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By Rusty Stewart, Ph.D..


Unfortunately this is a foreign subject for many people in their lives. Partly because they do not know what their purpose and dharma are, and partly because they don’t feel as though the forces of reality and society make it possible to live from their source. Well, I’m here to share with you that even though it can appear to be very difficult and even impossible at times, it nevertheless is a very reasonable and realistic state to move towards. In fact it is why we are here in human form. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. We’re finding our way back to our Source through our karma and dharma. So let’s start with our purpose.

Our purpose is what we are led to be and do through our connection with our Higher Self. This is not always readily apparent if we do not have a discipline of stillness with an open portal to Higher Consciousness. Individual purposes are generally very simple and there are innumerous ways to tap into them. For example, I can help people access their purpose through Shamanic Journeying. As for me, my purpose is to extend Love. It is simple, powerful, and to the point. One way to tell if our purpose is on target is whether it is already integrated with our dharma.

Dharma can be defined in several ways: “In its most frequent usage (in the sphere of morality and ethics) dharma means 'right way of living', 'proper conduct', 'duty' or 'righteousness'. With respect to spirituality, dharma might be considered the Way of the Higher Truths. What is in the West called religion in India comes within the general purview of dharma. Thus the various Indian religions (sanatana dharma, Buddhadharma, Jain dharma etc.) are so many versions of Dharma — versions of what is considered to be 'right' or in truest accord with the deepest realities of nature” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma, March 10, 2008). Thus, our dharma is living with compassion and revernece with all of life. Certainly my purpose of extending Love would be in alignment with the above definitions. My dharma may be a little more specific than my purpose like volunteering to be of service to people or praying for others. Our purpose should pass the dharma litmus test or we are still coming from selfishness and ego. At the same time if we are not living a purpose that is loving the self, we are living from co-dependency because we are bypassing the self with the illusion of the right way of living with others.

Living from Source is what I call the selful way of living, or the healthy middle ground. We are loving and taking care of ourselves and then just naturally overflowing with Love and service to others. This includes taking care of mother earth, our environment, animals, social justice, etc. This is healthy conduct and fosters abundance in all areas of our lives since Love is the source of all abundance. Source is Love. We are Love. And our Source created us from its Love as Love. When we get this experientially, through spending still time with ourselves, Source radiates our Light and Love organically through living our purpose and dharma. And that my sisters and brothers is being, doing, and creating GOOD Karma!!!