The Journey of Life

Author
Karla Solano

Life is a journey full of self discovery, personal growth and deep connection with who we are in relation to the universe and the Divine. We begin the process of self development from the moment we are born; first we learn to discover the world around us through the sense of taste. As infants we learn to pick everything up and put it into our mouth in order to connect & understand everything in our environment.

As we grow, we start to develop rational and we start asking the reason why things are the way they are; we have all been amused at some point in our lives by the constant questioning of a 5yr old as he/she tries to understand the meaning of things. As we question and reason our way through life, we enter the stage of knowledge. This is a very important process of our development as we go through our school yrs, because our brain begins to develop and grow with loads of information that will continually aid in the process of mind expansion.

As we move into our teenage years, we begin to live through the heart and we live life with passion and without limitations, we feel invincible as though nothing can stop us; this is a stage in our lives where we begin to live through our emotions, allowing them to run our existence. This crucial period of our lives tends to shape the character that we will become as adults, as all the fears, insecurities, disappointments and heartaches make up the wall we create as a protective mechanism.

During this time, we convince ourselves that life is hard, that we have no control over our personal well being and we begin to live with apprehension, doubting our ability to enjoy life and be happy without material satisfaction.

As adults we become consumed by the density and stress of responsibility and we become like robots, living day in and a day out, following the same routine in order to satisfy our roles in society and the achievement of material success. Until one day, after we have reached a point in our life where we feel all the goals we had set out for ourselves have been attained, and after reaching the material success we thought would make us happy, we realize that we still feel empty, unhappy and unfulfilled; forcing us to reach higher for a deeper connection to all that exists. It is at this pivotal point of our existence that some of us decide to undertake a journey of self discovery.

This journey within is where we search for true connection with who we are and what our true purpose of existence really is. At this stage we begin to search for deep meaning and true union with our Divine nature and we undertake a journey where our main focus is to find happiness, pure love and a purposeful way of life. A life which can only be found when we truly connect with the true essence of our being; at this point of our life we begin the development of our spiritual self which in turn will bring forth transformation in ways we never thought possible.

All of these different stages in our life are very important in our development process and it is important to keep in mind that we are all individuals and as such, we go through these stages at our own pace. So there is no need to rush or be impatient if the people around us don’t understand where we are in life in relation to this personal and spiritual growth. We will all get to where we need to be when the time is right and when we are ready and open to accept it as our truth.

Life is an amazing journey but it is imperative that no matter which stage of our development process we find ourselves in, we live life with good intentions, good will and with a positive outlook. Because a life well lived is the best gift we can give to ourselves and those around us.