What is the highest vision you have
for your life?
Do you climb up to the highest branch
and reach for the sky or are you just mowing the grass or trimming
the hedges?
Sometimes we find ourselves in a place
where it is difficult to see how we can reach our goals. There can
seem to be so many obstacles in the way; from financial pressures to
experiencing an illness. Plus there are so many pressures on our time
these days; from family obligations, to deadlines at work; we really
seem to keep ourselves very busy.
Put down your edge trimmer and get
out your lopper
In those times when all we can see is
what is right in front of us and when it feels like all we can do to
get through this day let alone the next, it can be useful to have a
few extra tools on your garden tool belt.
The edge trimmer might barely be
keeping the lawn from growing over the flower patch. So its time to
reach for some more powerful tools; in fact you might even need to
get out your lopper to reach the fruit on your tree.
Meditation is a power tool for life
My personal tool belt is full of
meditation techniques. This has been my touchstone throughout many
years of personal growth.
If I can’t see the wood for the
trees, or the garden for the weeds, then I turn within and focus on
releasing what is blocking me. Meditation has been invaluable for me
to relieve stress, shift self limiting beliefs, let go of wrong
perceptions, transform sickness and lift my spirits.
Have faith in yourself
It can be so easy to judge ourselves or
even put down the gardening gloves and give up completely. Especially
if your current life circumstances seem to be so out of whack with
your original goal for your self. But have faith that whatever you
are experiencing is teaching you something that is important for the
larger vision of your life.
Here I sit the author of a spiritual
novel. Having achieved part of my life’s work to be a spiritual
messenger. Yet I did not always know how I would get here. I used to
be a busy biotech business executive, chasing the things most of us
hold dear (money, status and possessions).
There is a higher wiser part of you
keeping you on track
Yet there was a part of me that always
had me on track. There came a time when I realized the emptiness that
was contained within achieving the things that I thought I was
supposed to want. I left my career and for a while I had no idea who
I was anymore.
None of the old labels fit. It was a
truly uncomfortable time. Now looking back I can see that I was in a
chrysalis waiting to emerge renewed and reinvigorated, with wings
that would take me to the top of my tree.
Give thanks for where you have been
as it is leading to your vision
I held fast to me meditation techniques
and they were what saw me through this difficult time. Now I can see
why my life took the turns that it did. I am a spiritual teacher, but
I have a Ph.D. and a business background. In the eyes of many that
gives me credibility. It also equips me to explain spiritual
phenomena I a way that is accessible to many people.
My time in the academic and corporate
worlds helped me understand how the majority of people think and
operate. They are on the fast track, the treadmill and they are in
the grind and at some point they all lift their eyes from the dirt to
the sky and wonder what does it all mean?
My vision as an author and spiritual
teacher
As a spiritual initiate and now
teacher, I am also able to see how this can be limiting and help
people do what I did and dig deep, pull out the weeds of false self
and find out who they really are and what the true vision for their
life is.
My book “The Midas Tree” is a
fictional and metaphorical account of the human journey. The hero
travels through the battles and challenges of expectations and ego to
spiritual awakening, and at the end he sees his true value and is
able to help others.
“The Midas Tree” is a modern day
fairy tale that can be enjoyed by children and adults alike. There is
a mirror of experience for everyone and a nougat or two of gold to
help you cope with your challenges.
Twitter:
@DrLesleyP
DISCLAIMER: This is a guest post. Opinions are not my own. I was not compensated.
I do think about this a lot. What is my highest goal professionally, I try to think big and then bigger to keep me going!
ReplyDeleteI recently hosted Lesley for this tour as well :) Her posts always make me think really hard and reflect on the meaning of my life. Thanks for the feature!
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