Ep8: Episode 8 - The Purpose of our Lives - a podcast by Raina Jain

Who am I?

Where do I belong?

What fulfils me?

What satisfies my soul?

What am I passionate about?

What is the meaning of life?

Is there more to life than what I am doing?

Where and when do you feel the happiest?

What comes naturally to you?

What do you value most in other people and yourself?

Once you start examining your life from the lens of these questions, you will better understand what drives you, what are you passionate about, what you need to focus on, which area of your life needs more clarity, what is your natural talent. And once you have these answers, I promise you that you’ll be able to uncover something exceptional about yourself.

Your life purpose consists of the fundamental aim in life i.e. the reason you wake up everyday in the morning. Having a sense of purpose can guide us in life, influence our behaviors, shape our decisions, give a sense of direction, and meaning to our lives.

I cannot answer the question for you. I can only guide you through this process, show you the way but you have to stride by yourself. This question doesn’t come to you until you seek for it. But the moment you’re ready, I promise you the universe will give you signs in ways you have never imagined. Maybe, at that time you won’t know why is it happening, why certain people are walking away from your life or why certain events took place differently. You won’t know but there will be a time when you will. When you’ve reached a different stage in your life. At that time, you will be thankful for everything that has happened in your life. That’s when you will know that all of these experiences were preparing you for this very moment.

Know that your purpose in life is not limited; according to Eckhart Tolle, there are two kind of purposes – inner and outer purpose. The role of inner purpose is to grow consciously from inside whereas the outer purpose is what you set to achieve for yourself in life, you have to live by it every single day. And what’s important is to find a balance between the two; imagine being simply losing yourself by the outer purpose. It would be a trap.

You can either go with the flow and see where life takes you or take charge of your life, make the right decisions and use your intuition and conscience to guide you.

So why wake up with a meaningless life, or chasing the wrong things when there’s a way to find out what you can do and how you can achieve your highest potential? Recently, I spoke to a very close friend of mine, someone who has been a guiding source in my life and we were conversing about life in general, she said something wonderful and that has stuck to me. She said that, ‘You don’t find meaning in life, you give meaning to life’. Imagine how my perspective about everything in my life suddenly transformed. Everything was summed up to this only one thing – Add meaning to your life, in every little way possible.

And to find out what your purpose in life is you need to know the ‘why’ behind it. Why is life’s purpose important? Well, because living on purpose makes you feel authentic, gives you clarity and a sense of balance in life. It will also get your entire life into perspective. I am not asking you to discover your entire life right now, it might get overwhelming but by simply creating some long term and short term goals, will give you a direction in life. Its about creating a vision of how you want your life to be?

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