【Karen downing】《靈魂使命和人生目的》

我們每個人內在都是一個神聖的火花。我們的靈魂使命是學習我們內在的神聖
並使之成長。這個過程的美麗在於每個靈魂都攜帶著不同的神聖火花。對於一些人來說，這個火花是關於同情心的，對於另一些人來說，是關於智慧、或者和平、喜悅等等。我們的神聖火花通常被稱為靈魂實質。它是我們每個人的靈魂使命，去學習應用我們的神聖火花來在個人層面和集體層面上達到其最高裨益。

Inside every one of us is a drop of the Divine. Our soul mission is to learn about the Divinity within us and to grow it. The beauty of this process is that each soul carries a different Divine drop. For some that drop is about compassion, for others it is wisdom,or peace, or joy, and so on. Our Divine drop is often called our Soul Essence.And, it is the Soul Mission of each one of us to learn to utilize our own Divine drop to its Highest benefit, both individually and collectively.

你可能在以前聽到過，在這裡反復重申這一點很重要：我們都是一體的。這意味著你如何應用你的神聖火花影響著整個人類（同樣是整個意識）。隨著你發現你的神聖火花的獨特本質，並通過你的獨特靈魂使命使之成長，你不僅活在你的（人生）目的中，你也成為了他人正面的光。

You have heard this before, and it is important to reiterate here: We are all One. That means how you utilize your Divine drop affects the whole of humanity (as well is the whole ofconsciousness). As you discover the unique essence of your Divine drop, and grow it through your unique Soul Mission, you not only live your purpose, you become a positive light for others as well.


從能量角度，你的靈魂使命是使你內在的神聖火花成長。這聽上去很簡單，確實很簡單。為了使你的神聖火花成長，所需要的一切就是愛和滋養。為了提供愛，你只需要學習如何做到無條件的愛並接納自己。為了提供滋養，你不得不揭示你獨特的神聖火花的特定本質，這樣你就能給予它所需要的滋養。例如，如果你的神聖火花是創造力之一，你的滋養的一部分是給自己的藝術追求提供時間。

From an energetic perspective,your Soul Mission is to grow this Divine drop within you. That sounds simple,and it is. In order to grow your Divine drop, all it needs is love and nourishment. To provide love, you only need to learn how to unconditionally love and accept yourself. To provide nourishment, you have to uncover the specific Essence of your unique Divine drop, so you can give it the nourishment it needs. For example, if you Divine Drop is one of creativity, one part of your nourishment is to provide yourself with time for artistic pursuits.


詞語使得這聽起來很簡單，有時候練習它並不總是這麼簡單。這是因為，在此之前的許多次轉世中，你已經致力於增長你的神聖火花。有時候很成功，有時候並不成功（我們每一個人都是這樣）。通過了解你的前世模式，你可以學習更多有關你的靈魂使命的事情以及你在前世裡所學的事情。這些前世經歷都給你的神聖火花增加了更多的信息，因為每一個經歷都是關於學習。但是，困惑之處在於來自於你的前世的一些信息和經歷可能會互相矛盾。

While the words make it sound simple, sometimes the practice of it is not always so. This is because in the many incarnations leading up to the now, you have worked on growing your Divine drop. Sometimes you were successful and sometimes you were not (each one of us can say that.) You can learn more about your Soul Mission, and what you have learned in previous life times, by understanding your Past Life Patterns. These past life experiences added more information to your Divine drop, as every experience is all about learning. But, the confusion lies in that some of the information and experiences from your past life times can contradict each other.Take the Past Life Quiz to find out more.


所以，為了為你的神聖火花提供恰當的滋養，你一定要剝去所有那些減損其神聖性的信念、自我對話和行為。自我挫敗行為、負面的期待等等。你的神聖性是你與生俱來的權力，是無法從你身上分離的一部分。每個人的內在都有。然而，你選擇使之成長的過程取決於你。當你加強你的天賦和你的靈魂實質的才能時，你正生活在你的靈魂使命中。

So, in order to provide the proper nourishment for your Divine drop, you must strip away all of the beliefs,self-talk and behaviors that detract from its Divinity. Examples would be self-defeatist behavior, negative expectations, and so forth. Your Divinity is your birthright, it is a part of you that cannot be separated from you. It is within everyone. However, it is up to you, the process you choose to grow it. When you enhance your natural gifts and talents of your Soul Essence, you ARE living your Soul Mission.


你的靈魂使命（ soulmission ）的內容比人生目的（ life purpose ）的內容多得多。人生目的是可以變化的，建立在許多因素之上。靈魂使命可以被歸結為幾個詞語。用你的靈魂使命的知識，你能夠應用它來創建符合你現在生活的一個人生目的，以及未來任何時刻的人生目的。人生目的經常被等同於工作角色，當然它最可能被用在職業路徑上，但是人生目的是根據你的生活環境而變化的，並不總是與你職業有關聯。

Your Soul Mission is much more than your life purpose. Life purpose is changeable, and is based on many factors. Your Soul Mission can be boiled down to a few words. With the knowledge of Your Soul Mission, you are able to apply it to creating a life purpose that fits your life now, and at each moment of the future. Life purpose is often equated with job role, and it can most certainly be used in your career path, but life purpose is changeable to your life circumstances, and may not always be connected to your career.


