You Are A Soul Being

What is the essence of who you are? If you have read my work, you know you are not just your thinking brain, not just your emotional body, and not just your belief system. All of these things certainly contribute to your mind body experience, but there is a deeper truth to who and what you are. At a subatomic level, you are an energetic being and that source energy makes up your mind, body, and even your consciousness itself. But beyond the energetic matter of your human body, I invite you to consider that you are an individual soul - a timeless, spaceless blueprint living out yet another human life with all its trials and tribulations, successes and failures, loves and losses. You are a soul being human, connected to the source energy of all things, and you are here to expand.

I know this information may be hard to take in. After all, the “you” that you know has an ego and a personality based on this lifetime of experiences. But there is more to “you” than just this ego and personality, and though you may not be able to see it or hear it yet, there is a soul part of you that holds the truth of who you are and your purpose on this planet. It reveals itself to you in numerous ways, often with pain as you make choices that do not align with your truth. Pain and suffering seem to be one of the best ways to communicate that your current personality structure, ego, and behaviors are not serving your highest soul-based intention. Some souls may in fact come into this life to suffer, maybe that is serving a purpose in order to expand and learn certain karmic lessons, but if you are here and reading these words, you likely have a readiness within you that is choosing to release this suffering in favor of a deeper truth. Remember that the intensity of pain your brain can create, whether emotional or physical, is just energy that can be harnessed with the right level of readiness and conviction. Some may not find that conviction within this lifetime, and maybe were not meant to; however, the opportunity remains for you to see the invitation - the medicine - in your life experiences to move beyond such debilitating states. After all, human life is for growth and expansion, and if you are ready to say “Yes,” you can begin to practice, to release, and to transform your human experience in a way that aligns with your soul’s design and highest purpose.

Consider that your soul knows the truth of who you are from day 0. It waits patiently for you to grow and develop in this human body and to have the necessary life experiences that invite you to grow into your power. Trauma can be horrific but it can also be the medicine your soul has asked for in order to ascend to the heights of your highest vision and contribute to the world in the way you were meant to. I know this viewpoint may be difficult to swallow and even trigger some who may read it, but regardless of your life experiences you are tasked with the job of unlearning all of the environmental influences imposed on you, not to mention the traumatized beliefs your human body came into this world carrying epigenetically from your ancestors. No one escapes childhood unscathed and no one escapes ancestry. Your human body is not a blank slate when it is created into this world and it carries all the ancestral trauma of your past. From one perspective, this just seems cruel and unfair, but from a deeper, soul-perspective, consider that you may be called into this life with all of your traumas for a reason. This lifetime may be the lifetime meant for you to cut the chords of your ancestral lineages that no longer serve you and open up a world of possibilities for you, for those you love, and for those you may choose to bring into this world. You can expect to be placed in the same relational situations over and over until you start to recognize your need to expand. Remember that you are not defined by your trauma or any labels you may have received, let alone your brain or body. Recognize that your human form with all its ails and intense feelings, negative thought patterns and maladaptive behaviors, cannot touch the powerful soul of who you are.

I know this idea may threaten some of your pre-existing beliefs or non-beliefs in this area. I am not here to convince you of my definition of who you are nor to shame or criticize what you experience as true for you. I am only here to share the experience that has emerged within me and, in fact, that has been with me all along. I refer to ‘soul’ as a deeper knowing within you that holds the truth of who you are and who you are meant to be, beneath the energetic layers of your human wiring and consciousness. Unlike the learned response patterns in the brain or the ancestral and conditioned beliefs in the mind, your soul will never lead you astray or betray you. It is with you always, waiting to be heard when you are ready to acknowledge it. In addition to the idea that you are connected to all things energetically, an idea you may be familiar with, your soul is unique to you and outlines a path that is yours alone like a fingerprint of your possible destiny. Of course, you also have free will and may choose to say “Yes” to the path put forth in front of you or not.

If I have lost you at this point, this post may not be for you and that is okay, simply ignore it and move on. However, if a small part of you is curious about the possibility of such origins, I invite you to reflect on how you make decisions for your life on a moment-by-moment basis. Who or what are you listening to for guidance? Like most of us, you are likely led by your thinking brain, which is often rooted in fear and conditioning. Experiment by asking yourself a simple question like, “Should I eat breakfast this morning?” and witness the process of how you determine your answer. Does your brain immediately produce a thought based on some expectation? Do you witness a physical sensation or emotion in your body? Consider that beyond these sources of knowing, which all serve a purpose in their own right, there may be another part of you that has a grander plan for your time in this life. Once I began to believe that there was indeed a deeper truth in me - a deeper knowing and design - I simply started asking to be guided by this intuition in most all situations. The details of this intuitive process are beyond the scope of this blog, but they are deeply interconnected to your truth as a soul being. From the source of your truth flows the possibility to make decisions that actually serve you. Imagine that! If you, like me, recognize that your life has largely been guided by fear and conditioning, consider that maybe there is more to who you are, who you can be, and what is meant for you.