The Lightworker’s Path

The terms lightworker and life purpose are intimately woven together. Understanding the meaning of the word lightworker can help you to unlock the secrets of your life’s purpose. It can also bring great advantages in living the most fulfilling life that you can.
In its simplest form, you could say that a lightworker is a person who works for the light, or whose intention it is to bring more light and love into the world. At its highest level, it refers to a person who is divinely inspired by God to devote his or her life to making the world a better place.
Many people function as lightworkers, and don’t even know it. To help you better understand this, we can identify three primary levels at which lightworkers function. Understanding these 3 levels can help you a great deal in identifying your life’s purpose. It will also empower your experience, if you already know what your purpose is.
All three of these levels are necessary and important in the world. By understanding them and knowing how you function in relation to each one, you can achieve greater clarity about what you are doing with your life overall, when it comes to your life’s purpose.
Level One
Level One is perhaps the most common level. This is a level where people who are basically positive make a concerted effort to bring more happiness and peace into their surrounding environment.
This level consists of people who are primarily concerned with acting as a positive force in the lives of people they know. They bring a healing, loving, empathic energy to those they come in contact with.
They tend to be forgiving in nature and are great listeners. They are likely to pray for others, and extend their good wishes for the welfare of others wherever they go.
Lightworkers who function at this level do not necessarily connect their professions or lifestyles to things that are spiritually oriented. However they bring an elevating energy and higher standard of caring and love into their professions. They are truly great people who generally uplift everyone around them, and act as a positive force in people’s lives.
Is there a downside to this level?
There is only one small downside to functioning only at this level. And this does not apply to everyone, but only to a select few. It applies to those who know that they are meant to function at a more comprehensive level than where they are today, but are afraid to do so due to fears and sensitivities.
The downside to this, if you feel you are capable of more and have a higher calling than your current way of life, occurs when you attempt to rationalize that your presence and energy in your current situation is all that you need to offer the world. Of course this is a positive thing for others, but you may have to live with the nagging feeling that you are not reaching your full potential.
Level Two
This level is much more comprehensive than level one, and includes people who have made it a profession (either part or full time) to do something practical and meaningful to help others. It also includes those who volunteer in order to help others who are less fortunate.
People who function at this level may not refer to themselves as lightworkers, but they serve that purpose nonetheless.
Some examples of common professions that are loaded with lightworkers are caregivers, health care workers, rescue workers of all kinds, artists of all kinds, teachers, therapists, public servants, and many more. In general, these people have devoted their lives to helping others to cope with the many difficult situations that people and animals face in living on planet Earth. These wonderful souls live to promote the overall betterment of humanity.
Those who volunteer and/or donate money to positive causes that better the lives of others are also level two lightworkers.
Spiritual and Personal Development
There is an additional category of level two lightworkers. This consists of people who make a focused attempt to help others expand their consciousness and evolve spiritually in some way. Many of these people are involved in metaphysical professions such as angel card readers, astrologers, healers, and intuitive counselors.
This category also includes people who assist others with their personal growth and development, such as life coaches. It basically includes anyone who is devoted to helping others succeed in life, and reach their highest potential physically and spiritually.
Level Three
Level three is the level of trailblazers. These are the people who are willing to promote radical change in collective thought, in a way that furthers our planetary evolution as a species in highly positive ways.
These people are divinely inspired and are willing to challenge the status quo of thinking. They are led by an inner strength that comes with the pure knowing of a far greater potential for humanity.
Such individuals are placed upon this Earth as leaders, by a divine unseen hand of love that is likely connected to the larger stewardship of our planet’s evolution. The most important thing to note about such individuals is that they always operate from the highest context of love for our planet, and love for all who reside here.
How can we each benefit from being aware of all three levels?
All three of these levels are absolutely necessary to our planet’s evolution. Each serves an important function and one is not better than the other. We need all three. In fact, there are countless people functioning as lightworkers at level one, who are doing very important work that may not fall into the professional category of level two. Yet these people are incredibly important because they bring their light to so many other areas of life, where it is desperately needed.
In reality, these 3 levels integrate beautifully with one another, and many people actually operate at more than one level simultaneously. In fact, the only reason to separate the path of the lightworker into three different levels is to provide clarity of purpose to anyone who might benefit from that understanding.
The truth is that once you are well on the road to fulfilling your life’s purpose as a lightworker, you are not likely to be thinking about these levels at all.
So you can look at these different levels as a tool to further your own understanding of where you are in your own life. Once you feel confident and at peace with your choices, you don’t have to reference them any further. In a natural sense, such things are not so easily divided.
Here is an example of what I mean by that. We often talk about our bodies, minds, and emotions as three separate things. Yet, when we feel in harmony with ourselves on every level, there is no need to view ourselves in this way. When all is harmonious, we experience the actual wholeness of our beings.
But when we feel confused, in pain, or out of harmony in some way, we may naturally separate our view of ourselves into these three parts, in order to better understand what is going on. When we feel well again, we stop focusing on one area over another. We feel whole again.
Likewise, if we are suffering from confusion or doubt about our life’s purpose, it can be helpful to separate our view into these three different levels of understanding. We can look at each level and ascertain where we are in relation to any of them. Then it is easier to see if we want to stay where we are, or make changes.
The important thing to remember is that it is always your choice to participate in your life’s purpose at whatever level you want. You are free to incorporate all of them, or just one. Just remember that all are needed, so wherever you naturally find yourself to be, you exist as an important and necessary contributing force of love on this planet.
Do you find these ideas helpful in gaining more clarity about where you are in life, and where you’d like to be? Share your thoughts with me in the comments below!
