“Why Do I Always Feel Like Something Is Missing From My Life?”

It’s a feeling that haunts us in the dead of the night, in the early hours of the morning, in the emptiness of large urban spaces, and even sometimes within groups of people:

The feeling that something is missing.

The yearning for deep connection.

The craving to fill the inner void.

I used to experience this feeling a lot growing up. I think it was the worst around other people, especially in situations where everyone was meant to feel joyful and happy, like birthdays or festive celebrations.

I don’t know if you experience that hollowness – this craving for something you can’t quite name – but if you do, please know you’re not alone.

In recent years, I’ve come to realize that this feeling that something is missing from life comes from feeling separated and disconnected.

“Separated from what?” you might wonder.

When you go to the root of this feeling, you see that it traces back to being separated from love. This is the essence of Soul Loss, of dissociation, of the Dark Night of the Soul.

Sure, that may sound corny. But I can assure you that it’s not.

The wound of separation appears in all of us to varying degrees.

For some of us, it comes through feeling invisible; for others, it comes through abandonment, betrayal, abuse, or neglect.

Sometimes the wound of separation just appears as feeling “not good enough,” “not made for this world,” or “like a loser who can’t fit in anywhere.”

If you’ve experienced a spiritual awakening or any type of transcendent glimpse into the deeper layers of reality, you’ll see what mystics have said since the dawn of time:

Our true nature is love.

Not eros (romantic) love, not philia (friendship) love, not storge (parental) love, but agape (unconditional love).

It’s a love that goes beyond the ego and one that unites us with all that is.

It’s a love that is open, curious, accepting, and compassionate – a love that is the essence of the Soul.

When I tap into that love through silence, stillness, nature immersion, and other means, I see that this is all that I’m searching for deep down.

The sense of emptiness, the sense that something is missing from my life, all trace back to that wound of disconnection from love.

I’m writing this as a reminder today. I wanted to keep this message simple.

Place a hand over your heart and invite your Deep Self to emerge. Ask it, “How can I return to love?” and wait for a response. This is one of the simplest forms of Ensoulment possible.

I think you’ll find the answer immensely illuminating.

That’s it for now.

With agape ♡