This morning, as I settled in at my altar, this stanza jumped out at me from a prayer* I have hanging near by…

“Do not let us be seduced by that

Which would divert us from our true purpose,

But illuminate the opportunities

Of the present moment.”

 

In these words lies the source of an anxiety that has been growing in me for years…an anxiety that wells up in me when I feel I’m off track. This feeling is so uncomfortable that I’ve come to think of it as a negative thing and I wind up feeling anxious about the anxiety. But yesterday I had a mini-revelation…

This anxiety is here to guide me to my true purpose.

Seduction

It is so easy to be seduced by comfort and ease or relative success in this material world. If everything were rolling along smoothly I wouldn’t have a compelling reason to continue seeking my deeper work. This feeling of restlessness and anxiety is an indication that I’m not quite there yet. It prods me to dig deeper and find the truer expression of my purpose.

True Purpose

At a time when society is also being prodded in such a way with countless indications that “we are not there yet,” it is ever more important for each of us to wakefully follow the path to our own individual true purpose. We each have a specific purpose to fulfill and it is essential for us to go after it with diligence. Only when we each discover and take responsibility for our own true purpose can we come together in meaningful collaboration for the healing of the world.

Illuminated Opportunities of the Present Moment 

And only when we are centered in presence do we even notice the opportunities provided to us. Reclaiming our precious attention from all that would seduce, divert and distract us in the modern world is a huge labor, in and of itself.

The fruit of that labor is to be able to see and feel the opportunities that Spirit illuminates for us. The opportunities that lead us to our true purpose literally light up by giving us a sense of fulfillment, ease, joy, inspiration and excitement. These are the indications that we are moving in the direction of our truest purpose.

As I turn my attention to these illuminated opportunities in my own life I can feel my own purpose growing in strength and clarity. It is coming into form more and more fully as I offer it more and more attention. It is like a baby plant pushing its way out of the soil and showing itself to the Sun.

It has to do with reconnecting things that have been separated. It has to do with healing the wounds that have been left. It is a baby plant in a forest of plants. My personal healing and the work that I do in aiding others in their own healing, is being offered up as a part of the collective healing that is occurring as we all reconnect…as we reweave the places that have been torn in our relations with our Selves, each other, the Earth and Spirit.

*The Lord’s Prayer

An interpretation by Neil Douglas–Klotz from Prayers of the Cosmos

 

O, Cosmic Birther

Of all radiance and vibration!

 

Soften the ground of our being

And carve out a space within us

Where your Presence can abide.

 

Fill us with your creativity

So that we may be empowered to bear

The fruit of your mission.

 

Let each of our actions

Bear fruit in accordance with your desire

Endow us with the wisdom to produce and share

What each being needs to grow and flourish.

 

Untie the tangled threads of destiny that bind us,

As we release others from the entanglements of past mistakes.

 

Do not let us be seduced by that

Which would divert us from our true purpose,

But illuminate the opportunities

Of the present moment.

 

For you are the ground and fruitful vision,

The birth power and the fulfillment,

As all is gathered and made whole once again.

 

Amen.

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