

Your life purpose is ultimately about how you can best serve humanity based on your particular skills, talents, personal qualities and specific interests. To find your life purpose you must follow your passion, in other words, whatever inspires you and makes you feel like you are doing something worthwhile. Your life purpose is usually connected to that nagging feeling of longing which comes from your soul. Often people do have a good idea about what they would like to be doing – it’s more a case of addressing the ‘if onlys’ and moving past perceived blocks. A good indication of your life purpose is what you would do if you were totally free and left to your own devices if you didn’t have to worry about money, where to live, other people’s expectations etc. So identifying your passions is a good place to start. Then start to identify all the issues that prevent you from doing this including mental/emotional issues such as lack of confidence and fear of failure, as well as practical concerns such as lack of time or lack of money to pay for training. Try to determine how many of these issues are actually excuses the ego makes to keep you where you are, ie. stuck in a nice, safe little rut. The real blocks lie hidden underneath the excuses and these are the emotional issues that need healing.

 

Helen Shortland is a Healer, Spiritual Teacher and Holistic Therapist based at 15 Wheeler Gate in Nottingham city centre. Helen offers several healing treatments such as Reiki, Angelic Reiki, Faery Reiki and Fairy Blessing Guided Journey, as well as Usui Reiki and Faery Reiki training courses. She has been on the spiritual path for 15 years and has extensive knowledge of healing and the healing journey. For further information about her Reiki courses, therapies and workshops, please visit her website http://helenshortland.com or visit and ‘like’ her Facebook page Helen Shortland Holistics & Enchantment.

 

Reiki Precept no. 1 - Just for Today, I will let go of Anger

Each month I am going to write a mini blog about one of the 5 Reiki precepts. The Reiki precepts were designed to give a structure or framework to your spiritual practice when you start to take responsibility for your own energies and ultimately your health and wellbeing on all levels. I hope this will provide some insight/guidance that may help my Reiki students and practitioners to understand their deeper meaning and integrate them better. Equally you don’t need to be attuned to Reiki to meditate upon these precepts as greater self-awareness can benefit everyone. Working with and integrating the Reiki precepts will speed along your own spiritual development, whether you are attuned to Reiki or not.

 

Reiki Precept No 1:   Just for today, I will let go of anger

 

Anger is corrosive; it has a negative, destructive effect on all areas of your life. Anger is futile and makes you feel impotent. It often proves embarrassing when we vent our spleen without thinking and we usually end up regretting those angry outbursts, especially when we end up looking foolish. We’ve all done this, you’re not alone. This feeling of foolishness however contains a lesson because it may just make you think twice next time… maybe. Even if you manage to contain your anger, it doesn’t necessarily mean that your anger should be ignored. Anger is there for a reason. Getting to the root cause is key. Anger stems from unresolved emotional issues – hurts and injustices from others, the perceived unfairness of life, anger at yourself for making wrong choices etc all contribute to a simmering underlying resentment.

 

When you meditate on this precept, keep asking yourself “Why am I angry?” Keep going deeper to find the original cause. It is like peeling the layers off an onion. What you find can be both painful and enlightening but ultimately it must be released.

 

For some people anger can also be very controlling so can appear to serve a purpose.  A difficult question to ask would be “What do I gain by being angry?” For some people anger can be a learned behaviour pattern that established itself in your earlier years. You may have seen this behaviour pattern played out among the adults around you and learned how it could be used to get what you want. After all, as children we soak up everything we see around us without question, both good and bad. If this is the case, does this behaviour pattern still serve you now? Some people will find that they are angry about something that happened in the past, such as abandonment, most likely when they were too young to understand.  A young child cannot process things and talk things through like an adult can – they just express emotion.

 

If you are angry with yourself for wrong choices or perceived failure, self-acceptance is essential. Don’t blame others; the responsibility lies with you. Maybe your expectations just weren’t achievable at the time. If you are angry at hurts and injustices inflicted by others, practising forgiveness and making peace with the past is the only option for the benefit of your emotional health and wellbeing. Forgiving others doesn’t mean you are letting them ‘get away with it’ – it is setting yourself free from pain. When you let go of anger, you let in peace. On the emotional spectrum anger is very near the lower end along with fear. On the other hand, peace is at the top end of the emotional spectrum along with love. Love and fear are therefore opposites. When you let go of anger you also let in love – love for yourself as you are allowing yourself to be at peace. This love is healing – healing from the hurts and pain of the past, allowing recovery and enabling you to energetically vibrate at a healthy frequency. You are valuing yourself enough to choose love. Anger carries a dark, low vibration. Peace and love carry a light joyful vibration. You always have the power to choose how you respond. It may not be easy but it is definitely worth a try.

 

 

You may like to set aside some meditation time and sit and meditate on this precept, asking yourself what anger means to you, where you hold anger, where it stems from and what purpose it serves, going deeper each time.