When someone is connected to dharma, then their life feels rich and full. Nothing is missing, nothing needs to be added or taken away. Life feels meaningful, purposeful. In these times, many people appear to struggle in their life. They struggle because they are disconnected from dharma, that path of action which will allow them to fulfill their unique and special role in the unfoldment of knowledge (for what we call life is actually the sequential unfoldment of consciousness coming to know itself).

As long as a person is disconnected from dharma, they are unhappy, they suffer, and they become miserable. We see this in every country in the world today. The statistics tell us that more than seventy percent of the population is unhappy with their work and their lives. In the Bhagavad Gita, the sacred Vedic literature of India, Lord Krishna (the living expression of pure consciousness) says: “Whenever dharma declines and the purpose of life is forgotten, I manifest myself on earth. I am born in every age to protect the good, to destroy evil, and to reestablish dharma.”

My personal feeling is that the Lord does not simply manifest in human form, but also in the form of tools like The Passion Test (which I developed with Janet Bray Atwood), to reestablish dharma. For those who are not lucky enough to be spontaneously connected to dharma, the path to meaning in their life is through their passions. It’s not an accident that a person loves the things they love or that they care about the things they care about. Even when one is immersed in the Self, neither repelled by nor attracted to one thing or another, the path of an individual life takes that person in some directions rather than in others.

The path to wholeness is through the vehicle we call love. Love connects. Love draws what appears to be separate together. When we fall in love with every aspect of life then life becomes one magical, connected whole. Passion is one aspect of this love.

When someone makes a list of the things they love most about their life, they are expressing elements of their unique nature, of their dharma, their purpose for being alive. Because our brains are designed to only be able to hold five to seven things at one time, it’s almost impossible to give attention to twenty or thirty or more passions, or loves, at once. So, the Passion Test provides a simple method to take this expression of one’s dharma in the list of passions, and identifies which of these are the five that have greatest meaning, that are dearest.

This doesn’t mean everything else is not meaningful. The list of five passions that comes out of the Passion Test process is simply an indicator, right now (not forever), of the things that will bring the most fulfillment in life and lead one on to fulfill one’s purpose, or dharma. This list of five passions becomes a decision-making tool. As Janet and I say in The Passion Test book, “Whenever you’re faced with a choice, a decision, or an opportunity, choose in favor of your passions.” While this is a simple and perhaps obvious truth, so many people today do what they think they “should” do that this simple instruction changes their whole experience of life.

And our experience from sharing the Passion Test all over the world is that as people consistently choose in favor of their passions, they discover that their life begins to feel more and more meaningful. Of course, not everyone needs the Passion Test. Some people spontaneously follow their passions. Yet, most people in the world today are not in that boat.

In this book, Yves Nager has expanded the principles of the Passion Test to help you clarify your passions and deepen your understanding of the reason you were born. Hawaiian Rebirth will take you on a journey that will serve as a map to use as you fulfill your unique contribution to the unfoldment of yourself to itself.