Sometimes one of the greatest obstacles we can be faced with is not knowing our exact purpose or goal in the path that we are on. One of the convictions held in our social structures is the praise of academic success, financial success, and business success in the field that we choose to work in. However it is rare in our world to encourage the search for the unique gifts and sense of purpose that each person has within.

Lost Spiritual Gifts

The idea of a gift, sharing, and mutual consciousness of each other is sometimes so seldom seen in our world that it can become difficult to remember what it means. To share our own sense of purpose with others is to bring light and acknowledgement to the deeper source that connects all of life.

I often think about how strange our culture has become. The idea of giving out our talents is reserved to doing work for someone… it is common to place the ego needs first in these interactions. In personal relationships it so often seems common to seek out a desired outcome or something that we want to get — someone to sleep with, a relationship, marriage etc.

Talents

How often do we put the emphasis on our talents? Our talents are after all the unique spiritual gifts that we have to offer. I spent a lot of time struggling with finding an outlet for these talents or gifts. It is rare to find a place in life that brings a sense of purpose and meaning to life rather than just choosing something to identify with. It is much easier to follow a path of being a Tradesperson, a Doctor, a Lawyer. And it is much easier for others to accept someone who identifies with these known identities.

I spent a lot of time in the process of realising that I have more within myself than just the option to mould my identity to a common archetype. It is so difficult to walk through a world where the culture dictates separation through classes, jobs, and personal qualities. But that is what is dictated as the bar to fit in, to be accepted.

The False Sense of Self

Not too long ago someone sent me an e-mail asking: how come it is so difficult for a person to realise their spiritual gifts and their intuitive potential?

The reason is not a lack of personal power and insight. The actual reason is the separation and desensitisation that is enforced all the time in our ego-based social structures. In the process of separating people and assigning false identities it is expected human beings lose their sense of intuitive purpose and connectedness. Rather than recognizing the spiritual gifts within, this shaping towards a common norm causes that intuitive power to be suppressed.

To find the sense of purpose and the true talents within we first need to be conscious of the false roles and ideas that we accept into our lives. It is often the ideas that others place over us that limit our potential in the first place. That potential is limitless… but as usual, the ego-based mindsets attempt to make finite that which has no bounds.

There is no need to look for something new to realize what these inner gifts are. Instead, look at the things out of place or that seem ingenuine and false, and as these things becomes acknowledged their power disappears. Once the false parts are no longer blocking the Spirit, the true self shines through.