During the past year I’ve been delving more into spirituality, and the one thing that has intrigued me the most is the Ego. There is too much to dissect in one post so I’ll be breaking them down into different posts. This post I want to deal more with aspiration.

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Spirituality is ultimately the study of death.

Specifically the death of ego.

And your ego is the story you believe to be who you are.

When someone ask’s the question: “If you knew that you had a “x” amount of time to live what would you do?”

This question usually makes you think about all the aspirations you have that you have put on the back burner because of time, responsibilities, self-confidence, etc.

However when I revisited this question through a different lens, specifically the lens of ego, the question I asked was:

“What parts of you have to die for you to pursue your aspirations.”

In essence what is it in the story you are telling yourself that is blocking you from the aspiration.

I think of an aspiration as an idea, a hope, or a longing. Consequently, Google tells me Aspiration is “A hope or ambition of achieving something”.

Ironically, Google also tells me that in medicine, Aspiration is “the action or process of drawing breath”.

So, literally what keeps us alive.

Which, in my opinion, make your aspirations very important to understand. When you aspire, there is something inside you that is telling you that whatever idea you are aspiring to is possible.

I always think of it as, if an idea does not exist, then it would not occur. Therefore, if it occurred, it exists, but for it to manifest it is important that you are open to that idea existing at all.

Which means being open to change; or death to a part of your story.

Aspirations should always be treated with respect because they are opportunities sent to you from your intuition to rebirth and reorganize your life. They should be treated as calls to action not stagnation or disillusionment.

To be liberated in your sense of decision making you have to be confident in your own sense of guidance.

I find that when I follow an intuitive aspiration it allows me to have some sort of accountability in the action, but it is only in the surrendering to action and potential outcome that you can acquire any semblance of peace, even if it is a struggle.

Your aspirations create the map to your purpose, no matter how small or large the aspiration. It can be a creative project or even practicing more self-care. It is whatever you feel you need to do to live more in your truth.

This blog is an aspiration for me, a call to action. There are definitely many things in the story that I have told myself about myself that have been blocking me from doing this.

However I take comfort in the fact that:

1. The path to anything worthwhile is usually a zig zag; and
2. Any act towards your aspiration is a step towards making the aspiration a reality.

So, to anyone reading this I challenge you to look at your story: what is it that you have told yourself about yourself that you have believed to be true, and is it blocking you? Is it making you feel stuck or uninspired?

If it is, then evaluate it, question it.

Why do you believe it to be true? Can it be changed?

What actions do you need to take to be closer to what you aspire to?

Or more importantly, what is that you are aspiring towards? Because that is the true nucleus to your existence.

Everything else revolves around it.

– Sim