Why A True Purpose Only Has 4 Aspects

In our Level 1 workshop, we help people find a true purpose that focuses on the four essential needs of the mind — Adventure (Excited By), Talent (Good At), Individuality (Suited To), and Expansion (Know Well).

And the characteristics in brackets represent the characteristics people already have. That gets them started and eventually leads to a life of great Adventure, Talent, Individuality, and Expansion.

But there are three other centres of the mind we haven’t talked about yet — Desire, Inspiration, and Passion.

The reason we don’t base a purpose on them in Level 1 is because they’re self-governing emotional centres, and kinda take care of themselves.

Adventure in Talent create a natural Desire.

Individuality and Expansion create a natural Inspiration.

For example, when you’re doing what you’re most excited by (Adventure), and it’s what you’re good at and enjoy (Talent), you really want to do it! That’s Desire — the natural urge to take action.

Similarly, if you’re doing what suits you (Individuality), and it’s what you already know well (Expansion), you’ll know exactly how you want to do it, and ways to make it bigger. That’s Inspiration — the natural knowing of how best to do it and eventually make it better

From there, all that Adventure, Desire, Talent, Individuality, Inspiration, and Expansion gets processed in the heart centre as Passion. You end up with a great Passion for what you do.

Compare that to if you’re not all that excited by it (Dread), and you kinda suck at it (Mediocrity), you won’t have much Desire to do it at all. If anything, you'll end up doing it less and limiting your progress (Limitation). Then you'll have to make yourself do it, which is motivation — forcing yourself to do something, you don’t really want to do.

And compare that to being someone you're not (Conformity), and not knowing much about it (Ignorance), you won’t be Inspired by it much at all, let alone make it bigger and better. If anything, you'll shrink it, to be less about yourself, and more about making other people happy (Suppression). Then you'll have to force your mind to make plans and set goals, which is worry and stress — forcing yourself to imagine something better, that you don’t really know how to be. And if you do all that — there will be very little Passion for what you do. Instead, you're more likely to feel a subtle yet constant nagging dissatisfaction with your life (Dissatisfaction).

To avoid all that, we base a purpose on Adventure (Excited By), Talent (Good At), Individuality (Suited To), and Expansion (Know Well), knowing it will naturally create its own internal Desire, Inspiration, and Passion.

In short, when it comes to finding your true purpose in life, you don’t need to identify your Desire, Inspiration, or Passion to find it. There are better ways to manage those three centres when you live it — which we cover in Level 2 — but not when you find it in Level 1.