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In the last article I wrote about many of the experiences you have when you first learn that a higher purpose or meaning for your life is possible. How you can go from feelings of joy and hope to feelings of despair and frustration while you transition from a life where things just happen to you, to one where you create all that is in your life. I also talked about how your new level of consciousness would raise the level at which you begin to understand and process yourself and the world around you.

Today we will dive deeper into the process and begin to clear the way by removing an old belief that no longer serves us completely, and replace it with a new and more powerful one that aligns us with our true self and our connection to the Universe.

One of the first key aspects of finding and living out your life's purpose, aside from just the desire to know what it is, is an understanding of who you truly are. One of my favorite authors on the subject is Deepak Chopra, and he states that we are "both local and non-local", meaning that there's a part of us here in the physical (local), that we can see, and another part of us that is unseen (non-local). You can call this 'non-local' self your spiritual self, God self, Universal self, unconscious self, or whatever term carries meaning for you.

This is not to say that we are two different people, but rather as Deepak and Wayne Dyer put it; we are not human beings that have occasional spiritual experiences, but rather spiritual beings that are having a human experience. Although both our 'local and non-local' parts remain connected at all times to the Universe, it's only our non-local self that remains consciously aware of this connection.  Since we spend our time here on earth in physical bodies, we generally only maintain an unconscious connection to our spiritual or non-local self.

The belief that we are only human beings and have no connection to the Universe, or others around us, keeps us from finding who we truly are and what we came here to do. This belief then is one of the first that we want to replace with a more powerful one that says we are more than what our eyes can see, our hands can feel, or our minds can comprehend.

Once you open yourself up to this new understanding of life a new world of possibility will begin to expand before your eyes. You will come to see that by learning to communicate with and trust your unconscious or spiritual self, you can tap into the part of you which carries your mission, knows what and who you truly are, and can help guide you as you begin the process of living out a more fulfilling and purposeful life.

Learning to communicate with your spiritual self is a very exciting and fun experience and there are several ways to get started. Three of the most common communication methods are meditation, prayer and 'dream seeding'. Over the next couple of weeks I will go into more detail on my blog at: www.HumanityOnPurpose.com about each of these methods so be sure to check back often. In addition, I also encourage you to work with your life coach and do additional research on other ways that you can utilize to communicate more effectively with your 'non-local' self.