例如，假設你的靈魂使命是成為一個能量清理者。這意味著你的靈魂實質屬於正面地轉化，你的貫穿所有生世裡的靈魂使命一直是協助人類和星球來清理停滯的能量。所以，這會如何轉化成人生目的呢？

Let’s say your Soul Mission is to be an Energy Clearing house. This means that your Soul Essence is of positive transformation, and your Soul Mission throughout all incarnations has been to assist humanity and the planet in clearing out stagnant energy. So, how does that translate into life purpose?


兒童時期，你可能一直非常（能量）敏感，容易哭鬧或憤怒爆發。這是因為那時你在轉化（清理）與你的父母或同學有關的能量。然後，隨著你長到十幾歲 / 青少年時期，你找到你第一份工作。你可能最終會工作在一個你需要接觸許多人的地方，也許是在星巴克咖啡或塔吉特公司（美國折扣零售店）。那時你的人生目的是清理你的顧客和同事的能量。也許你待著這件公司然後升職，或跳槽進入另外一個工作角色，其中你以不同方式仍然與公眾接觸。

Well, as a child you might have been very sensitive, prone to cry or have angry out bursts. This is because you were transforming (clearing) the energy associated with your parents or schoolmates, or both. Then move ahead to your teenage/young adult years, and you get your first job. You will end up working in a space where you are contact with A LOT of people, may be at Starbucks or Target. Your purpose at that time is to clear the energy of your customers and fellow co-workers.Perhaps you stay there and move up in the company, or move into another jobrole where you remain in contact with the general public in a different way.


在你成年人生活裡的某個時間點，你也許會對與如此多的公眾親子接觸感到筋疲力竭，並想要開始創業。這通常是一個你將開始尋求你的人生目的到底是什麼的時刻。事情是，你一直生活在其中！這只是現在你正探索在你人生的下一個階段你想要做什麼，以及你打算如何做。

At some point during your adult life, you may get burnt out with so much in-person contact with the general public, and want to begin working for yourself. This is the point when you will usually begin to seek out what your life purpose is. The thing is, you have been living it all along! It is just that now you are exploring what you want to do in this next phase of your life, and how you want to do it.


例如，假設你已經決定成為一個靈氣（ Reiki ）從業者。 （譯註：靈氣， Reiki ，一種能量療愈方法）。這仍然與你的靈魂使命相一致，現在你在致力於根據你自己的條件幫助人們，並轉化他們的能量。你在這其中取得了許多成功，你給你的實踐添加了更多認證證書（譯註：指學習了更多專業療愈技能），這些都協助你與生俱來的轉化他人能量的天賦。最終，你教授他人如何成為療愈師。有一天，你也許選擇退休，你的靈魂使命仍在那裡沒變。在你人生的那個時間裡，你的靈魂使命也許是貢獻你的時間，或用你的能量來協助你的鄰居、孫子孫女們或其他家庭成員。

Let's say, you have decided to become a Reiki practitioner. This is still aligned with your Soul Mission, and now you are working at helping people, and transforming their energy, on your terms.You have much success in this, and you add more certifications to your practice, all assisting with your innate gifts of transforming energy in others. Eventually, you teach others how to become healers themselves. You may choose to retire someday, and your Soul Mission will still be there. At that time in your life, your life purpose might be to volunteer your time, or use your energy to assist your neighbors, grandchildren or other family remembers


這是人生目的改變的方式，但是貫穿其中，你可以看到你的靈魂使命的脈絡，引導你所做的一切。當你學習你的神聖火花時，即你的靈魂使命的核心，你更加能夠提供它所需的滋養。隨著你們增長的神聖火花，他開始對你越來越大聲講話，促使你的靈魂指南針在你的靈魂使命的每個支柱方面引導你。

This is how life purpose changes,but through it all you can see the thread of your Soul Mission, guiding all that you do. When you learn about your Divine drop, the core of your Soul Mission, you are much more able to provide it with the nourishment it needs. As you grow your Divine drop, it begins to speak louder and louder to you,prompting your Soul Compass to guide you on each leg of your Soul Mission.

譯註：

1. 你可以做這個“前世模式測試”來了解你的前世模式和如何使用它們。

2. 另一個有關靈魂使命的例子。一個人的靈魂使命是“同情心”，他/ 她可能在某一世經歷缺少其他人對他的同情心，（比如留守兒童缺乏父母關愛生活困苦）；可能在另一世經歷有很多他人對他的的同情心，（比如有人替代父母關愛他或無私供養他生活）；可能有一世經歷沒有對他人展示足夠的同情心（比如由於某種原因拒絕幫助他人）；可能有一世經歷把這種同情心帶給世人（比如創辦公益學校公益組織等等）。我們在同一主題同一靈魂使命經歷了很多世經歷，為了更好的學習這個主題，我們選擇經歷了這個主題的正面、反面、裡面、外面，重反反覆覆直到掌握它。

在當今社會中有很多活生生的例子，比如有人小時候家境貧寒就因為某個人好心曾無私資助他上學，在成人以後選擇從事創辦公益學校幫助像他一樣的孩子上學；再比如有人曾經喜歡賭博，在經歷了種種經歷之後某件事觸發他洗心革面成為一位戒賭專家，之前賭博經歷反倒成為他後來幫助他人戒賭的知識和技能。這個例子讓人又多了個視角看待問題，更容易接納和同情。


原文：http://yoursoulmission.com/2015/06/what-is-your-soul-mission/
作者：Karen downing     翻譯：xiaohaozi0716