Dr. Martha Beck

Yeah, it's as individual as our fingerprints. And how do you define purpose? That which brings you the greatest satisfaction and joy as a being on this earth, and it allows you to contribute the most satisfaction and joy to the rest of the world. That's your purpose. It's where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet. A theologian said that once. I think it was Fred Boikner.

Well, you do. You realize what feels like the way forward and what is not the way forward. And it's really simple. If it sets you free even a little bit, go there. That's your purpose. If it traps you, if it makes you feel encased, no matter how slightly, that is what my friend Boyd who tracks with me calls the track of not there. So we go through life banging into suffering and oh my God.

Well, you do. You realize what feels like the way forward and what is not the way forward. And it's really simple. If it sets you free even a little bit, go there. That's your purpose. If it traps you, if it makes you feel encased, no matter how slightly, that is what my friend Boyd who tracks with me calls the track of not there. So we go through life banging into suffering and oh my God.

Well, you do. You realize what feels like the way forward and what is not the way forward. And it's really simple. If it sets you free even a little bit, go there. That's your purpose. If it traps you, if it makes you feel encased, no matter how slightly, that is what my friend Boyd who tracks with me calls the track of not there. So we go through life banging into suffering and oh my God.

And that is just the track of not there. After you learn to track joy, you won't even pay much attention to all of that noise. You'll be so focused following your joy, and then you'll look up and go, oh my God, that's where I'm headed? Like, think of your story of being in the audience at the O convention.

And that is just the track of not there. After you learn to track joy, you won't even pay much attention to all of that noise. You'll be so focused following your joy, and then you'll look up and go, oh my God, that's where I'm headed? Like, think of your story of being in the audience at the O convention.

And that is just the track of not there. After you learn to track joy, you won't even pay much attention to all of that noise. You'll be so focused following your joy, and then you'll look up and go, oh my God, that's where I'm headed? Like, think of your story of being in the audience at the O convention.

No, actually it's not. It's not in the day. It's always in this moment and it's always inside the self. There is no such thing as a circumstance that will set you free. All your feeling of captivity is always coming from the mind, from the fear-based mind.

No, actually it's not. It's not in the day. It's always in this moment and it's always inside the self. There is no such thing as a circumstance that will set you free. All your feeling of captivity is always coming from the mind, from the fear-based mind.

No, actually it's not. It's not in the day. It's always in this moment and it's always inside the self. There is no such thing as a circumstance that will set you free. All your feeling of captivity is always coming from the mind, from the fear-based mind.

when you set yourself free in your mind, like, I was bedridden for 12 years with a whole bunch of autoimmune diseases, a lot of which they told me were incurable and progressive. I don't have any symptoms. But that didn't start after, like, for 12 years, I was in constant chronic pain and severe disability, okay? Like, I raised my kids on a king-size bed. And I felt very, very stuck.

when you set yourself free in your mind, like, I was bedridden for 12 years with a whole bunch of autoimmune diseases, a lot of which they told me were incurable and progressive. I don't have any symptoms. But that didn't start after, like, for 12 years, I was in constant chronic pain and severe disability, okay? Like, I raised my kids on a king-size bed. And I felt very, very stuck.

when you set yourself free in your mind, like, I was bedridden for 12 years with a whole bunch of autoimmune diseases, a lot of which they told me were incurable and progressive. I don't have any symptoms. But that didn't start after, like, for 12 years, I was in constant chronic pain and severe disability, okay? Like, I raised my kids on a king-size bed. And I felt very, very stuck.

And then I realized that the feeling of being stuck was torture and that I could shift the feeling. So it always starts. What am I thinking? I'm thinking I'm stuck. I'm stuck. There's nowhere to go. That causes suffering. What's the opposite? I'm free. I'm free. I could go in any direction.

And then I realized that the feeling of being stuck was torture and that I could shift the feeling. So it always starts. What am I thinking? I'm thinking I'm stuck. I'm stuck. There's nowhere to go. That causes suffering. What's the opposite? I'm free. I'm free. I could go in any direction.

And then I realized that the feeling of being stuck was torture and that I could shift the feeling. So it always starts. What am I thinking? I'm thinking I'm stuck. I'm stuck. There's nowhere to go. That causes suffering. What's the opposite? I'm free. I'm free. I could go in any direction.

And then find a way in which that may be true, even if you just find one little mote of it in what looks like a sea of pain. Once I got on a plane and I was at the airport and this guy started talking to me. He was a professional hockey player. He said, here's the thing. The net is small and the goalie is big in hockey, but you can't ever look at the goalie.

And then find a way in which that may be true, even if you just find one little mote of it in what looks like a sea of pain. Once I got on a plane and I was at the airport and this guy started talking to me. He was a professional hockey player. He said, here's the thing. The net is small and the goalie is big in hockey, but you can't ever look at the goalie.

And then find a way in which that may be true, even if you just find one little mote of it in what looks like a sea of pain. Once I got on a plane and I was at the airport and this guy started talking to me. He was a professional hockey player. He said, here's the thing. The net is small and the goalie is big in hockey, but you can't ever look at the goalie.

You look at the five little spaces where the putt can go because where your eyes go, the putt goes. So get on the plane and the guy beside me says, I'm a whitewater rafter. And let me tell you, there are times when it just looks like all rocks and just a little tiny bit of water, but you never look at the rocks because where your eyes go, the boat goes. I was like, okay, something's happening.