By Nicolae Tanase – Excellence Reporter on June 7, 2025
Excellence Reporter is a unique, contemplative online journal and multimedia platform dedicated to exploring one of humanity’s most enduring questions: “What is the meaning of life?” Founded and curated by Nicolae Tanase, the publication has become a global forum for spiritual insight, philosophical inquiry, and personal reflection. Pierre was featured in his book ‘Love’.
There comes a moment—often quiet, sometimes brought on by chaos—when something deep within begins to stir. It might happen while staring up at a starlit sky, feeling small and infinite at once. Or during a long walk, when silence presses in and you begin to hear yourself. It may come in the form of discomfort, a restlessness with life as it is. Whatever the trigger, the moment itself is unmistakable. It is the first flicker of something ancient: the call to awaken to your cosmic purpose.
This is not about goals written on whiteboards, vision boards, or career maps. Your cosmic purpose has nothing to do with what you were told to become. It is not about fitting in, succeeding by society’s standards, or living the life others dream for you. It is far older and far deeper. It is the reason you incarnated here. The imprint your soul carried with it when it entered your body. The reason you feel a subtle ache when you ignore your inner voice and a strange, luminous peace when you finally follow it.
As the mystic poet Rumi wrote, “Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead, let life live through you.” This is the essence of awakening: allowing life—real life, not the illusion—to live through you. For most, this process starts not with clarity, but with a kind of holy discontent. The routines once comfortable become suffocating. Th e desires once thrilling now feel empty. The conversations, the job, even the goals—they feel disconnected from the deeper current flowing beneath your life.
You are not broken. You are being summoned.
This inner shift can feel like a falling apart, but it is in fact a coming together. As Carl Jung observed, “The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.” And to become who you truly are, you must first strip away everything you’re not. You must peel back the layers of conditioning, fear, shame, and pretense. You must be willing to lose the life you planned so you can live the life that’s calling.
This is not a process of addition, but subtraction. Not about becoming more, but about becoming less—less distracted, less programmed, less afraid. It requires courage, because you will have to disappoint others. You will have to say no to the familiar in order to say yes to the unknown. You will have to stand alone before you remember that you were never alone.
The first step is presence. Not the kind you perform in meditation apps or during yoga poses, but raw presence—the willingness to be with what is, without flinching. In stillness, truth begins to surface. And in that truth lies your cosmic purpose—not as a neatly defined job or mission statement, but as an energy, a direction, a knowing.
Your purpose might show up as a call to heal, to teach, to build, to nurture, to liberate, to express. It could be a quiet pull to protect the earth, or a loud push to shake the system. It may not look impressive to others. It might even look strange. That’s how you’ll know it’s real.
As the philosopher Lao Tzu wrote, “At the center of your being, you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.” But to reach the center, you must be willing to walk through the outer noise. You must learn to trust the whispers more than the shouts.
Trust is essential. Your cosmic purpose will not come with guarantees. It will not promise comfort. What it offers instead is alignment—between your soul and your steps. And when you walk in that alignment, you become a force. Your very presence begins to heal. Your actions ripple beyond what you can see. You start to remember that you are not separate from the universe, but an expression of it.
This remembering is powerful. It unhooks you from the frantic race for validation. You begin to live not for applause, but from integrity. As spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle reminds us, “You are not in the universe. You are the universe, expressing itself as a human for a little while.” When you live from that knowing, your life becomes sacred. Not because of external achievement, but because of internal alignment.
The path of awakening is not linear. Some days you’ll feel divinely guided. Other days, you’ll feel lost and doubt-ridden. This is natural. There are cycles in the cosmos and there are cycles in your soul. Trust them. Some seasons are for vision, some for action, and others for rest. Don’t confuse stillness for stagnation. Often, your purpose reveals itself most clearly in the quiet.
You are not here to fix the world, but to bring your light into it. That light may be soft or fierce, solitary or public, creative or revolutionary. Don’t compare your fire to another’s. All flames serve. As Martha Graham once said to a young dancer struggling with comparison, “There is a vitality, a life force, an energy… that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique.” The world doesn’t need another copy. It needs the original frequency only you can emit.
So how do you continue walking this path? With attention. With intention. With the humility to listen and the bravery to act. Let your inner compass, not the culture’s clock, guide you. Be willing to pause often, recalibrate when needed, and shed what no longer aligns. Be curious. Be honest. Be kind. Be fierce. Be awake.
And most importantly, be patient. Your cosmic purpose is not a destination but a relationship. It unfolds over time. It evolves as you evolve. It deepens as you deepen. The work is not to find it, but to become it—to embody it with your choices, your presence, your breath.
In the end, your purpose is not separate from you. It is not out there waiting to be discovered like a hidden treasure. It is within you, waiting to be remembered. Waiting to be lived. Every moment you choose truth over comfort, soul over ego, love over fear—you are living it.
As the Buddha said, “Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.”
Awakening to your cosmic purpose is not something only mystics, monks, or poets do. It is available to all who are willing to listen to their own life more deeply. It doesn’t require a temple, just attention. It doesn’t need a guru, just inner honesty. The only real requirement is willingness—the willingness to see clearly, to feel fully, and to live truly.
The universe didn’t make a mistake when it created you. You are not random. You are not small. You are not late. You are exactly where you need to be to begin. And once you begin, the entire cosmos conspires to support your becoming.
Wake up, and remember who you are.
Excellence Reporter 2025
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