I get this type of question more often than not from clients…and it’s posed in a few different ways. I too have asked myself from time to time “what the hell is going on with me?!”
But the gist of the feeling (or question) is something like this… “I’ve lost interest in people, friends, work or family”, a gnawing feeling of dread and/or anxiety… the loss of curiosity for studying, or spiritual growth… and sometimes the total bottoming out of energy which often gets labeled “depression”.
It’s hard for me to communicate or deliver the fundamental question to clients because we are so “in it” (in the experience of it) that we miss a crucial stage.
In my world, there are two categories of complaints we as humans express.
There are the symptoms of a situation or issue (which has the most acute form of attention), and then there are root issues… which would be the deeper question or “cause” for the complaint.
”Why am I here?”
“What’s the meaning of life?”
“What am I suppose to be doing with myself?”
“Why am I so unhappy?”
One indication is that this mysterious element that makes us unique is closely linked to consciousness. Consciousness in itself remains a mystery, and no two of us are conscious of the world and of ourselves in exactly the same way. Therefore, consciousness affects the thoughts and emotions of each us, transforming in us how we experience and understand our world. Depending on our level of consciousness, it will unfold in us the experiences necessary to help us understand ourselves and give meaning to what goes on in our lives. However, these inner processes do not modify or affect the mystery of consciousness itself, nor our unmanifested soul.
