mamohigThe topic of free will versus destiny is a topic often discussed, and some religions mention that we have both. Being very logically oriented (as that is my primary energy center), I always had difficulty understanding what that meant because logically, either we have free will or we don’t. Either, we are destined to live a particular life path or we don’t. So, which is it? It can’t be both!
With time, and through learning as well as my own personal spiritual journey, I’ve come to my own understanding and interpretation of what this means.
We all have our own energetic qualities that is the basis of who we are. It’s our unique energetic frequency. Think of it as the DNA of the soul. This never changes. It’s the energetic quality through which vital force energy flows abundantly. Through Law of Attraction, you will attract the people, situations and experiences that match that quality. You will always be drawn to these people, situations and experiences because it can be no other way. It is universal law.
This is where “destiny” plays a role. You are destined to be drawn to these people, situations and experiences.
These are soul-based desires and not momentary desires, which depend on a great deal of factors, such as your practiced vibration or even your vibration in a moment of time, influence of others, temporary egoic satisfaction and so forth. Soul-based desires are deep-rooted desires that you would choose again and again if you were to relive your life, while egoic desires are circumstantial and are not necessarily repeated.
Examples of deep-rooted desires may include that business you crave to create and build and have dreamed of doing for a long time. Or that person you are incredibly drawn to and can’t seem to shake off no matter how many others you’ve met since (this is always mutual and never one-sided because your unique energetic frequencies are aligned). It’s the life vision you absolutely desire and find yourself dreaming of again and again. These are soul-based desires that you are drawn to based on the energetic qualities of your soul.
You always know which ones these are for you.
Yet, if that is the case, then why are we not all living our “destiny”?
There are multitudes of situations why not and these boil down to two key reasons:
- The “Can’t” Reasons: We don’t believe we can have our heart’s desires
- The “Shouldn’t” Reasons: We don’t believe we should have our heart’s desires (i.e dismissing the validity of our heart’s desires)
Both stem from the mind.
It starts with the way we are conditioned from a young age. What we learn from our families, teachers and environments. It’s what we are taught to believe through the influencers in our life as well as our own life experience and these essentially become our beliefs.
So when those soul-based desires show up, our mind chooses all kinds of reasons as to why we can’t or shouldn’t follow our heart’s desires.
This is where free will comes in. We choose to align with our mind instead of our soul because we always have a choice no matter what. In other words, our soul-based desires are our destiny and what we choose to do with these desires is our free will.
It seems pretty simple. Of-course, it is not always easy to align. That’s why we have an enormous self-help industry intended to show people how to align and create the lives they want.
Once we understand that our heart’s desires are our true destiny, then it may be easier for us to accept that there is a reason why we want what we want and it is essentially our birthright. It’s our choice whether we want to work on ourselves and recondition our mind to receive what is ours, or not!
Through spiritual growth and higher consciousness, we start to understand where these soul-based desires stem from and may feel more confident and at ease with the choices we make to align.
Are you able to spot or remember your soul-based desires? What did you CHOOSE to do with these? Can you identify a “Can’t” or “Shouldn’t” reason for not aligning?
