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I know it's May 11th, but I'm looking forward to diving into this. I love the distinction you make between meaning and purpose, and Julie's addition below.

I'm going to go take a look at Zoe's post too, given the synchronicity. Thank you again, Jenna, for these packs. They are a labour of love and I feel so fortunate :)

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Jenna thanks again for your generosity around your packs! And I love what you have shared here about meaning getting mixed up with purpose. This is a really an important distinction and why I believe our culture has gone astray around this. For me meaning is not so much about how I manifest in the world or what I do. But how I understand, know, feel, sense and decode what I am experiencing. Not as some mental activity, but through my sensual kinesthetic physicality. If meaning does not go all the way through my body, I have not found the full meaning yet. Its an all sensory engagement.

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Meaning is not the same as purpose! Boom! Fantastic share, thank you so much Jenna, I nodded along every single sentence 😍

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Thank you, Laura!

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Apr 26Liked by Jenna Newell Hiott

Oh, again, Jenna, can‘t believe it, simply incredible, the synchronicity. If I ask you to go read my latest post, Choose your journey…, would you do me the favour? it‘s a multi-post post, in that 3 short texts, published separately, are interconnected on the theme of Connection, each short piece about connection to the outside world, then to the self, then to the transcendent and back to the world. A 4th piece does the meta reflection. What you are writing about meaning versus purpose, you have no idea just how relevant it is now, 6 am, awake since 3 am with thoughts over something… i think I‘ll DM you, even if not sure with what “purpose”…

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Oooooh...going to read your posts right now. I'm so intrigued!

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Wow, wow, wow! I'm blown away by this! Your posts reflect exactly this path of literal, inner, and symbolic. The World, The Self, The Mystery. I can't quite believe the synchronicity of this. Thank you so much for sharing your work with me. Really amazing. And, yes, please do DM me. We have MUCH to discuss! 🤗

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