1. In the way our conditioned-self directs us to take on
2. We find our purpose and our true-self and design our lives based on the direction that we get after aligning with our true-selves.
The first way is the most natural (?) way of living for most of us. We live our lives based on the beliefs and assumptions that are programmed inside us by our family members, teachers and other environmental influences. We accept this learning without our conscious awareness. We learn this because we were taught to think and behave in specific ways and also by observing people around us living and thinking about life in their own ways.
The mind in our early lives was like a sponge. It absorbed what ever it was offered to. The more consistently and intensively something was offered, the more impact that left on our psyche. People who played critical role in our lives did not have any wrong intention, in most of the cases, to affect us negatively. Yet, they pass their negative (better word is: dis-empowering or maladaptive) life patterns to us without knowing the process happening.
Have you ever felt that you could be doing something different than what you are currently working with and spending your time and energy on?
Have you ever felt deep inside you the need to take a different path than what you are currently walking on?