Understanding Purpose

By on November 25, 2009 in Balance

Question:

Please help me understand my mission and purpose in life. I am a gay male and struggling to find my place. Is being gay just a miss placed memory? Thanks for wisdom.

Answer:

Being gay is not a misplaced memory unless you want to say every life before it is completely enlightened is misplaced memory of its true nature. Whether one is gay or straight, our spiritual goal  of enlightenment is the same. The circumstances we find ourselves in during this life, however confusing or challenging, are not random circumstances or mistakes. These situations we are embedded in provide the exact raw materials and events we require to develop the experiences and self-realization we need. That  means that the very search for purpose and place that you are in the midst of, is your current mission and purpose in life. Don’t feel that your struggles put you at a disadvantage in knowing your higher Self compared to others. It doesn’t work like that. Everyone has a tailor-made life designed exclusively for their evolutionary requirements.

Focus on identifying your core awareness and living from that consciousness. By doing that, your purpose in life takes care of itself. If you don’t already have a daily spiritual practice, I would encourage you to begin one. It will be the anchor of your quest for self-knowledge.

Love,

Deepak

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6 Responses to Understanding Purpose

  1. Gyanama November 25, 2009 at 9:50 am #

    "Being" Gay-"being" happy- "being" sad,-"being" grateful– "being" angry– "being" married, –"being" rushed,– "being" calm…….

    Being is your true nature……Being Aware of this without all the other labels, anchors you in the core awareness of your being that Deepak mentions in his last paragraph….

    In the sun light of being, White and dark clouds may pass by……But in the light of being, your shinning presence remains the same….

    Love,

    Gyanama

  2. mahabn November 25, 2009 at 10:02 am #

    .. ah

  3. bobbyalady November 25, 2009 at 11:40 am #

    What a beautiful response, Deepak. I haven't been on intent.com for some time and how refreshing and enlightening to return and read these words – which are for all of us. Thank you.

    With gratitude,

    Bobby

  4. healani November 25, 2009 at 11:47 am #

    thank you for this gentle and honest reminder that "everyone has a tailor-made life designed exclusively for their evolutionary requirements". we are all so blessed by this crazy-beautiful, loving, enchanted universe.

  5. trusha November 26, 2009 at 1:52 am #

    Are we attractive enough to make it happen Kirthan? After all we are what we attract in the universe. Your son is georgeous. I felt purely enchanted by your experiences – It was as though I was reading a chapter of my own yearnings. Though I feel sad, I might never 'sea' you accross the sea- in South Africa –

    Entertainer – come theatre technician.

    Trish aka Trusha

  6. trusha November 26, 2009 at 2:57 am #

    Gothma

    We are all purely -being in this supernova of life – open up and experience it -it is a humbling.