Celestial Roommates Drama
You know that feeling when your phone’s GPS says you’ve arrived at your destination, but you’re really looking at an empty tire factory instead of the five-star restaurant you were promised? That’s pretty much how your ego and your soul are connected. One confidently says it knows exactly where you are on life’s map, while the other quietly holds the real coordinates. Neither seems very interested in comparing navigation systems.
Many spiritual teachings say that this inner dialogue is a mystical connection with guardian angels or spirit guides who are just out of sight. The truth is both simpler and much more complicated: you’re mostly talking to yourself. Not the “you” who has trouble filling out tax forms and wonders if the milk in the fridge is still good, but the eternal you, the soul-you, the part of you that is not limited by your current Netflix subscription or physical body.
Identity Crisis 101
Your ego is like a smart computer program made up of your genes, childhood trauma, and that one time in third grade when you called your teacher “Mom” and everyone laughed. It is the sum of all the things you think make you who you are.
In the meantime, your soul is in a metaphysical movie theater, eating cosmic popcorn and watching your life unfold. This soul doesn’t feel time the same way you do. For them, your Tuesday morning existential crisis and your deathbed epiphany might be happening at the same time, like trying to watch all the seasons of a TV show at once without hitting the “play” button.
The best part? Your soul chose this life experience, including your body, your situation, and your strange fear of garden gnomes, as a kind of cosmic field trip. They basically programmed this simulation, which is a lot like making a character in The Sims who likes to hurt themselves, just to find out what it’s like to be you.
The Silent Majority
A lot of people never talk to their soul, which is like living in a house for decades without knowing there’s a whole floor above you. This isn’t always a flaw in the design; it is often done on purpose. These people are here to live their lives according to their programming, which gives their souls exactly the information they need without having to think about it.
These people don’t lack souls; their souls have just chosen the “do not disturb” option for this lifetime. They are here to do certain things, feel certain things, and generally add to the cosmic tapestry without having to think about their own existence.
When Souls Answer Back
Some people have been able to connect with their soul throughout history, like a WhatsApp chat between different dimensions. People have called their soul by many names, such as “that weird voice that told me not to invest in cryptocurrency in 2022,” “higher self,” “inner guide,” or “divine spark.”
When this kind of communication happens, it’s because your soul has chosen to let you know something. You might need help figuring out your purpose, or maybe your soul just likes watching you try to explain these talks to your therapist.
Cosmic Information Embargo
Congratulations if you’ve made this soul connection and are now fighting with it! You’re arguing with yourself across different dimensions, which is a lot more impressive than arguing with yourself in the shower.
Your soul only tells you what you need to know, like a cosmic intelligence agency with very good intentions. It will only show you what you need to know right now. Getting more information is like trying to get your cat to explain quantum physics. It won’t work because your cat has decided you’re not ready for that talk.
It may seem like your soul is lying when it doesn’t give you information. It’s not lying; it’s just learning how to manage spiritual information. It’s like parental controls for spiritual knowledge. You might want to know the lottery numbers for next week or if your ex still thinks about you, but your soul is more interested in whether you’ve learned how to be nice to yourself on bad days.
The Cosmic Purpose Paradox
Your soul put you here for a reason that is both simple and very complicated: to experience. The universal consciousness collects data on every feeling, every victory, and every time you stub your toe and come up with new swear words.
Some people think of this as The Book of Life, but it’s more like an infinite cosmic library where each soul adds its own experiences. When you finally let go of your body, everything you’ve ever done, felt, and even that time you thought fedoras were cool will be available to the collective consciousness. It doesn’t get judged or rated; it just exists as knowledge.
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As for your specific purpose? That’s between you and your soul – and it’s not something you can force into existence like trying to make sourdough bread during a pandemic. Some souls are here to guide, others to create chaos, and some just to experience what it’s like to be particularly good at making spreadsheets.
This existence operates on contrasts: love and hate, joy and suffering, enlightenment and watching reality TV marathons. You cannot truly appreciate light without understanding darkness. Some people exist to create one side of these equations, while others manifest the opposite – all so the collective can experience the full spectrum.
You can’t go out and find your purpose like it’s the last PS5 in stock. You’re already looking in the wrong direction if you’re asking what your purpose is. When you stop trying to impress purpose with your resume, it finds you. It’s already written into who you are, no matter how big or small it seems.
And here’s the twist: your “realization” of your purpose might be part of your purpose. What you think is your calling right now might just be the first step on a longer journey. Purpose is more about becoming than reaching a goal.
Action vs. Being
But don’t get purpose and action mixed up. You don’t have to start a Fortune 500 company or lead a revolution to find your purpose. It could be something inside you that changes the way everyone around you acts in small ways.
For some, purpose shows itself in actions that make the news and go down in history. For others, it’s the quiet power of being true to themselves in a world that pushes people to fit in. Both are correct in the cosmic accounting system.
You – your ego – may want to be the next YouTube sensation or the reason why a specific law had to be included in every country’s constitution. But if your soul has other plans for your existence in this world, then you will only be met with frustration and continue to feel empty even after you achieve your goal. Conversely, if your life’s goal is to do absolutely nothing but stain the front of your shirt with Dorito dust while bing-watching every new series released on Netflix and your soul is expecting your to be the next Nikola Tesla, then again, your are only going to be met with frustration and emptiness.
But the key is to stop looking for purpose like it’s the ice cream truck of wisdom. Allow it to come to you. You already know what it is, deep down, under all the expectations of society and that strange dream you had last Tuesday. Before you got here, your soul made sure of that.
So the next time you and your soul fight about what career to choose or whether that person is your soulmate, keep in mind that you’re really fighting with yourself across dimensions. And much like trying to win an argument with a mirror, the only real outcome is the realization that you’ve been talking to yourself all along.
When you think about it, that’s kind of the point.
