Let me share an example of a persistent desire that happened to me. I now recognize it as one of the big spiritual communication methods I went through to get me to change direction and get on my right life course.
I grew up in a religious home. In our religion, we used prayer as our primary spiritual communication method to talk to God. We also had another spiritual communication tool for direct communication with God and it was called "the priesthood." The priesthood was given to men and with this, a man was able to get direct information from God.
The priesthood seemed to be magical to me. It gave a man the ability to receive direct communication from the Almighty. Women didn't have the priesthood so if they wanted direct answers or guidance, they were supposed to go to God's intermediary; her father, husband, or church leader, such as her Bishop.
As I got older, this concept of men having a direct channel to God didn't make sense. There were too many incidences where I could see it wasn't true. It also didn't seem right. “If God loves us all, then how could God leave half of his creation, women, out of a this process?”
I was told to have faith and just accept it. I tried. But over the years, no matter what I did and no matter what anyone else did or said, I could not suppress my thoughts, feelings, and logic about women having to go through an intermediary for direct guidance. I felt very strongly about this and my strong feelings about this seemed to grow over the years. I became almost consumed with angst over women's role and worth. The majority of my thoughts, ideas, feelings, writings, and conversations centered around women; equality, power, education, economics, women and God, etc. No matter what I did, or how strongly I felt, my feelings about women's role vs men's role, especially when it came to matters of spirituality, were in conflict with my religion.
The more I tried to suppress my feelings and comply with Church doctrine, the more angst I felt. I eventually got to the point I knew I had to choose between my religion or feelings & logic. I left my religion.
I now recognize this process of my growing angst, along with all those persistent thoughts, desires, and feelings, were part of what was a "persistent desire.” This persistent desire was part of a spiritual communication process set up from my Higher Self to help pull me on a life path and course I needed to take. By staying on the path I was on (following the Church doctrine), I would not achieve my life purpose goals I had set up prior to being born. This persistant desire could not and would not be suppressed. It was a method to help me overcome the societal barriers I was surrounded by and had to climb over.
A persistent desire is usually a strong feeling with an abundance of internal thoughts and desires that keep pulling a person back in a certain direction. It is almost as if the person is tethered with a rope wrapped around him/her and he/she is continually being pulled to make a different choice. But what I find amazing, is that shortly after you make that "right" decision and get on your path, that pull and obsession since to evaporate. For me, shortly after I made the decision to leave the Church, my obsession to work on Women's issues and equality started to evaporate. It was as almost as if my Higher Self was releasing me from that obsession and letting me know my path was something else entirely, which I will write about in a later blog.
Persistent desires are a form of spiritual communication. It a method your Higher Self will use to get you to make the right decision for YOU. It is a spiritual communication method used to motivate you to overcome the societal factors that may be preventing you from following your heart or listening to your inner voice. The process of a persistent desire helps assure you choose the life path you need to be on.
For more information, see
- John UK's information about Persistent Desires
- Finding Your Life Purpose
- Planning and Programming Your Life Prior to Being Born
- What is Your Higher Self?
- Learning to Trust Your Feelings
- Making Decisions