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Yes, this does help to clarify the different levels of Lightworkers.
Sometimes, when explained in simpler terms it can be easier to recognize the different identities of Lightworkers.
Thank You for all Your emails on interesting information to Us.
Sincerely, B
Betty, I’m glad you found this helpful. I think it helps to feel like you know where you are in life if you break it down into smaller, more easily identifiable parts. The neat thing about these levels is that you can reference them if you need to, and forget about them when you don’t. I see it as a simple tool to make things easier.
Thankyou,this is how I feel,I’m at level 2 working my way to 3
Lot’s of love&blessings always
That’s awesome, Cynthia. Level 3 is the one where you really have to believe in yourself and your message. At that level, it’s important to give up judging yourself by the opinions of others. Especially if you are bringing up something challenging and new.
I’m sending you tons of love and encouragement to reach your fullest potential as a beautiful lightworker! 🙂
Thank you. Just yesterday I asked a Lightworker these questions. Today confirmation came from you. My life has been a beautiful journey in prayer and healing work with others. I Am in Love with Life and so Grateful for each day of Love and Service in my 81 year Journey. Namaste ♡♡♡
Winnie, this is very beautiful! 81 years of wisdom – how awesome is that! I love your attitude and the fact that you are so positive in sharing the love. Sending you many blessings of love and light 🙂
Thank you first and foremost for the love and positive force which you pass on to all of us
You’re very welcome, Barbara. Thank you for your kind thoughts!
Thank you for clarifying this! It doesnt make a difference to me where i function, just that i am kind and help all beings that need it!
That’s beautiful, Debi! What more could we ask for? Thank you 🙂
That’s interesting and describes very much want I do. No. 1 very much so, I’m very positive and send out loving thoughts to people and have angels go and protect and comfort them. I also feel so at one with the universe, I send out abundance of love to the universe in the morning and at night when the moon is shining. Just never thought of myself as a lightworker, I just do what I do.
Wow – Mim, you also sound like an angel to me. It’s beautiful that this is so natural for you. 🙂
Wonderful reading I have been lost to be honest over worked very depressed I never had time off work but I took time off to build up my energy. Now after a month off work I feel wonderful at peace with my self so thank you for your messages of love and inspiration xxxx
I’m so glad you got that much needed time off, Veronica. And I’m happy that you enjoyed this perspective on lightworkers. Sending you peace and light!
Wow! This is so inspiring, especially reading everyone’s comments! I feel like I’ve been bringing light into my own life and to the people around me more and more every day. I also feel like I am here to do a lot more and reading this is really inspiring me to take it to a higher level.
It’s so beautiful what you wrote about artists. I feel like all I have really wanted, all my life, through creating and sharing music and through connecting with people, is to help make this world a better place – one of truth, light and beauty like we all know in our hearts that it is meant to be.
Thank you!
I love your second paragraph here, Avalon. A simple vision, spoken from the heart. If I were you, I would put all my attention on remembering this very sincere feeling about contributing your music. 🙂
Hi Saratoga,
This is so enlightening, I really had to reflect on it for a bit. I never thought of myself as a Lightworker. I have been at the first level, and am now expanding more by focusing on my purpose here. It is so true that service is the thread that runs through all of these levels. To write uplifting and inspiring verse to help others get more attuned to nature and themselves would be my first wish. This is a very exciting time, I look forward to your book coming out. I’m now creating something most everyday with a goal in sight, thank you and Telstar for all of your Loving support and inspiration!
Barb, it’s funny but when people start to connect with themselves as lightworkers with a purpose, they are automatically filled with a vision of nature, love, and beauty in the world. It really is who we are.
And since you mentioned the new book, I’ll let you know that it’s almost ready. So I will hopefully be announcing something within the next few weeks. 🙂 xoxo
Making helpful intent towards others is life’s greatest gift…I find that making positive changes within, giving inspiration to others, caring and nurturing all living things brings; Joy, happiness and love. Infinite love and blessings, Kim
Spoken like a true angel, Kim!
Hi Saratoga,
I so much enjoyed reading this! I never thought about Light Workers in this way. As I was reading this I kept feeling how wonderful it is to have these beautiful beautiful all over the world. Like a symphony of orchestra players covering the planet. It makes me so happy, and it also helped me think of these beautiful people instead of the bad things that are happening on our earth. In my minds eye it was as though i was out in space and could see all of these beautiful lights covering our planet… truly “Light Workers”..
This also helped me clarify where i currently stand of the 3 levels. I would have to say 1 and 2. I do love uplifting people, and I am also an Energy Healer.
Thanks again.This was just lovely.
Kathleen
I love this perspective, Kathleen! You’re so right. It’s so easy to get preoccupied with all of the negative things happening on our planet. But what a beautiful way to look at it from a higher place. An orchestra of lightworkers blanketing the globe with love and divine light. Love it! Thank you for sharing this 🙂
Appears to be a very beautiful path ~
Yes, I really think it is, Debi 🙂
Thank you Saratoga! Love and blessings♡
You are a blessing to all of us!
Thank you so much, Barbara. Love and hugs to you!
Truly, this Blog helps me understand deeply of myself.
After early retirement (from disability) as a social worker, I spent several years volunteering and taking on increasingly demanding roles. The last three significant ecological leadership efforts (probably level three in your schema) COMPLETELY wore me out, body, mind, and soul. Eight months later I have barely begun to recover, although my husband and I both have taken a break from further volunteer roles. Is this common?
The least successful effort left me questioning my faith in the goodness of people. Although the subsequent two efforts WERE successful in motivating positive behavior change in my group, they have failed to restore my hope and faith for humanity. What to do next?