What’s the career path I should be focusing on? How do I fulfill my purpose if I don’t know what it is?
A career is no more than a choice of vehicles that helps transport you to your destination. A specific career isn’t the only vehicle to get you where you’re going. Even if you find your preferred vehicle, you may need to experiment with alternate routes to get you to your destination. Some routes may have been already mapped, but some may not be mapped. You could be the explorer or adventurer that cuts the path where others will follow. Perhaps you’re seeing beyond, sensing or feeling intuitively that there’s another way to get there– shorter or more scenic, or with less risk.
Yeah, but how do I know my destination? Forget the vehicles and the routes to get there. I don’t even know where I’m headed or where I should be headed!
There’s no magic in the destination itself, the magic is in the fact that you got there at all by your own circuitous route. So, stop fretting over where you should end up and get into the experience of the process– doing your best at what is before you today.
Don’t rationalize why you want to do something. Do what you want to do, so long as it’s good for you and provided you won’t be ashamed or embarrassed to own up to it later. Challenges you need to propel your soul forward will appear along the path, regardless what you do. Whatever is before you is what you’re supposed to be doing. Live in the present and don’t spend your time looking back or trying to skip ahead.
Where you’re going isn’t as important as the process. Process is more than methodology, more than a learning curve, more than a necessary or incremental step. Process helps you to evolve, develops your personal conclusions, filters your preferences related to your personality and attributes. Three individuals can go through the same process and arrive at three different conclusions, none being more correct than the other, but each contributing to perspective. You are who and what you are to provide balance in your smaller and larger universe. Without you, without what causes you to be unique, the world would be imbalanced.
I am interested in herbalism, dreams, and meditation cds. I also believe in God. Any suggestions?
I’m a novice at exploring all things related to spirit insights so do not have the confidence to pursue on my own. What is your advice?
The New Age field is so broad that it would help to select one or two areas that interest you and begin with books by reliable authors. Browse a bookstore, it doesn’t have to be a New Age store, you can browse at the major retailers as well. Here are some authors that have material on various subjects, some more complex than others: Louise Hay, Edgar Cayce, Ruth Montgomery, Gina Cerminara are easy, light reading. You might even try Shirley MacLaine’s books because they allow you easy reading insights while eavesdropping on her journey and it’s fun to do so. Some of these authors already named are old timers and deceased, but produced timeless, reliable information.
I would progress to more updated material: Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Andrew Weil, Gary Zukav, Brian Weiss, Shepherd Hoodwin. I also loved all the Seth Materials by Jane Roberts (deceased) but the Seth materials are not easy reading.
This is a good start. If I haven’t answered your question or you want more information, please write back. And let me know how your quest progresses, Jan.
Jackie, your question echoes many I’ve had over the years by people interested in pursuing some aspect of New Age materials. Your question prompted me to post an article (Are New Age Pursuits in Conflict with God & Religion?) that I believe answers your question. If not, let me know and be specific.