These early humans adorned their bodies to show prowess or status or to attract a mate. They appreciated that some of their people had more artistic talent than others and thus duties were assigned based on innate talents and interests. People started to create a division of labor so that a band of people could exist in a more organized and more successful manner.
If you fast forward to the 21st Century, what do you find? People find themselves being forced into jobs with duties that may or may not align with their talents and interests. People are busy making money to buy necessities and entertainment and spend their energy so that they have little time for creative pursuits. Some people have not taken the time to determine where their talents lie because they have spent all their time and energy pursuing either work or pleasure as defined by society, peers and advertizing.
We wish that more people would take the time to examine their lives, to examine their inner being and to determine where their innate talents lie, what their Life Purpose is and who they incarnated on Planet Earth to be. This kind of self-examination requires some time and dedication to perform. It also requires that one care about the results. Many people today are locked in a flow that does not permit time or energy to ask the questions that need to be asked.
We are not talking about those people who are working many jobs just to obtain shelter and food and the necessities of life for their families, for they are doing the best they can. But there are many others who, if awakened to possibilities, could do this self-examination and who would then have more self-empowerment and, ultimately, more life success. Who are these people? And are you one of them? Every person can lead a conscious life by examining who they are and who they were born to be.
Self-examination is not the scary thing that some make it out to be. This is not taking a test and worrying about failing. Indeed, failing to do the self-examination we are talking about creates a limited life – why choose that? The first question to ask is, ‘What is my Life Purpose? Who did I come to Planet Earth to BE?’ Sometimes you might need help in pursuing these answers but asking the question is the first step.
Once you have an idea of your true Life Purpose you must then ask yourself where your talents lie, where your dreams are pointing. No one comes to Earth with a Life Purpose of being unhappy. Many find that unhappiness is a part of life for a specific time, but it is not your Purpose in being born. If you are unhappy, could it be that you are not living your Life Purpose? We are not talking about your job or your career, but the real essence of your being incarnate on Planet Earth in this moment. Are your choices in Life consistent with realizing your Life Purpose?
Your job or career might be the vehicle that allows you to pursue your Life Purpose but we are asking you to examine your Life so that you can make a conscious choice about what you are doing and who you are being. The cave people were busy searching for food and shelter but they did look at who was the best at which tasks and they made decisions based on those talents. Think about your Life and whether or not you are utilizing your talents. Be the creative person that every human being incarnates to be. You don’t have to paint cave pictures, or pictures of any kind, but if your creative talents lie in problem solving, then make sure you are using those talents. If your creative talents are in raising children, or teaching others, or writing or painting or sculpting or programming computers, then use those talents. Even if, for the moment, the job you are engaged in is merely a means to pay your bills, don’t allow it to swallow up your Life and your energy and your time. Create your Life.
Follow your talents, and, if appropriate, paint the walls with pictures that tell others about your Life.
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MUSE-INGS: What’s your ‘Why’?
August 17, 2010 — RosemaryI have never thought of the cave people as ‘artists’ but this message brings a new light to that word, doesn’t it? Of course, I have seen cave paintings and petroglyphs but I hadn’t thought about the division of labor beginning back in the days of the cave dwellers. I am intrigued by the idea that we each have talents and it helps society for us to determine what those talents are. Self-examination as an aid to society as a whole. Hmmmm…..
So where are your talents? I can play the piano, a bit, but I’m not as good [by any measure!] as my friend, Cindy, who is a professional musician. I can cook a decent meal but I’m not as good as my nephew, Jonathan, the chef. Does comparing myself to others help anybody? I don’t think so.
Each of us has a Life Purpose that defines the ‘why’ of our being here at this moment in the history of Planet Earth. For some of the cave dwellers, they were the chroniclers of their people’s existence. Maybe there was some elaborate communication going on and they were the ones who helped to educate the next group of people who came along. What is your ‘why’?
Have you ever examined this question? Have you asked yourself the ‘why’ and the ‘who’? Or have you focused on the ‘what’ you came to Earth to DO? I suspect that most of us have been answering this question since we were tiny tots – ‘What do you want to do when you grow up?’ Sometimes it’s couched as ‘What do you want to BE when you grow up?’ but isn’t that the same thing? A doctor. A firefighter. A vet. A teacher. But there’s a more important question to ask ourselves as adults – ‘WHO did I come here to BE?’
The way to answer that question is to look at some other questions. ‘Why did I come to Earth at this time?’ is one of those questions. ‘What are my talents and my dreams?’ is another one. The important thing is to ASK questions of ourselves. This is the most important aspect of living a Conscious Life.
When we slide through our days without questioning ourselves we do a disservice to all of society. Think about the context of your Life. You are alive on Planet Earth at the same moment as all of the others on Earth today have chosen to be here. Each of you has a personal Life Purpose for your existence. All of you have agreed to be here at the same time. What if you chose not to search for your purpose? What if you told all of the other people, billions of them, that you were not going to show up for your mission on Earth? And how would you feel if someone told you that they were not going to fulfill their Life Purpose even though you are depending on them to do just that?
It’s interesting to ponder the web that humanity has woven by choosing to be contemporaries on Planet Earth. Each person has a responsibility to be the someone that their Higher Self knows them to be.
The first step in living your Life Purpose is to discover what it is. Do the self-examination that requires. Ask for help if you need it. There are many ways to uncover this but don’t let another week go by without doing some self-
examination. Find out your personal ‘why.’ It could change your Life!
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