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Focus<\/strong><\/div>\n
Welcome. This meditation supports the Stage Eight task of finding your purpose. This is a really fun task where you seek your purpose through seven different exercises, looking for the patterns. The hardest part of this task is just finding the time to do it and, and of course, being incredibly honest with yourself. In this meditation, we will walk through three methods that are tuned to internal exploration, to help you find your purpose in this life.<\/div>\n
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Posture<\/strong><\/div>\n
Take a moment to get comfortable.\u00a0You can sit or stand or lay down. It\u2019s doesn\u2019t matter. You can close your eyes or keep them open. Do what works for you. You may want to have paper handy to make notes.<\/div>\n
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Presence<\/strong><\/div>\n
Take a slow deep breath. Let it out like a sigh of relief. Be at peace. You are here now. Take another slow deep breath, and this time, send it out slowly, consciously, with purpose, all the way.\u00a0Be at peace. You are here now. Pause and repeat these breaths until you feel relaxed and at peace.<\/div>\n
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Journey<\/strong><\/div>\n
Let\u2019s begin. When you were small, and you had nothing else to do, what did you choose to do?<\/div>\n
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Look back from childhood until now and ask yourself what have you always done, when nobody is looking, when you are not getting paid for it.<\/div>\n
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What MUST you do just because you cannot imagine not doing it?<\/div>\n
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What activities are just at the core of your being and always have been?<\/div>\n
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Staying with your childhood\u2026 When you were very young (3-5 years old), what did you want to be when you grew up? … WHY did you want to be that?<\/div>\n
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Then, when you were a teenager, what did you want to be for a career? WHY?<\/div>\n
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Then, when you were in your twenties, what did you want to be for a career? WHY?<\/div>\n
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Thirties?\u2026. keep going until you reach your present day.<\/div>\n
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Consider now all the why\u2019s. What is the pattern?<\/div>\n
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Can you combine all those why\u2019s into one purpose, mission or vocation?<\/div>\n
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Do you see connections between what you have always done and what you have always wanted to do? Take a moment to let it all come together.<\/div>\n
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Now\u00a0listen to the silence intently…<\/div>\n
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Ask your question, \u201cWhat is my mission?,\u201d or, “What is my purpose?\u201d…<\/div>\n
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Write it down exactly as you hear it or become aware of it – do not stop to interpret it. And don’t dismiss it.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Now put them all together. See what you have always done… see what you have always wanted… see what the universe says… what is your purpose? Take a moment now to put it all together.<\/div>\n
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Return<\/strong><\/div>\n
When you are ready, bring your awareness back to your surroundings. Notice how you feel. Take this feeling with you and return to it anytime you like.\u00a0Let me remind you that your result is not going to look exactly like anything you have seen before, so if it looks like that, you need to be more specific and carry out your mission in a more unique way, by a new method, or some other variation. Get creative and don\u2019t let anyone else\u2019s rules steer you away from your true answer.<\/div>\n
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