If you were fortunate, you discovered at an early age what your life's destiny was meant to be. Few people, however, are so fortunate. Most people do not have a clue as to where their destinies lie. One major reason for so many people being "lost" is that millions and millions of people have grown up in abusive family settings, often in the midst of an abusive society, making their chances of knowing what their particular destinies are, very slim. So many people have so many problems that they can spend years and years just trying to rid themselves of all the excess "baggage" dumped on them, particularly by family and friends. Given this situation, most people should not expect to quickly discover what their destinies are. If someone has suffered much abuse throughout his or her lifetime, then it may take years, if not a lifetime, to overcome the abuse and start living the life he or she was meant to live.

The most important decision you can make in your life is to decide to put your past behind you and set out to discover what your destiny is. You can do it; it may not be easy, but it is definitely worth the effort. Just wanting to bring positive direction and change to your life is half the battle! No matter how bad your life may have been, whatever you want in life, you can attain. Direct your will power to achieve a goal and it can bring you positive results.

The route to finding your destiny may seem like an endless journey. However, the more effort you put into discovering your destiny, the quicker you will obtain results. No one can tell you what your destiny is. Only you can discover it. It is a journey that each of us must make. The good news is that you are not "stuck" having to spend a lifetime trying to discover what your destiny is, you can use techniques to tap your own power as well as obtain help from other sources. Some of these techniques and sources are conventional and others are unconventional. Your usage of these techniques and sources will depend upon how open-minded you are. Some techniques and sources you may find useful; others you may not. It is your choice as to whether or not you want to use them.

Some of the techniques and sources you have available to help you on your spiritual journey are as follows:

Visiting sacred places
Discovering your past lives via past life regression
Using the services of a psychic or channeller
Following your passion
Meditation
Using sacred plants

Visiting sacred places

Your visit to a sacred place or site may benefit you in some unexpected ways. In addition to enriching your life by exposing you to a site's cultural and historic heritage, your visit may also have an unexpected "side-effect": You may discover your life's destiny. As strange as it sounds, many people have reported this "side-effect" after having visited a sacred site, particularly in sites located within the Southwestern part of the United States.

Many of the American sites were used by the indigenous peoples as places to worship. These places reside in remote areas whose geographical composition has undergone and continues to undergo tremendous change. For example, some sites are in volcanic areas; whereas others are in areas which have undergone great upheavals to the earth, producing huge, bizarre rock formations, rivers, and hot springs. These sites have tremendous natural sources of energy emanating from the earth. This energy has a "strange" affect upon people who visit the area as it is reported to give people a feeling of calmness, well-being, and the ability to obtain a clear vision as to what they should do with their lives. Some theories have suggested that this energy can alter our brain wave pattern, producing an altered state which can allow us to tap into our subconscious mind and envision our life's destiny.

For more information about this potential source of enlightenment, go to the Visiting Sacred Places section of this web site.


Discovering your past lives via past life regression

Past life regression is the attempt to access your previous lives, usually by means of meditation, hypnosis, or a psychic reading. The theory behind past life regression is that each of us has lived many different past lives. The basis of this theory stems from the belief that our souls never die. What you uncover about your past lives can help you in your present life: The lessons you did not learn from a previous life carry over into your next life. Often your current life's destiny is directly linked to whatever your previous unresolved destiny was.

For more information about this potential source of enlightenment, click the Discovering Your Past Lives Via Past Life Regression link.

Using the services of a psychic or channeller

You may discover what your life's destiny is by means of a psychic or channeller. A psychic or channeller is someone who has natural psychic ability, e.g. the ability to read your past, your present, and even your future life. This may be an unconventional method, but it can be effective for some people. You may be so confused as to what your destiny is, that only someone with psychic abilities can access your subconscious mind and give you the information you seek.

Be forewarned that some so-called psychics have little to no powers: They merely tell you what they think you want to hear. Ask your friends for a referral and follow your "gut" feeling when you meet the psychic or channeller. If the psychic seems more concerned about the money you will pay him or her as well as the amount of time you spend with him or her, then you have just visited a phony. As soon as a psychic uses his or her natural psychic ability just to make money, then his or her psychic power is lost.

If possible, visit a psychic in person. Many psychics place advertisements in New Age-type magazines as well as regular local newspapers.

If you do not want to visit a psychic in person, then you have the option to obtain a psychic reading via the Internet. For an example of what services some organizations can offer you over the Internet, go to the following web site:

www.globalpsychics.com

Following your passion

Your passion in life is usually something that you want to do or accomplish more than anything else. It is a task that you enjoy doing and want to spend part or even the rest of your life doing. Many times your passions are an expression of your life's destiny. It's as though your life destiny itself was reaching out to you and telling you what to do. You may have a passion to write, to paint, to play music, or to do something to benefit humankind. If you are aware of your passions, then you are fortunate for many people are unaware of their passions and just go through life, putting in time and never really accomplishing what they should do.

One of the major obstacles to discovering your passion is more than likely your obsession with security. American and Canadian societies, in particular, are overly obsessed with security: Everyone wants to know where they are going, how they are going to get there, and who is going to take care of them once they arrive! Examine the incredible array of insurance products and you will see that as a society we are becoming obsessed with insuring ourselves for every possible problem: Insurance in case we get sick on the job; insurance in case we lose our job; insurance for the car, house, and every content in the house; insurance in case our investments go bad; insurance in case we get sick while traveling overseas; insurance in case our spouse dies; insurance in case we have to retire early, and so on. The list is endless. After a while you will not be able to leave your home, unless your insurance covers you!

Security is an illusion: Your so-called "safe" permanent job can be terminated tomorrow and your retirement fund could go bust from bad investments in overseas markets before you even get the chance to retire. While it is good to be prudent in life, it is not good to be so prudent that you stop living! Retirement is promoted as the start of a new life, when in reality most of us will be dead within a few years of retirement. Yes, it is true that you may have a safe source of retirement income that can allow you to have more freedom; but, what good is it, if you are too old to enjoy life or your health has gone?

Make up your mind to start living today. If you have always wanted to take that special trip to Paris or take a boat down the Amazon River, then go and do it. Go out and explore your world, you may be surprised what you find!


Meditation

Meditation is a step-by-step process that enables you to have greater control over your mind, to the point where you can quiet your conscious mind and gain access to your subconscious mind. Apparently, our subconscious mind holds an immense storehouse of knowledge: Everything about our past, our present, and even our future. Every question you could possibly have about yourself is already stored within you. It is possible to tap into your subconscious mind and discover your destiny.

For more information about this potential source of enlightenment, click on the Meditation link.


Using sacred plants

Throughout humankind's history there have been many sacred plants that have been taken to help men and women discover themselves, commune with nature, and become one with the universe. Some of these plants are reputed to be able to alter your perceptions to the point where you can become aware of your life's destiny within a very short period of time.

For more information about this potential source of enlightenment, click on the Sacred Plants: Finding your destiny via plants link.