“How do I know if I am called to explore my purpose? How can I discern the wisdom of my soul from the rationalizations of my mind?” If these are questions you are asking yourself, this episode might be for you. Star Wars is a great modern myth through which we can understand how the soul calls out to us. Accompany us as we explore the story of Luke Skywalker, as he heeds the call and learns the ways of the mysterious Force. Niharika Sanyal and I explore several insights into the journey of soul initiation and the challenges therein. We also discuss some key takeaways for seekers who are at the brink of their own adventure. Find out more about Pauli at paulisaari.com. Find out more about Niharika at instagram.com/niharika.sanyal/. Paulis youtube channel: youtube.com/channel/UCLN3TYewnco8NH61gX0f8lg. Free purpose discovery webinar video: paulisaari.com/webinar. Free purpose discovery meditation: paulisaari.com/free-meditation.

Our great myths often deal with the hero's journey. The Lord of the Rings is a great example of such a myth. In this episode I take a look at how this story is connected to the topic of life purpose, and I do this together with a fellow purpose guide, Niharika Sanyal. I really enjoyed this conversation. I hope that you will too! Find out more about Niharika at instagram.com/niharika.sanyal/. Find out more about Pauli at paulisaari.com. Paulis youtube channel: youtube.com/channel/UCLN3TYewnco8NH61gX0f8lg. Free purpose discovery webinar video: paulisaari.com/webinar.

I was recently featured on Mellissa Seamans podcast, the Channel Your Genius podcast, and I’d like to share that interview here as well. In the episode we talk about how to translate our grand visions into something much more realistic, something that we actually can achieve in one lifetime. We also talk about what purpose is and what it isn't, about mythopoetic identity and about obstacles to purpose discovery and how to overcome them. Finally, we also discuss the process of connecting to ones soul in order to discover ones purpose. I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation. I hope that you will too! Find out more about Mellissa at channelyourgenius.com. Listen to more episodes of the Channel Your Genius podcast at channelyourgenius.com. About Pauli: Pauli Saari is a purpose guide, and as such he helps you, an experienced spiritual seeker who is turning your attention from the inner work to the outer work, to get to a place where you are fully engaged in contributing towards a better world in a way that feels deeply meaningful to you. Find out more at paulisaari.com. Free purpose discovery meditation: paulisaari.com/free-meditation.

In the latest episode of The Life Purpose Podcast I talk to Stuart Davis. Stuart is a writer, director, actor, comedian, podcaster and songwriter. He has recorded more than 15 albums, and made TV shows like Sex, God and Rock’n’roll and The Stuart Davis show. In our conversation we talk about purpose in the context of being a creative artist. In the first part of the conversation we talk about the fundamental creativity of the universe, about how our calling usually tends to lead us outside of our comfort zone, and about the somewhat surprising direction where his purpose has taken him recently. In this part of the conversation we talk about mythopoetic identity, how to actively connect to the imaginal realm, and about how to find ones purpose. I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation. I hope that you will too! Find out more about Stuart at stuartdavis.com and at theliminalmuse.com. You can find Stuarts podcast, Aliens and Artists, at aliensandartists.com. If you want to check out The Experiencer Group, go to experiencergrouplab.com. About Pauli: Pauli Saari is a purpose guide, and as such he helps you, an experienced spiritual seeker who is turning your attention from the inner work to the outer work, to get to a place where you are fully engaged in contributing towards a better world in a way that feels deeply meaningful to you. Find out more at paulisaari.com. Free online workshop about purpose discovery: paulisaari.com/webinar.

In this episode I talk to Stuart Davis. Stuart is a writer, director, actor, comedian, podcaster and songwriter. He has recorded more than 15 albums, and made TV shows like Sex, God and Rock’n’roll and The Stuart Davis show. In our conversation we talk about purpose in the context of being a creative artist. Among other things, we talk about the fundamental creativity of the universe, about how our calling usually tends to lead us outside of our comfort zone, and about the somewhat surprising direction where his purpose has taken him recently. I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation. I hope that you will too! Find out more about Stuart at stuartdavis.com and at theliminalmuse.com. You can find Stuarts podcast, Aliens and Artists, at aliensandartists.com. If you want to check out The Experiencer Group, go to experiencergrouplab.com. About Pauli: Pauli Saari is a purpose guide, and as such he helps you, an experienced spiritual seeker who is turning your attention from the inner work to the outer work, to get to a place where you are fully engaged in contributing towards a better world in a way that feels deeply meaningful to you. Find out more at paulisaari.com. Free online workshop about purpose discovery: paulisaari.com/webinar.

In this episode you’ll get to hear the second part of my conversation with Tomas Björkman. If you didn’t already listen to the first part I recommend doing that first. In our conversation we look at purpose from the perspective of adult development. In the first part Tomas outlined three stages of purpose: unconscious purpose, conscious inherited purpose and chosen purpose, as well as three levels of chosen purpose: rational purpose, soul purpose and universal purpose. We discussed these stages from many different angles, and Tomas shared about how his sense of purpose has changed throughout his life and how that relates to the stages. In this part of the conversation we look at the questions of why purpose is important, what we can do in order to create a more purpose-infused society and what a world infused with purpose might look like. I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation. I hope that you will too! About Tomas Björkman: Tomas is a social entrepreneur, an applied philosopher and an author of three books: The Market myth, The Nordic Secret and, most recently, The World We Create: From God To Market. Tomas had a very successful career as a serial entrepreneur in banking, real estate, media and IT, and he is the founder of Investment Banking Partners AB. At a certain point he made the decision to sell his financial business and to take some time off to reflect on what he wanted to focus on during the second half of his life, and more specifically, what he wanted to do in order to make a difference in the world. He proceeded to co-found the Ekskäret foundation in Stockholm, with the aim to facilitate the co-creation of a more conscious and sustainable society. Find out more about him and his work at tomas-bjorkman.com About Pauli: Pauli Saari is a purpose guide, and as such he helps you, an experienced spiritual seeker who is turning your attention from the inner work to the outer work, to get to a place where you are fully engaged in contributing towards a better world in a way that feels deeply meaningful to you. Find out more at paulisaari.com. Free online workshop about purpose discovery: paulisaari.com/webinar.

