Hello and welcome to another episode of the Awakening to Purpose podcast.
My name is Lew Redman and my intention with sharing with you is to help you navigate your journey,
To tap into your creative gifts and give you the confidence and the inspiration to step forward in your life in whatever way that means for you.
And today I really hope to be a manifesto on doing just that,
On how do we step forward amidst failure.
How do we continue to take risks even when things aren't going our way.
So I really hope that you might need to hear this message.
It is said,
Jump and the net will appear.
Sometimes it does and sometimes you fall flat on your face.
But you live.
Finding the courage to take risks is easy when met with positive results.
It's harder to take a chance,
Fail and learn how to get back up.
It's frustrating to adjust and try again.
Again and again and again.
This continuous defeat is how people get cynical.
Don't go there.
It's not that you made a mistake or you shouldn't have jumped.
It's that you have a more complex assignment.
The assignment entails overcoming the stuff that comes up amidst failure.
An example might be that there's a voice that wants to reinforce your failure story.
The one that says,
Here's proof that I'm not cut out for this,
That I'm no good.
Transforming this voice is your work.
Once you see it,
You can begin unraveling its narrative.
You can shift from I'm no good to it must make sense.
I am learning what I need to learn and I will figure it out.
Your purpose is an experiment.
You're trying things out,
Seeing what works and what doesn't.
It's not failure,
It's feedback.
Keep experimenting,
Keep growing and keep going.
You control your effort,
Not the timing and most certainly not the lessons.
The reason you live your purpose is growth,
Not success.
When I started living my purpose in 2015,
I thought things would happen fast and I could just think and grow rich.
There's truth to having a supportive mindset,
But I found that the real spiritual journey is not about manifesting what you want.
It's about becoming who you are.
In that process,
We must unbecome everything we are not.
And that's the hard part.
We have conditioning and past karma to work through.
Living our purpose becomes a vehicle to work through these blockages.
Of course,
There are moments of bliss,
Synchronicity and magic,
But we shouldn't get trapped in good vibes only.
Awakening to purpose is a hero's journey.
The path of love will bring up everything that is unloving within you.
Spirit wants to express itself through you.
It will find the blocks within and give you the experience to transform them.
Spirit doesn't want you to be successful,
It wants you to be free.
Some people's assignment involves easy success and others failure after failure.
In this way,
Your purpose becomes the growth that happens as you seek your idea of success.
You have a dream for a reason.
The paradox is we accept life's suffering while doing all we can to ease life's suffering.
Your dream is how you bring your way of relieving suffering to the world,
Whether through the movie you produce,
The book you write,
Or the students you teach.
You are playing your part in the cosmic dance.
When you align with your dreams,
You'll find you aren't doing anything.
You are being done.
We must continue trusting even when we don't see the results.
I'm reminded of the biblical verse,
Walk by faith,
Not by sight.
We must meet God halfway.
We can't know it will work out before we take the chance,
Because if it's certain,
It's not growing you.
Courage is your companion.
Make friends with it.
Keep your faith even when unsure you're on the right path.
Continue moving with purpose towards your dream.
Leap,
And the net will appear.
But remember,
The net won't always be comfortable.
Continue taking chances and continue learning your lessons.
Part of my purpose is to share my experiences and lessons along the way.
I so hope that they are helpful for you.
Thanks for listening.
I hope that this was a little spark,
That maybe you needed to hear this,
And that it's helpful as you continue stepping forward on your purposeful path.
Let me know what you thought by leaving a comment,
Saying hi.
And if you're newer to me,
Go ahead and find me on Insight Timer in my circle,
Lou's circle,
And you can stay connected with new tracks and events that I have coming up.
I thank you so much for your time,
And until we meet again,
Sending lots of love.
Namaste.
