20 Ways to Tell if You Are a Lightworker

A lightwork is an individual with special talents to intuitively sense what other beings are thinking, feelings and experience to help facilitate their healing.

If you feeling that either you or someone you love has some of these abilities, review our list of 20 traits common in lightworkers:

1. A persistent sense of having a life purpose meant to awaken and empower the lives of all beings to collectively elevate the collective consciousness of all humanity
2. A wellspring of intuition and a tendency towards being an “old soul.” Lightworkers are drawn toward philosophy and spirituality and may confound people with such a complex knowledge base even from the time they were very young.
3. Although they form deep connections with people easily, which is necessary to aid them on their quest towards enlightenment, Lightworkers typically led a life of a hermit. This is because their thinking can be out of line for mainstream society and they are especially sensitive toward stimuli and other people’s energy.  They require a personal sanctuary to rebalance their personal energy.
4. Facing a number of traumatic events, challenges and other trials in one’s youth. These were never meant to harm, but instead, intended to spur a desire to help heal and advocate for others.
5. Unquenchable desire to improve one’s personal life and that of those of others. Lightworkers have a drive to identify a problem, create actions steps towards fixing it and active work to accomplish these benchmarks.  They may be viewed as perfectionists.
6. A history of “mental illness.” Although unexplained by doctors, these diagnoses are not innate disorders, but in fact adaptions to benefit your life’s struggles.  Part of a lightworker’s mission is elevate the way society views and treats humanity’s mental, emotional, physical and spiritual health or wellbeing.
7. A tendency to be more spiritual than religious. A lightworker is sent to inspire people to reclaim their internal power.  By using teachings and principles from a variety of enlightened masters, they are able to help one tap into their Divine-given potential and learn to harness unlimited power and healing abilities.
8. Vast creative gifts. Healing modalities frequently include writing, music and exposure to nature or philosophy.
9. Being viewed as an old soul. Lightworkers have incredible wisdom, maturity and even from a very young age, has an innate sense of knowing and
10. Difficulty finding a sense of community. There is a pattern of being markedly different than one’s family, friends and societal expectations.
11. Lifelong quest for deeper awareness and knowledge about one’s self and life in general. Lightworkers are constantly shaping their journey towards enlightenment and bravely address the shadow aspects found in people and society.
12. Talented manifestor! By clearly thinking or focusing on something a lightworker is able to speak it into being extremely quickly.
13. Energy is both a blessing and a hinderance. Be mindful of where your intentions flow, because it will result in its creation regardless of it being a positive or negative!
14. Pull towards craving ancient spiritual wisdom, especially eastern-rooted traditions.
15. Essentially psychic talents in understanding what others require for healing.
16. Inherent knowledge of ways to dissolve previous life contracts and metamorphosize into a new plane of consciousness and abilities. Knowing one’s purpose goes beyond work into embrace their full potential.
17. Life’s purpose is centered on growth and increasing mindfulness. The focus is always on improvement and increasing knowledge and collective consciousness.
18. Wellbeing is fed by nature, and a persistent sense that as we align with nature we cleave more to the Divine.
19. Multiple profound spiritual awakenings throughout one’s life. This results in a dramatic shift in worldview which requires releasing expectations and limiting beliefs that hold one back.  Knowledge that this awakening although painful and exhausting is a necessary part of spiritual growth and better alignment with the Universal community
20. Being seen as a trailblazer in the spiritual community so humanity consciousness can be more effectively elevated. Knowledge that the more expedient spiritual awakening helps guide the rest of humanity into more beneficial patterns and higher collective vibrations.