Living 'ON' Purpose

We live in an instant world where events are beamed to us as they happen, pain relief is guaranteed within minutes and immediate results will enhance our life if we use a breakthrough product. Rapid change occurs at blinding speeds, which allows no room for thought. We must act or lose out!

Never before has modern man been so aggressively and urgently influenced to accept the trend of the moment. This compelling appeal to join in plays on those who live without purpose, perhaps with teenagers more than any other age group. Without purpose, they are without direction and without direction, insecurity is a way of life. The choices in life are easily made for them, and made effortless to act upon by the machine behind those who assure instant happiness and salvation from a non-caring world.

This existence is robotic, cold and without feeling, readily seen in the blank stares of those who model the mechanisms of so called rescue.

Living 'ON' Purpose means finding and acting upon our true heart's desire. This is the fire that fills a soul with the passion to pursue a certain direction in life regardless of reward, opinion or what is currently fashionable. This is not 'pleasure without conscience', as Gandhi described one of the eight blunders the human society commits, which act as the foundational causes behind all violence.

It is always harmless and comes from a win-win perspective and an uncompromising integrity. The ones who are driven by passion are living their life purpose. You can see and feel it in the shine of their eyes, the spring in their step, the exhilaration of their expression and especially in the magnetic quality they have to influence others.

Passion in this case means a burning desire, guided by unconditional love. It is a rare person who lives 'ON' purpose, but it need not be. The impetus to follow one's heart's desire easily follows its discovery. Once the flame is ignited, it feeds upon its own joy of living in harmony with a purpose that is true.

People who live this way tend to be receptive to insight, symbolism and meanings hidden by linear thinking. They will often see things as if from above, in its entirety and complete, in many cases before they have begun. They have tapped into their intuition and follow its guidance, guidance that keeps them on track with their true-life purpose. And in this way they have allowed joy into their lives in a moment by moment experience.

A recent surge of interest in otherworld phenomena has opened the minds of millions to the real possibility of higher, albeit unseen guidance. This has caused a steady increase in everyday visionaries who can be identified by these distinctive ways of thinking.

Their thinking also involves a focus on what is desired rather than on how to acquire it. When thinking about how to manifest a certain goal, there is a natural tendency for past failures and mistakes to float to the surface of the consciousness, challenging the will to achieve.

But when guided by passion, the content of what a person wants to change attracts people, circumstances and conditions, which are conducive to the successful fruition of that manifestation. This is why it is so important to choose our thoughts carefully.

In addition, they are inclined to respond swiftly to inspirations received rather than behave impulsively, swaying with the winds of emotion.

By following our passion, unattached to the binding controls of outside circumstances, whether viewed as positive or negative, we will automatically begin making a decided and positive difference in the world we perceive.

And following the flow of our heart's innermost desire carries with it a harmony and joy that needs no time or space requirement to experience.

John McIntosh is the author or "Living Abundantly through Inner Guidance" and "The Millennium Tablets". To learn more about the author, his workshops or to order copies of his books, logon to: http://www.innerguidance.com or call 888-625-3450