Discovering Yourself

“Who am I?”

One of the most pertinent questions is also one of the most difficult to answer. If you say I am Asha. That is but a name, easily given to any new born babe. If you say I am a daughter, a sister, a wife, and a mother, it is a relation by force of birth or through norms of society. It is like millions of other relations shared by people all over the world. If you say I am a human being, that is a biological fact but there are so many other billion human beings on the planet, so how are you different? What makes you who you are? What can you achieve? And why does answering all these questions matter?

Tough question to answer

The truth is that there is no easy answer to this question or any other deeply probing enquiry into your existence. Philosophers have spent lifetimes debating the true answer to this question, but if you are anything like most normal people, you don’t have so much time to waste. If you want to find out who you are, figure out your basic strengths and weaknesses. Figure out what you can do as opposed to what you are too scared to take on. Discover the core of yourself in your actions, both past and future. Find out if you like the person that your actions deem you to be and decide if there is anything that you would change if you could.

Finding yourself a guide

One easy way to find out more about yourself is to have a mentor guide you through the steps. Just as someone who has walked a forest track before you will make a good guide, a person who has been on the path to self discovery and made more progress then you, can become your guide in this journey of self exploration. If you can follow the guide and move along faster on your way, it makes sense to find one rather than struggle unnecessarily for ages to get the same results. This is why people attend workshops on self development. They are not really developing themselves as much as discovering what potential they already possess within themselves.

Making a map that you wish to follow

There are all kinds of things that you can discover about yourself, but honestly speaking not all parts of you are interesting enough to dig through. You have to decide on what aspects of yourself you are going to work on. Usually this would include specific setbacks that you are currently facing and finding ways to remedy them. Having a goal in mind will also help in enhancing your journey of self discovery. Explore what parts of your life you want to improve, and then link them to the parts of yourself that you have to work on. Move past surviving each day in a passive manner to actively living your life the way you want to.

Attending a Heal Your Life Workshop with the Rainbow Lightworkers would be a great way to start.