Finding One's Calling
Posted on Jun 20th, 2008
by 
wanderer7
wanderer7
otherwise known as being in the right place, at the right time.
One's Calling isn't a fixed purpose; it is only a temporary state, as are all things in our existence.
One's Calling may be to be a pro-athlete (in baseball, football) but that will only last till you are 40. Then you move on, and the call draws you elsewhere (maybe to stay in the same sport, in an auxiliary field, or changing 'fields' altogether).
and so it is with us, mere mortals. A Calling to Here, A Calling to There; maybe for a day, a week, or a year. We go where the cosmos needs us most. There, our abilities and talents are maximised, we can draw upon our unique rich pool of experiences, to bring a solution to bear. Or we may even be the trouble-maker, stirring up a stagnant pond to promote the conditions for positive-change; after all, there are many catalysts in this world, not all of them savoury and sweet.
So always observe; watch your mind, your dreams, your faint intentions; where might you be called next?
love and light, and all things bright :-)
wanderer7
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July 2008 
Hi w7,
I like this blog!!!
“One's Calling isn't a fixed purpose; it is only a temporary state”
I used to call this the ”law of activation”
which can be very ephemeral
like, being in the right place at the right time to help;
Like helping a stranger with a flat tire a 3am in the middle of nowhere, and bringing him/her to his home …
Happens regularly to me, from a very early age.
We only have to listen to the call and laugh away our fears
“Happens regularly to me, from a very early age.
We only have to listen to the call and laugh away our fears”
you've been 'activated' from a very early age then, bert. :-) me? it's taken me a bit longer to learn this lesson (I think I've spent many many years in self-training, self-disciplining) but now I feel I'm at the stage where i can share a lot of what I've learnt, the things that I've found to be of lasting value (at least to me, that is). A lot of this gets poured into my mysic; they are sort of like philosophical poetical musical meditations :-) (PPMM to trademark this creative endeavour). But yeah, this 'Calling' is very strong now; even though it finds it's main outlet through digital means (this site being one of them) that does not make it any LESS real. After all, life doesn't really happen OUT THERE; it all gets created in the headspace.
service to others is another name by which this principle may be referred to as.
cheers, and always appreaciate your insights. take care friend, wanderer7
20 years or more ago, i was activated unknowingly, and just did what i had to do. My mother and grandmother taught me to have compassion now and then :-) and that it would return to us when we would be in need. (kind of storing compassion in a savings account) But at those moments, one doesn't think, one just stops and acts, letting me think afterwards “why did i do this?”
You know I had this explained to me a long time ago, but in a different way. A teacher I had in a native american class said that this is something that American Indians have always referred to as “Indian time” - meaning “I am always where I am suppose to be when I am suppose to be there.” Since that time, I have seen it to be true in my life and my experience. We are always where we should be at the time we are suppose to be there, even if it is not obvious at the time. When I look back at situations in my life, I can see the reason that I probably was there at that moment - whether for myself or for others.
Exactly Jami, and you can only see it when looking back … sometimes long after whatever happened …
It is the call of the cosmos directs us in all or actions and thoughts. just abide by the rules and every thing will be done.
OH TY very much!!!
This was helpful :D
(as usual)
Interesting that “being in the wrong place at the wrong time” may still be part of one's calling…if we let it…
This was certainly the right blog at the right time. Thanks W7. My girlfriend asked me last night, out of the blue, what my purpose in life is. I wanted to say, “to have fun, to share my life with those I love, to do what feels good in the moment…” all these seemed frivolous so I avoided the question by asking “what if I didn't have a purpose?”
I've definitely reached a cross roads in my life when the old ways of me aren't as fulfilling as they were. Hired a life coach to help me figure out what I want to do, what challenges I can take on to keep me from feeling complacent in the now and find work that does more than just pay the rent. There are games I haven't played yet in this life–new approaches that seem to take courage and strong discipline, being open up to changing as a human and letting go of old skins.
In the meantime is the Now and I'm happy letting the process unfold as it will, enjoying the journey, spreading the love in my own way and learning yours.
Namaste.