A Life Purpose Isn't Dropped Into Your Lap-You Need To Work For It

Sacred Contracts by Carolyn Myss Took Me 5 Years to Figure Out, I will tell you How To Do It In Less Time

I waited over half my life for a life purpose to drop in my lap.

Once I had my life purpose, the world would fall into place, and I would know what to do.

I would still be sitting and waiting for the life purpose if I hadn’t read Sacred Contracts by Carolyn Myss.

I was intrigued because she uses archetypes to define our contract or life purpose.

Now I am re-reading the book and cringe at the Contract part.

10 years ago I would have begged to have someone find my life purpose.

2 years ago, I chose never to do anyone’s agenda or purpose again.

Archetypes are powerful despite the title of the book

How you approach the contract part is up to you. I decided I didn’t need the Contract but fell in love with the archetypes.

“Archetypes are the architects of our lives. They are the energy companions that influence our choices, desires, and behaviors, often without us even realizing it.”-Carolyn Myss

Archetypes are part of the universal unconscious according to Carl Jung. They are universal energy that has common traits to them.

Unconscious talks in symbols. Just look at any dream you have.

We translate the symbols to see what they mean for us.

The archetypes are powerful symbols. Myss mentions that a higher power talks through the unconscious to reach us.

Hence the word Sacred.

This sold me even more on the archetypes.

What the book does have

The book has great information, but you have to sift through it.

You don't know it is great information until you have worked with your inner archetypes.

But you have to get through half the book before you find the process of finding your archetypes.

I am going to make it simpler.

Your personal archetypes are telling your stories

“Archetypes are like blueprints of the soul. When you understand yours, you understand your mission, your wounds, and your path to healing.”-Carolyn Myss

Archetypes are like really good characters in a book.

The most famous archetype is the Hero.

Anyone that has ever listened or told a good story knows this archetype. Joseph Campbell popularized it in his book 'Hero With A Thousand Faces' and the 'Hero's Journey'.

The Hero starts out as an innocent youth. By the time they are done, they have transformed something about themselves. The movie 'Lord of The Rings' does an exceptional job of this. There are hundreds of other examples you can find.

In archetypes, there is the Nurturer and the Warrior. Different kinds of strengths that, ideally, complement each other and are equally respected. - Anne Bishop

Examples of other Archetypes are Mother and Father. Do you know that one person who offers comfort and has a mothering energy? She probably has the archetype of Mother.

There are hundreds of possible archetypes—each one with its own positive and negative traits.

According to Myss's book, we have 12 individual archetypes.

Four of these archetypes are common to everyone. The other 8 are picked by you based on your personality, life experience, and other factors.

The individual archetypes make up the archetypal wheel. These are your individual life stories. You can reframe your history using these archetypes. What you learn about yourself is astounding.