The Spiral Path of Soul Compass

Soul Compass illuminates the spiral path of self-discovery, where each turn deepens your understanding and growth. By listening to your Soul Calling, confronting fears, and crafting a dynamic Soul Vision, you transform challenges into steppingstones. This journey fosters clarity, courage, and alignment, empowering you to navigate life with resilience and trust.


Finding Clarity and Courage Within

Standing at the edge of an unmarked trail, the sunlight filters through the canopy, and the forest hums with life.

You clutch a compass, but it’s unlike any you’ve ever seen. Its needle doesn’t just point north—it shifts and dances, aligning with the pull of your heart, the weight of your fears, and the spark of your dreams.

This is the essence of Soul Compass—a guide that doesn’t promise a straight path but instead reveals the intricate dance of self-discovery and transformation.

The Call of the Compass

Life often brings us to crossroads, moments thick with uncertainty and possibility.

I remember standing at such a juncture, the noise of the world drowning out my inner voice. It was only in a still moment, hand on my heart, that I felt the faint whisper of my Soul Calling—a nudge toward something deeper and truer.

That whisper became my guide, shaping the framework of Soul Compass.

Soul Compass begins with a question: What is my Soul Calling? What truth stirs within me right now?

This simple yet profound inquiry anchors you, offering a moment of pause amid life’s chaos. Imagine the compass needle steadying as you focus inward, reconnecting with the quiet yet persistent call of your inner truth.

This is Soul Calling—the lighthouse that guides you through the fog.

Navigating Soul Paradox: The Bridge Over Turbulent Waters

As you follow your Soul Calling, resistance often arises.

This is the essence of Soul Paradox—the tension between your calling and the fears or beliefs that seem to hold you back. It’s like standing at the edge of a bridge spanning turbulent waters, unsure if the structure will hold.

But here’s the secret: the bridge isn’t something you cross—it’s something you build.

Each step forward lays another plank, supported by your willingness to face the tension rather than avoid it.

Fear of failure, doubt, and old narratives will surface, but they are not barriers.

They are materials for construction, shaping a bridge sturdy enough to carry you toward your vision.

Crafting Your Soul Vision: The Map in Golden Light

Once you’ve heard your calling and faced your paradox, the next step is to craft your Soul Vision.

Imagine a map drawn in golden light, not with rigid coordinates but with fluid markers shifting as you grow.

Soul Vision isn’t about achieving a fixed endpoint; it’s about creating a dynamic, living path that reflects your intentions and aspirations.

Consider a traveler who dreams of pursuing a creative passion but feels tethered by fear of instability. By tuning into their Soul Calling, they reconnect with the persistent pull toward creativity.

Navigating their Soul Paradox, they confront the fear of financial insecurity, acknowledging its presence without letting it dictate their path.

Their Soul Vision begins with small steps—a part-time project, a class, a conversation—each action lighting the way forward.

The Spiral Path: Moving Beyond the Linear

Unlike the rigid trajectory of destination-driven thinking, Soul Compass invites you to step onto a spiral path.

Picture your life as a spiral, each turn offering new perspectives on familiar challenges. The path isn’t about repetition but evolution—revisiting lessons from a higher vantage point, deepening your understanding, and integrating new insights.

Take a moment to reflect on a challenge you’ve faced more than once. Perhaps it’s a fear of taking risks or a recurring conflict in relationships.

Viewed through the lens of the spiral path, each encounter isn’t a failure but an opportunity to grow, to approach the same challenge with greater clarity and courage.

Living the Spiral

Soul Compass doesn’t promise an easy journey.

The spiral path is filled with challenges and uncertainties, but it’s also rich with possibility.

Each loop brings you closer to your truth, revealing layers of clarity and resilience you didn’t know you possessed.

Life’s challenges won’t disappear, but your ability to navigate them will transform.

As you hold your compass, remember: transformation isn’t a destination but a way of being.

The needle may waver, the path may twist, but each step forward is an act of courage, a testament to your trust in the journey.


The Spiral Path of Soul Compass is the fourth of four articles about the transformative process of Soul Compass. This series begins with Embrace Your Soul Calling.

Soul Compass: Navigate Life with Inner Truth and Vision is Cheryl’s new book. Find here a process to follow the call of your soul, resolve paradox, and thrive within aligned vision.

Find Cheryl’s books on her Amazon Author page.

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Cheryl Marlene
Cheryl Marlene is a pioneering guide in spiritual consciousness and the Akashic Records, blazing a new path for seekers ready to move beyond superficial answers. Her work is for those who desire unvarnished truth, deep transformation, and a profound connection to personal power. A mystic, futurist, and trailblazer, Cheryl expands the Akashic Records beyond outdated myths into a living, dynamic spiritual practice, uniting divine and human consciousness in profound healing. Through one-on-one Akashic Record sessions, research, and future-driven business consulting, she helps clients and visionaries uncover their soul’s wisdom and embrace their fullest potential. As the creator of the Akashic Records Intensive, the most comprehensive Akashic Records training, and author of Akashic Records Masterclass, Cheryl challenges the limits of what’s possible in spiritual innovation. Her students and clients know her as relatable, insightful, and unafraid of the raw and real aspects of deep work. When she’s not writing, Cheryl is on the hiking trail, listening to nature’s wisdom and exploring the heartbeat of the mountain. Through her journey, she has distilled her intention for life to these six words: Laugh. Learn. Love. Be. Become. Always.

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A mystic, futurist, and trailblazer in spiritual consciousness and the Akashic Records, Cheryl is unafraid of the tough, the raw, and the real aspects of doing deep work.

Cheryl has expanded the collective understanding of the Akashic Records beyond the outdated myths of yesterday into a dynamic healing spiritual practice of divine and human consciousness. She consults in the Akashic Records with clients around the world through one-on-one sessions, extensive research, and future-driven, strategic business development.

Cheryl’s clients and students know her as a relatable, funny, everyday person who loves red dresses, urban fantasy books, and skinny margaritas. When she is not hard at work on her next book, she is on the hiking trail listening to the beauty of nature and the heartbeat of the mountain.

Through her journey, she has distilled her intention for life to these seven words: BELIEVE. Laugh. Learn. Love. Be. Become. Always.