How And Where To Find Your Case

2024 Author: Harry Day | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 15:43

You have a song in your heart that you can sing and a dance that you can dance, but this dance is invisible and the song is elusive - even you have not heard it yet. They are hidden deep within, in the holy of holies of your being; they need to be brought to the surface, they need to be expressed. This is what is meant by "actualizing oneself."

Not a single person is born in the world who does not have a certain ability that can make him proud, who does not carry in the depths of himself a certain ability to produce, give birth to something new and beautiful, make existence richer. There is not a single person who would come into the world empty.

Rajneesh Osho.

I wrote this article in 2012. In my opinion, now nothing has changed. So…

Choice of destination

Some lucky people start doing what they love from childhood. And they completely trust their knowledge. Others are trying to decide on the choice of their own path, combining advice and guidance from friends and relatives with objective forecasts of the situation on the labor market. Or they even submit documents "for the company" with friends.

We've all seen what comes out of this. A university abandoned halfway is the smallest "trouble" that can happen. And rather it will turn into a step on the path to finding herself, rather than a loss. The realization that a person is moving in the wrong direction and doing the wrong thing can come even when a lot has already been achieved, but there is no satisfaction. The worst thing is when a person does not even try to find an answer to this question, denies it. His life is bifurcated: the one he leads, and the one that the soul yearns for and asks for, are experienced as different, as two. Such an experience of duality is painful, it either reminds of the need to solve this issue, or makes a person run away, seek solace in alcohol, entertainment, etc. After all, when a person does not grow, does not develop spiritually, does not realize himself, he suffers, gets sick, suffers.

The choice of our own business, profession, as our own destiny is, perhaps, one of our most important decisions, and yet it is often treated with unjustified negligence. Trying to find a destination by relying on something or someone outside of yourself is about the same as shooting at a target with your eyes closed. The probability of hitting the bull's-eye is negligible.

Question. But how, then, can you find your Case? Exactly your own, in which my meaning for the world will be embodied and realized?

Answer. You need to search within yourself. It is by listening to ourselves, our inner voice, that we can find the very thing that neither is our own, our own. However, “inside” does not mean “black and white” at all, clearly and clearly. In order to understand what my purpose is, it may take years, and maybe my whole life, but these same years, lived without self-knowledge, searching for my own path, will most likely be wasted.

Next question. Where to look is understandable. But now WHAT EXACTLY to look for?

Answer: what you love. The main criterion in this search is love. The pleasure of the process. After all, it is pleasure that is the way life tries to push us towards our destiny. Passion, a strong interest in something, such that it would be difficult for you to tear yourself away from your occupation, which would fill your life with meaning and joy.

One more question. And if not? Often people claim that they do not know what exactly gives them pleasure in life.

We reveal the secret - this really does not happen. Even if it seems to you that your life is boring, and there is no significant interest in it, you still love something, something attracts you, and this needs to be discovered. Much can become a material for research … Children's dreams, the dreams of you as an adult, fantasies that you consider torn from life - they contain seeds. This means that we are talking about those dreams and desires that are now. Perhaps you know how to express your thoughts on paper, in writing. And you have thoughts that, in your opinion, must be expounded. Then look for a way to translate this talent into your present. Do this. They say that we know from childhood what we should do. Perhaps we know better in childhood than growing up. When the time comes to decide on a profession, the education system and parenting have already done their job: we are accustomed to do what is needed, what is required of us, rather than what we want ourselves. In fact, we are already spoiled to such an extent that we can hardly understand what we ourselves want and what we like.

Nevertheless, our vocation, what we are "sharpened" to and in which we are talented from birth, despite all the attempts of the educational system and the efforts of our parents, breaks through in us. It is always present in our life, even if we do not pay attention to it for a very long time. You just need to watch yourself. You are already doing something. Something already exists and gives itself out. Here - look carefully. For example, a hobby - what is it? For example, some lovely lady has long got used to the fact that she has become a trendsetter for alpine slides in nearby summer cottages, and there are already 5 such slides on her, then perhaps you can trust yourself here, forgetting about 25 years of experience in an area completely unrelated to your hobby. Perhaps there is a grain of the very matter in these longing desires. The affairs of life.

As a consequence of the fact that you like the lesson, it turns out easily: for example, there is the ability to collect and analyze information, this is done in 5 minutes, while others would need hours, and maybe days or weeks. And precisely because of this lightness, talent, as a rule, is not noticed and is not given special importance. But this apparent simplicity, it just indicates that this is the Deed.

It may not be possible to find immediately, i.e. the case should crystallize. It takes time and desire to find. As well as specific actions. It's very important to try. The vocation is not to lie on the couch. The question "who to be" must be answered practically. Analyze - act, analyze - act … Make mistakes … In the end, you can change your occupation several times and again regretfully realize that this is not the same. Even if you get errors, the answer is still somewhere very close, tk. this, at first glance, a false version was born in you, which means, for all its erroneousness, hides the pointer to further movement, to the Cause. The secret is that the path itself is born within, from interests, aspirations, impulses. Over time, all unnecessary should disappear. Imagine you are assembling a mosaic. You attach one element to another. Over and over again one does not fit the other, and the general pattern does not appear in any way. But at some point - a click, and in the scattered pieces you begin to see the whole. So it is with the profession, own business. You are looking, you try, perhaps even for a moment you sink into despair, and then - once, here it is, and you understand that you always knew about it and were looking for exactly this. How did you not notice before? The solution may lie on the surface.

The most important thing is to realize the full significance of this issue. Asking yourself. The very attitude to this search is a guarantee that we will find what we are looking for, no matter what we do. After all, if a question is asked, then there will be an answer, otherwise the question would simply not have been born in you. So you need to formulate it and go in search.

And further. Thinking about your work only as a way of earning a living or as your own Cause, purpose, self-realization is an individual choice. For some, this choice is obvious - it is incredibly important to do what you love. Otherwise, something most intimate, essential will not see the Light. And life necessarily supports such a choice.

Finally a quote from "Testament" by Auguste Rodin: “The artist sets a great example. He passionately loves his profession: the highest reward for him is the joy of creativity. Unfortunately, in our time, many despise, hate their work. But the world will be happy only when each person has the soul of an artist, in other words, when everyone finds joy in their work."

The article uses materials from the site "Existential and Humanistic Psychology".