What's the real reason why you're here? In today's episode, we're going to be talking about the real

reason why we're here from a spiritual perspective. And when I say here, I mean, in this life,

on this planet, in this plane of existence, with these people, with this family, with this set of

friends, with this career, with these opportunities, these setbacks, these hardships, with

these particular challenges. Why do we inherit these circumstances? Why weren't we born in a more

abundant society or in a poorer society? Why weren't we abandon as children? Or why do we

inherit this massive family? Why were we adopted or not adopted? Whatever your circumstance is,

you probably wonder, what is this all about? What is this here to teach me? Or what is this here

to help me experience? And that's what we're going to talk about in today's episode, the real

reason why you're having the experiences that you're having in this life. Now, before we get into it,

my name is Light Watkins.

I started this channel, the spiritual perspective, to help people who identify a spiritual or

spiritually curious to navigate tricky life situations and curiosities. And the intention is for

this channel to be an on-ramp to understanding how we can integrate the spiritual perspective with living a

successful life. And this topic is, I think, one of the most common questions people ask in those

quiet hours of the night, especially when things are not going well, especially if you just

got a diagnosis or if you lost something significant or if you find yourself on the

brink of a nervous breakdown you start wondering what is this all about why am i even here how do i

make sense of all this stuff that's happening and there are two different levels of understanding

and they're going to appear to contradict one another. On one hand, we have what's called the

surface level of understanding. And at the surface, that's where things tend to appear chaotic and

or disconnected. That's where you get stories about betrayal and loss and confusion and corruption

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