10 challenges stopping you from reaching next-level brilliance
In part one, I shared 10 indicators that show whether you are truly ready for next-level brilliance in all areas of your life. For those that recognised themselves within the words, you also have challenges that are preventing you from knowing which way really is forward.
Let’s now consider those 10 areas, to name but a few.
1. You have chased success all your life, just as we have been taught to and driven towards. the goals and ambitions have always been outside yourself, externally oriented – that’s why internal satisfaction can never be reached fully. Self-development and mindset can only take you so far. Options for different directions have not been forthcoming. You hold a deep frustration of the continual seeking.
2. Instead, the move must be towards mastery, which is self-contained and internally anchored, whilst still living the mystery of life. How to find the hidden source of your own innate intelligence and brilliance? What happens when our minds get in the way and logic kicks in? There seem to be few resources to assist in this direction.
3. Participating in life has mainly been about doing for you, stepping back just to be can prove challenging at times, yet you have learned the hard way how necessary this is. It is the balance between the two that seems so elusive, there’s so much you want to get into and bring forward.
4. You have always had trouble focusing your energy on just one thing; whilst multitasking is completely natural to you, it can be challenging to complete projects before moving on. Shiny Object Syndrome has been a trait whilst you continued to search for something that would finally fulfill you. It never has. You’ve been looking in the wrong direction.
5. You dread getting burnout or a serious health challenge. There is some element of denial in there, are we not as invincible as we were in our twenties? Who would you be if you could not work? how would you cope with the boredom? where would the meaning of who you are remain?
6. You fear for the future of humanity and feel an unexplainable deep level of responsibility. It is a rocky road ahead until at least mid-2023 as old systems crumble. Yearning to know what you’re here for in this lifetime, it’s something bigger than your achievements to date. What is it that will contribute to the evolvement of life on earth, perhaps even something unseen and not acknowledged by most?
7. The deeper meaning of life burns a hole in your heart with a yearning to understand. It’s one of the reasons you’ve kept so busy, it saves you from confronting your own immortality and the desperate fear of not leaving the legacy you came here to embed. However much you read and learn on the subject, you can’t feel it inside you, like there is a disconnect.
8. Boredom ranks highly in your fear factors. Another reason to continually be busy, yet the satisfaction which comes from your work, family, and life, in general, is waning. It feels like an itch you cannot scratch, always niggling away with irritation you cannot find The Thing to alleviate your own discomfort.
9. Part of you wonders what it would be like just to let it all go. The achievements and accolades, the wealth and relationships. What would be left of you if none of that existed? Would you even like yourself, or can you feel an inner rising of fear as I suggest it? It is a huge challenge for successful people to envisage being empty and not ‘in use’. Quite terrifying really.
10. Your childhood quirkiness has been hidden for too long. Those elements of your personality which were conditioned out of you as a kid remain in the background. They are part of the key to unlocking your next level, but it unnerves you to think how others would react if they knew the real you. You are not sure yourself if you are ready to face them, perhaps considering them as your inner demons, kept safely under lock and key, not to be seen. The challenge is to know how to unlock the power contained within them.
If eight or more of these challenges have stirred you into agitation, then you are ready to face the truth – of what lies behind them and what the solution is to release the burdens. Only you can decide if you want them to remain suppressed or are ready to find freedom from the shackles of your own mind.
I trust this two-part series has given you food for thought on where you are at in your life and what the future looks like – a repeat of the past or eager for a fresh perspective on life. Follow the trail to find the next steps. I wish you well on your journey, you have stepped onto the path of realisation.
Josephine Sorciere opens the door for extraordinary people to lay claim to their source of brilliance. Unraveling the mystery of your own mind remains elusive, it is time to crack the encryption of your enigma. For those ready to explore, you are invited to a complimentary 5-day online retreat to discover more about yourself on the pathway you already to take.