Discovering Dharma: Finding My Spiritual Purpose

Modernity’s interpretation of purpose and meaning are dancing around a deep spiritual concept of dharma. Purpose is defined as work title and occupation, and “meaning” is what you take from it. The only meaning many people have behind the part of their life that consumes 8+ hours of their day is it makes logical sense to their mind to continue doing those industry specific tasks and receiving their paycheck at the end of the week. 

I say this from a place of complete non-judgement. I am a person who has a “corporate” job, goes into an office 40 hours a week and receives a paycheck. I say this because I also have a deeper meaning behind what I do… taking spirituality out of it. I recruit candidates, advocate for them, and treat them with the decency that I wished I had received at the beginning of my career. I was ghosted and treated like a disposable “candidate” instead of a person. So when I transitioned into this field as a career, I made myself a promise to treat every single candidate with the same decency that I had wished I received. 

Elevating my mind past the surface level logistics and tasks of my job, took me a step closer to the spiritual concept of dharma. Dharma is defined as the specific purpose, unique gift or special talent that everyone has in life that’s meant to be given to others. It’s taking that talent, blending it with a deep need to provide and share with others, to help others on their journeys. Prior to my priestess awakening, my dharma was rudimentary defined in my mind as being a positive force for good, to help others find their next step in their careers while also gifting them some of my deep empathy stores. And that was enough for me at the time. I was fulfilled spiritually, emotionally, and financially. But this was all temporary, as is most things in life. When I went deeper into myself, this old dharmic tie became too small.. Like a pair of shoes that were two sizes too small. 

Your journey is about finding dharma in all the stages of life that you exist in. I transitioned into a place of deeper servitude when I realized the euphoric benefit of being seen as a healer and practitioner in the spiritual arts I held so dearly to myself. There’s a certain feeling of ecstasy by being a servant and being a step on their path, a harken back to the work I continue to do professionally in corporate america. 

There is no one way dharma is meant to look, it is as unique as your soul, your unique talents and the way you interface with the world.