In this episode I talk to Tomas Björkman: a social entrepreneur, an applied philosopher and an author. In our conversation we look at purpose from the perspective of adult development. Tomas outlines three stages of purpose: unconscious purpose, conscious inherited purpose and chosen purpose, as well as three levels of chosen purpose: rational purpose, soul purpose and universal purpose. We discuss these stages from many different angles, and Tomas shares about how his sense of purpose has changed throughout his life and how that relates to the stages. In the second part of the conversation, which will be published in a week or two, we look at the questions of why purpose is important, what we can do in order to create a more purpose-infused society and what a world infused with purpose might look like. I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation. I hope that you will too! More about Tomas: Tomas is the author of three books: The Market myth, The Nordic Secret and, most recently, The World We Create: From God To Market. Tomas had a very successful career as a serial entrepreneur in banking, real estate, media and IT, and he is the founder of Investment Banking Partners AB. At a certain point he made the decision to sell his financial business and to take some time off to reflect on what he wanted to focus on during the second half of his life, and more specifically, what he wanted to do in order to make a difference in the world. He proceeded to co-found the Ekskäret foundation in Stockholm, with the aim to facilitate the co-creation of a more conscious and sustainable society. Find out more about him and his work at tomas-bjorkman.com About Pauli: Pauli Saari is a purpose guide, and as such he helps you, an experienced spiritual seeker who is turning your attention from the inner work to the outer work, to get to a place where you are fully engaged in contributing towards a better world in a way that feels deeply meaningful to you. Find out more at paulisaari.com. Free online workshop about purpose discovery: paulisaari.com/webinar.

In this episode I talk to Tad Hargrave from Marketing for Hippies. Tad does beautiful work with helping life coaches, healers, holistic practitioners and other kinds of conscious entrepreneurs find ways of marketing that feel good to them and that actually help them bring in more clients at the same time. He doesn’t work specifically with purpose, but I ‘ve heard him say things at many occasions that I felt were very closely related to the topics that we’re exploring in this podcast, so I thought that it might be a good idea to have a conversation with him. And I am glad that I did, there are lots of gems in this episode. Among other things we talk about how there is a certain providence that comes into play when we follow the call despite not knowing where it will lead us. Tad shares about his own experiences of following the call and about how things often seem to fall in place in mysterious ways when he does that. We also talk about how our deepest wounds often are a doorway to our truest niche, and about a close encounter with death that was instrumental in helping Tad move towards a deeper trust in life. I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation. I hope that you will too! Find out more about Tad at marketingforhippies.com. About Pauli: Pauli Saari is a purpose guide, and as such he helps you, an experienced spiritual seeker who is turning your attention from the inner work to the outer work, to get to a place where you are fully engaged in contributing towards a better world in a way that feels deeply meaningful to you. Find out more at paulisaari.com. Free online workshop about purpose discovery: paulisaari.com/webinar.

In this episode you’ll get to hear the second part of my conversation with Bill Plotkin. If you didn’t already listen to the first part I recommend doing that first. In this part we explore the last two stages of the descent to soul, metamorphosis and enactment. We also have a look at the concept of sacred wounds, as well as the question of how to determine whether an experience was a true soul encounter. More about Bill: Bill has founded the Animas Valley Institute and he has guided thousands of women and men on the journey of soul initiation. He is the author of Soulcraft, Nature and the human soul, Wild Mind, and, most recently, The Journey Of Soul Initiation: A Field Guide For Visionaries, Evolutionaries And Revolutionaries. You can find out more about him and Animas Valley Institute at animas.org. Who is Pauli: Pauli Saari is a purpose guide, and as such he helps you, an experienced spiritual seeker who is turning your attention from the inner work to the outer work, to get to a place where you are fully engaged in contributing towards a better world in a way that feels deeply meaningful to you. Find out more at paulisaari.com. Free online workshop about purpose discovery: paulisaari.com/webinar.

In this episode I talk to depth psychologist and wilderness guide Bill Plotkin. We take a deep dive into the journey of soul initiation. We explore the five stages of descent to soul, and we also have a look at the practices that can help a person move more swiftly towards a soul encounter. A soul encounter, in Bills use of the term, essentially means the same as finding ones soul purpose. We also discuss the practices that support the process of integrating and embodying ones purpose into ones everyday life. I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation. I hope that you will too! More about Bill: Bill has founded the Animas Valley Institute and he has guided thousands of women and men on the journey of soul initiation. He is the author of Soulcraft, Nature and the human soul, Wild Mind, and, most recently, The Journey Of Soul Initiation: A Field Guide For Visionaries, Evolutionaries And Revolutionaries. You can find out more about him and Animas Valley Institute at animas.org. More about Pauli: Pauli Saari is a purpose guide, and as such he helps you, an experienced spiritual seeker who is turning your attention from the inner work to the outer work, to get to a place where you are fully engaged in contributing towards a better world in a way that feels deeply meaningful to you. Find out more at paulisaari.com. Free online workshop about purpose discovery: paulisaari.com/webinar.