| Dear Friends, This week's quote is from spiritual awareness class CC 70, which was published in Volume 4 of The Living Light Dialogue. This quote begins with a question from a student. The student's words are in italics.
"In Discourse 47, it is stated, "You have entered your realm according to divine law and have a purpose to fulfill." My question is, so many of us do not know our purpose and how to fulfill it. Would you give us some understanding of what our purpose in this life is?"
"Thank you so very much. There is a part of us, deep within our being, that knows the purpose that we have entered this earth realm in our soul's evolution. The reason that perhaps most of us are not aware of this purpose is because our mind has refused to accept it, because it is not in keeping with what our mental patterns of the past have already accepted.
Every soul enters life with its natural talents that it has earned in its evolution. Now, when you earn, through evolution, a so-called talent, you have a responsibility to serve in the talent that you have earned. For example, if you have made the effort to be a pianist or a singer or a doctor or whatever and you have spent the time and energy for that, and you are proficient in that, you have a responsibility to share that service with the world. And so it is that all souls here in this earth realm have come here with their varying soul talents.
However, usually what happens—and very early in life— they have a certain feeling and a certain natural liking to a particular profession or field of endeavor. Usually, they open their mouths and they get a negative reaction that that would not be in their best interests: they would not be able to have financial security, etc., etc., etc. There are a multitude of reasons. And so it is, my good friends, that within all of us, that awareness is waiting for us to take a look at it: our own purpose in life. But that takes acceptance.
You see, we sit down in a meditation and we're peaceful and we're quiet. If we are sincere and we ask the intelligence within us, "What is my purpose in life? I'm not consciously aware of it. Perhaps I was at some day, but at least today I am not. Let me be humble and let me be receptive to the feelings and the still, small voice deep within me that is trying to guide me," then you will know what your purpose in life is. It might mean quite a change in your present life, but at least you will know. And that is your divine right: to know. I hope that's helped you. Thank you."
The philosophy teaches that we have expressed in form many, many, many times before we arrived on earth. And in those many expressions, we learned some of our lessons very well, and other lessons we are still in the process of learning. The lessons that we have become proficient in can be called our soul talents. Our minds often distract us from the expression of our soul talents, for our talent may not be in keeping with what we judge is right for us. Even though it may not be easy to become consciously aware of our soul talents, it is possible for us all. The expression of our soul talents benefits us and also benefits the world, and that expression is one of the many purposes we are on earth.
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