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Four Purposes of Life by Dan Millman
Additional Reading
No Ordinary Moments
Everyday Enlightenment
Course catalog
Laws of Spirit
Life you were born to live
Bridge between worlds
Fourth Purpose: Attending to the arisingmoment pay close attention, make eachmoment count
Life is a series of moments
"One moment can change a day, one daycan change a life, one life can change theworld"
No such thing as a future decision
observe what you do
All you have to decide is whatyou will do right now
You only need to make adecision in the moment you needto make it
Decisions get clearer the closeryou are to having to make them
Whereever we go is now
Challenge of attending to thepresent moment
Can you learn to love the present moment?
Can you develop the capacity to show eacharising moment the same attention you mightgive a friend or a lover?
Highest practice of all
practice everything in every moment
How can I do this better
Difference between doing and practice is strivingto refine or improve whatever you are doing,regardless of the task
Your life becomes your art form
Here and now, breathe and relax.
practice that in all that you do
What is my purpose in thisarising moment?
Third Purpose: Discovering your life path -understand your hidden calling Follow yourhigher potential
Life purpose system
1. Creativity
2. Cooperation
3. Expression
4. Stability
5. Freedom
6. Vision
7. Trust
8. Recognition
9. Integrity
Insight isnt enough. At best it provides amap, but we still have to make thejourney.
Second Purpose: Find your career and calling:Choose Satisfying work, earn a good living,provide a useful services
Career: services you perform, trading your time,effort, attention, knowledge, skills andexperience for salary or income.
Calling refers to a personal interest, attraction,inclination, drive or passion that is usually(although not always) of a higher order
Isn't just something you want to do, but rather something youneed to do, somthing that captures your imagination, touchesyou deeply and absorbs you, whether or not you can explainwhy
may or may not be a career
Can take the form of an art, craft or creativeendeavour such as writing, painting or playing amusical instrument.
Volunteer service, teaching, working with children,
Make a difference in community orlarger world, politics, military,environmental
often associated with serving others
If you love your career so much youwould do it for free, then it has become acalling
Know Thyself selfawareness/knowledge informs all ourchoices and decisions
We strive to understand ourselves
There is no best career, only theone best for you at a given time inlife
Until you choose a satisfyingvocation, just get a job
stay open to new opportunities
Talents, Interests and Values
Where career and calling intersect
What are my talents?
Never assume limits until you have tested them
What are my interests?
Look out for social pressures orparental expectations
Do what you love then getsomeone to pay you for it
What are my values?
location, relationship or career
Career criteria: trinity of needs
Do I find the work satisfying?
Satisfying work
Fulfilment lies not in the work itselfbut in the quality and care you bringto it
meditative absorption
Can I make money?
fair remuneration
Its easy to devalue work if we provide a less-creativeservice like doing data entry. Suchworks connects us to others and helps our worldfunction
Does it provide a useful service?
Time travel with conscious mind
6 step decision making process
Decide to decide
act with full force of your being
remain committed unless havecompelling reason to change
Faith is the courage to live as if everything thathappens, and every choice we make, is for ourhighest good and learning.
Career Notes
Committing to excellence
Always aim to be excellent, nomatter what the job
Self-employed
Be good at what you do
Be good at promoting what you do
Leadership qualities
Inspire by example
offer support where needed
motivate by pointing out a higher purpose
Appreciate the value of mistakes
encourage collaboration rather than competition
empoower others
Your workthe service you provide, no matter howhumble it may be connects you to the largercommunity. Never take you or your work forgranted.
Stand up for yourself. Lead by example.Practice the quiet courage of everydaylife.
First Purpose: Learning Life's Lessons:Smarten Up, Grow Up, Wake Up: RequiredCourses
1. Foundations of Self-Worth:Getting Out of Your Own Way
2. Roots of Will: The practice of self-discipline
Transforming knowledge into action
3. Well-Being: Approaches to Health and Vitality
energising and healthful lifestyle
4. Money and Values:Establishing stability andsufficiency
5. Exploring the Mind: TheNature of Your Inner World
6. Introduction to Intuition:Accessing subconsciousGuidance
Discoveries come from flashes if intuitive insight
imagination is more important than knowledge
7. Nature of Feelings: Achievingemotional freedom
We dont need to feelCompassionate etc, just need tobehave that way
We have more control over ourbehaviour than our feelings
Fundamentals of Courage: Confronting our fear
9. Knowing Yourself: findingwholeness in the shadows
Embrace our humanity and opento genuine growth andtransformation
Your Sexual life: Understandingthe pleasure principle
Awareness, trust, balance, openness,honesty and courage to achieve trueintimacy
11. mastery of Love: Awakening the Heart
Capacity to show loving-kindnessto others even when we dont feellike it
12. Service and Meaning:Completing the circle of life
For others and act of self-transcendance -anything we do without regard to self-interest
Four Purposes of Life by Dan Millman