From Mark Nepo's Book of Awakening.
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: How do you relate to Hegedus' definition of purpose as that which we most passionately are when we pay attention to our deepest selves? Can you share a personal experience of being alight with who you are at your core? What helps you to live fully and be alight with who you are?
There is always purpose in being, but not always being in purpose. So true. I agree with Hegedus that our purpose is to passionately be who we are and let go of trying to accomplish some purpose. Pursuit of a purpose often compromises our self. In passionately being who we are, we are not competing, not comparing, not goal directed, and we are being true to ourselves and performing action that is right action in the moment. I have had moments when my speech or action has been fully in synchrony with my real self, not purpose oriented, and I am alight with who I am at my core. What helps me live fully and be alight with who I am is knowing that I am happiest when I engage in my right process and action and let go of concern about outcome. It is the opposite extreme of being political.
The tricky part is to know who you are. who are you really? You are likely not who you think you are (there is too much illusion in there for the least). You are certainly not what others think you are (it is fairly easy to find evidence to support this). Nevertheless, these two sources pretty much are how we operate in daily life. If you do not really know who you are, to whom you would be alright with? :)