We’re all walking towards our destiny points, some slower than others, some never quite get there but we’re walking in their direction to some degree, more or less depending on where we find ourselves along our journeys. Our task is to to stay on path, despite ourselves, despite the naysayers, despite all the challenges that arise, to succeed in all the initiations of inner growth we came here to meet. No easy feat, given all the levels of external diversity we must face and the number of internal realizations to be digested. Especially if your particular path wasn’t handed down to you or if it’s off the beaten track.
Destiny is described as events that will necessarily happen over the course of your life but buried deeper within our collective meaning of destiny, is the idea that we have the choice (freewill) to meet it with greater gusto or to opt out. If we chose to ignore our internal compasses, we chose to ignore our destiny, hence blind fate has power over our lives. What happens when we ignore the responsibilities of meeting our destiny points? We become another leaf in the wind, we become bound to the tides of outside forces, dictated by others, dictated by universal chaos, we become a prisoner to the infinite return.
We’re all in control of our lives to a certain extent and due to this great power to create, we can avoid the misfortune of fate. Choosing our destiny isn’t always easy, it requires qualities like courage and determination to take action, despite feelings of fear, meaninglessness and inertia. It requires us to become aware of our own shadows, the ones that will either empower fate and deflate destiny or empower destiny and dull fate’s edge. Shadows are those aspects of self controlling our responses to life’s events, without our permission, without our total awareness.
When we don’t take responsibility for our ability to chose, we often find ourselves in situations where we feel helpless to outcome. Taking action often requires a certain amount of calculated risk, so I say, become an avid risk taker but make sure those risks are based on something worth risking, when possible outcome to be gained is worth the possible losses. Secondly make sure you’re gambling towards what you deem as a destiny point, a launching point that will bring you closer towards soulful expression of your unique self, never gamble out of boredom.
Reaching your destiny point means reaching soul milestones. It means you’ve aligned your life with your inner calling and are free to be the You that most feels at home in your own skin–at any given moment– free from conditioning and restraint. The you that’s most aligned with your interests, heart and soul.
Four ways to jumpstart your destiny:
Have Faith
Trust yourself, trust your inner voice, trust that you know what’s best for you despite what your fears might say or what your peers might think. Trust what makes you come alive inside, even if that means all your fears will come alive simultaneously. Trust that your heart knows better than your mind and trust that your mind can defend you against your worst possible fails. Trust that the universe is constantly showing you what direction is best for you by the way in which you feel while witnessing it, know that it’s a malleable experience, you have the power to alter the course of your life. Have faith that anything is possible when you decide on acting with soul. Have faith that every little step you take in the direction of your creative and passionate longings are leading you towards your destiny in this lifetime.
Surrender
Surrender is the art of following through with faith. It requires that we make choices and then detach from the ways in which the outcomes will arrive. We surrender to the belief that there’s a greater force within us leading us towards greater moments of connection and clarity. Surrender is letting-go of self-judgment, it’s letting-go of petty issues surrounding the bigger decisions you’ve made in your life. Surrender measures our patience, our faith and our ability to trust our internal compass to such a large degree that we mustn’t pit short term circumstances against the movement towards our long term goals. We see the immediate path before us as exactly the next step towards our intended destiny whether or not we chose to alter it, because we’ve come to see where we’ve been misleading ourselves. Surrender also comes in the form of being able to see when we’ve gone off track, letting the soul guide us, not pride. In which case, screw it, drop the whole damn thing and jump towards the next best choice with openness.
Be Disciplined
Balancing discipline and surrender are the two ingredients in cultivating soul determination regarding the manifestation of our destiny. We must surrender to the big picture but we must also play smart at continuously fuelling our fire of endurance with discipline. Laying down the ground work and foundation to allow for the greatest possible chances of aligning ourselves and then continuing to add the metaphorical bricks and mortar along the way that will support our destiny’s unfolding with the greatest ease. Where discipline plays the biggest role is when surrender has become a scapegoat for pride, indolence and lack of courage. Discipline can be used as a tool for cultivating and maintaining maximum physical, mental and energetic health so as to provide the best conditions for destiny to unfold from.
Have Gratitude
This one is where we often can become stuck. Gratitude in this context represents our disposition in the world. What inner strength do you cultivate to stay optimistic through life’s challenges? How fast can you remember the big picture? Don’t just sarcastically laughing through a painful situation, find the actual lesson behind it and turn it into personal power. How much can you cultivate a positive outlook, mental resilience towards the temptation of fear, disappointment, despair and inertia? Faith in a higher purpose, respect for our soul’s longings and returning to a loving state are all key elements that fuel our ability to stay in Gratitude. Dip down, go into the muck, dive into the pain of any given event but do it with the goal of extracting the juice to fuel you further. Use Gratitude as your life line to keep you in check, healthy and vibrating so as to meet all those beautiful destiny points that will help you thrive.
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