Spiritual People Are Regular People

If you’re reading this, you’re likely a person interested in change, evolution, and life fulfillment. You’re seeking something. Looking for guidance. Wanting a map.

When we feel the pull to change our lives and find satisfaction in our humanness, a normal first step is to look to others to show us the way. We observe “gurus” and “experts” in our world appearing to have it all figured out. We yearn for the inner peace they so passionately promote.

This tendency to look to others for instruction about how to attain our own personal fulfillment creates an us/them mentality. They are good and I’m bad. They are spiritual and I’m just regular. They have it figured out and I don’t.

But, who are these spiritual people, really? 

I have a truth to share: Spiritual people are regular people.

There is nothing fundamentally different about your guru or idol that makes them more worthy of life satisfaction than you. They did not have a head start, and they did not get to skip over the process of evolution that you are so earnestly beginning. They certainly did not get to hand over their responsibility for their suffering.

Evolution (spiritual fulfillment/inner peace/whatever we want to call it!) is developed over time when we face our suffering head on and learn how to consciously move through the lessons that life is offering us. These lessons, like how to take care of ourselves, heal, and accept ourselves, transform suffering into peace.

There is no shortcut. No “Pass Go and Collect $200”. No fast track.

When we accept this truth, we can develop a healthy, empowering, relationship with our guides, rather than a dependent one.

Now that we know we are just as worthy and just as responsible as anyone else, we can begin the work toward discovering peace.

(And we can watch that Eckhart Tolle youtube video without feeling less-than.)

If you feel called to shift your suffering into peace, let’s chat.

We Don't Need To Find Our Purpose

As people seeking evolution and life satisfaction, we often hold a belief that we must “find our purpose” in order to feel fulfilled. We seek externally for that perfect job or that perfect hobby that will give us the “aha moment” we’ve been waiting for. We want to know why we were put on this planet. 

What does purpose mean to you? Why is it worth the search? What are you truly trying to find?

Most of us are looking for a sense of life satisfaction. A safety in ourselves and our life. Simply put: We want to be happy.

The truth is, our purpose is not something to find. It’s something to remember.

Instead of looking for your purpose, notice in what moments you are already living it. In other words, what are you doing when you feel the most free? What comes easily to you? What can you lose track of time doing? 

Bonus question: What makes you feel like a kid again?

In these moments of flow/joy/freedom, our purpose is simply revealed to us. No grasping or searching required. We remember how to feel free.

We need to release the pressure we put on ourselves to have it all figured out—as individuals and as a culture. Our dissatisfaction with life can create an anxiety and an urgency around finding this elusive purpose. We can feel behind and even ashamed for feeling lost.

The truth is, the figuring out happens naturally when we follow our freedom. There is nothing to find but our joy that has been with us all along. We live our way into the answer.

Focus on the ease and fall into your purpose.