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To gain clarity of intent, one
needs to have a very clear end or goal in sight as to what one would
like to create. One’s death is probably the clearest end point we
each are capable of contemplating one way or another. It is the end
point for all that you do in your current life. All of your efforts
are brought to an end at this point. The question that can then be
asked is, “At the time of my death, whenever that may be, will I
have completed all that I desire, and will I be remembered in a way
that I would like to be remembered?” This question of course raises
the issue that we normally don’t know when we will die and begs to
ask the question, “Am I living my life such that I am moving closer
and closer each day to what I wish to create in my life such that if
I die today, I will have gotten as far as I possible could?”
One particular methodology that is extremely effective in gaining
clarity of intent for what ever one desire to create is to write the
eulogy one would wish to be given at the end of one’s life at their
funeral and to state clearly what one would wish to have manifested
in one’s life before one dies. The two can be tied together, yet, in
many ways, each is separate. For this exercise, the eulogy is more
focused on your way of being in the world and is about you as an
entity.
What you wish to manifest in your life is more about what you create
and do with your life that may or may not live on after you. The
reason why this exercise is so useful is that whether we realize it
or not, we each carry some idea about how we desire to be remembered
and what we wish to do in our life. Sometimes that understanding is
conscious. But more often than not, it is subconscious. Our mind has
become enculturated. Many of the ideas we have about what is
important in life are the value of our family and/or society. They
are not necessarily reflective of who and what we are and our reason
for being here in physical incarnation. We tend to live in
accordance with the world we have been taught as opposed to living
according to what is in
symbolized in our heart and in alignment with our
creative spirit and own unique creative passion.
The eulogy is a spoken or written piece of high praise, especially
when written and delivered publically. To write your eulogy for your
life, assume that you are going to write the eulogy for your own
funeral. When it is all said and done with, what is it you want to
be remembered for doing or being?
Write out your eulogy, editing it as much as necessary, until you
think you have obtained exactly what you would like to have said in
this eulogy. This eulogy can then become the intent for your life to
fulfill and can become your guiding light in all that you do. As you
write your eulogy, look back at your life and how you are living
life now to see if you are living the life that you desire. Are you
making the types and kinds of impacts on people and the world in the
way that you would like to have stated in your eulogy or have you
allowed life to lead you on some other path?
The other piece of the exercise is to write out what you wish to
manifest with your life. What do you wish to create? It can be some
object or something more intangible like an organization or a way of
life that others can follow. Or it may simple be that you created
the space for others to live the freedom of their creative spirit
and a space to fulfill their dreams. It doesn’t matter what you
create. All that matter is that it is what you desire to create and
not something you create and/or do because your family, friends,
society or anyone else wants you to create. It is something that
will allow you to feel complete when you come to the end of your
life and you can feel that you have done a job well done.
When each of these two items are completed, you can then look at all
that you do in your life and see if what you do is allowing you to
achieve these ends. What you probably will find is that you have
conflicting intentions. You then of course have to decide what is
more important to you and where you really desire to focus your
attention and awareness.
On this note it must be remembered that you are free to create and
experience what ever you wish. That is what
free will is all about. You only need to be aware that you will
have to deal with the consequences of your actions and your choices.
There are no judgements by the Divine on what you do and what you
create. The only judgements you experience are those from within
your own being and those around you and the standards that they use
as to what they believe is good or bad, right or wrong. The only
question is whether or not you live your life based on the external
standards of the world in which your find yourself. Or, you life the
standards of your own heart and the
creative life energy that flows within your being that has
created you and is sustaining you for your reason for
incarnating, the
intention for your life.
To write an eulogy that is effective for what you wish to create
with your life, it may be appropriate to review the events in your
life. The hyperlinked files below may provide some assistance in
this area.
Related files to get a
perspective on your life
Life map
Who am I questions
Question about our essence
Recapitulation of our life
What serves one’s being
A life work living
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