Sebastian, an ascended master, teaches us how to overcome the imposter syndrome by honoring ourselves and anchoring our goals to an aspirational soul centered purpose.
The blog post Sebastian references in this video is: Honoring Ourselves to Overcome the Imposter Syndrome.
What does aspirational goal setting have to do with the imposter syndrome?
The guides first spoke of aspirational goal setting in the blog, How Do I Answer the Question, ‘What Should I Do With My life?’ In this post, the guides teach that long term goals should be aspirational, whereas, short term goals should be more specific. When we ask kids (or ourselves), what do you want to do when you grow up and expect an answer like, “I want to be a doctor” or something similar, we are actually teaching a suboptimal way to set goals. If we encouraged creating long-term goals that were more aspirational, like “I want to help people heal,” then the specificity of what needs to be done in the short term to reach that aspirational soul-centered purpose will be revealed over time.
I asked the guides for a message about aspirational goal setting for this newsletter and below is what they had to say. As with the convention with the blog, in italics is exactly what I hear in my head from the guides.
Seraphim: This is a good discussion to have in light of the message about overcoming imposter syndrome. Understand that you experience the imposter syndrome precisely because you have yet to anchor yourself to an aspirational soul-centered purpose.
So, the first thing we want to teach you is what is aspiration. Aspiration is the whispers of your soul and the desires of your heart. Again, we will repeat that because it is very important. To set aspirational goals is to listen to the whispers of your soul and the desires of your heart.
So, why is the answer “I want to be a doctor” not a good long term goal? Yes, we understand that it takes several years to become a doctor, but that is besides the point. Saying you want to be a doctor is not a good long term goal because it is rigid, and it might surprise you when we say that it limits how far you can go. Why is it limiting? It is limiting precisely because you are anchoring yourself to a system of hierarchy and validation that is pervasive on the Earth plane. For some, becoming a doctor might be their biggest possibility, but for you, becoming a doctor might lead you to a lower timeline than what you are capable of.
This example also shows why goal setting in this manner is rigid. You are dictating to the universe a system of hierarchy that may be incompatible with what you signed up for. That is, when you set goals in this manner, you are almost setting yourself up NOT to find your biggest possibility. Do you see this?
It might surprise you when we say that the imposter syndrome is a gift and recognizing it is an opportunity for a quantum leap. How come? It is a gift because it allows you to pause and recalibrate yourself so that YOU CAN find the biggest possibility of you. It is an opportunity for a quantum leap because when you take responsibility for your soul fragmentation AND you are grateful for that soul fragmentation, it almost always inevitably catapults you to a quantum leap.
We thank Sebastian for this message, and we thank this channel for listening to the whispers of her soul so that we can append the message with our knowing. And so it is.
