Four Soul Questions to Ask Yourself Every Day
I want to share with you Four Soul Questions that you can use as a short guided meditation practice that I’ve found really helpful and that my students have really enjoyed as well.
These Four Soul Questions are a powerful complement to any meditation practice.
What I love about this particular practice is that it’s flexible and simple. If you don’t meditate, you can still ask yourself these four soul questions at the beginning or end of your day or as part of a journaling practice. If you do meditate, add these questions to the beginning or end of your existing practice.
The best part is there is no wrong answer. In fact, you might not have any answers at all, and that’s perfectly ok. I don’t know, I’m not sure, or I have no idea are all valid answers in this practice.
The hardest part about this practice is letting the answers come to you spontaneously without using your analytical mind. For this practice, I want you to shut your brain down. Bringing your awareness to your physical heart space, listen to what your heart has to say. Listen to what the Universe /God/ your Greater Power has to say. Be okay with silence and uncertainty. Don’t force an answer or try to game the system because you think you should want a particular thing or be a particular person.
At the end of your practice, let the questions and answers go. This short meditation provides sacred space for you to reflect, reorient, and recommit to who you are and what you want to do in the world.
This practice like a fishing pole. Every time you ask a question, you’re casting your line. If an answer comes, then you caught a fish! Reel it in and then throw it right back into the water. At the end of your practice, let all your fish go. Set the pole down and go on with your day. The pole will be there tomorrow for you to go fishing again.
The Four Soul Questions
Who am I?
This is a deep, eternal question that forms the basis of all yoga philosophy. Ask this question and see what comes up. Over time, you may notice that the answer starts to shift. The more connected you become with universal consciousness, the more you start to realize that you are more than just your name, your roles, and your titles.
It would be best to try looking at yourself more as God does, and you will feel the truth of who you really are.
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The first spiritual law of success is the Law of Pure Potentiality. This law is based on the fact that we are, in our essential state, pure consciousness. Pure consciousness is pure potentiality; it is the field of all possibilities and infinite creativity. Pure consciousness is our spiritual essence. Being infinite and unbounded, it is also pure joy. Other attributes of consciousness are pure knowledge, infinite silence, perfect balance, invincibility, simplicity, and bliss. This is our essential nature. Our essential nature is one of pure potentiality.
What do I really, really want?
This question is meant to get to your deepest desires. Go beyond materialistic possessions. What does your heart desire more than anything else in the whole world?
Every seed has the promise of a thousand forests but you must plant the seed .
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Inherent in every intention and desire is the mechanics for its fullfillment…intention and desire in the field of pure potentiality have infinite organizing power . and when we introduce an intention in the fertile ground of pure potentiality, we put this infinite organizing power to work for us.
What is my dharma (or my purpose)?
Though this question trips people up often, let go of any pressure to have an answer right now. Simply ask the universe and wait. The answer may change over time. Let it. And if you don’t know, let it be. Thinking about it too hard with your brain won’t get you anywhere. Shut all thinking down and listen for what your heart has to say. Connection to your soul comes via the heart.
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success. Chapter 7
Each of us is here to discover our True Self; to express our unique gifts, and to serve humanity.
What am I grateful for?
This simple question is a wonderful way to reconnect you to the present moment Scientific research has shown over and over again the power of a gratitude practice in helping you to shift your perspective and experience better overall wellbeing. Make it a part of your meditation practice and watch it supercharge your spiritual connection.