Joe teaches that purpose is not something to be found, achieved, or arrived at in the future. Purpose is lived right now, in this moment. When the client asked about finding her purpose, Joe immediately redirected her:
“If you’re living your purpose, it’s in the moment. It’s not in the future. So this is the moment. While living your purpose, ask me the question.” This reframe dissolves the entire problem. The search for purpose is the avoidance of purpose. The moment you try to “find” your purpose, you’ve already left the present moment where purpose actually lives.
The Pattern
- Person touches authentic presence (“I am”)
- Mind immediately questions/doubts
- Person starts “searching” for purpose
- The search takes them out of the present
- Purpose becomes something in the future to find
- Cycle repeats
The Solution
Simply ask: “How do I live my purpose right now, in this moment?”
As Joe demonstrates, when you ask this question genuinely, “there it is. Boom. Easy peasy.”
Related Concepts
- Searching for purpose avoids it
- The mind cannot find your purpose
- The expansiveness of I Am
- Purpose is in the how, not the what
- Searching for purpose assumes you don’t already have it
- Say yes to what intrigues you, then filter for joy