Marc Lesser provides
clear guidance and simple practices for embracing and navigating five central
paradoxes in life to increase our effectiveness and happiness.
Our
Guides Along The Journey
I’ve been enjoying re-reading The Hero With A
Thousand Faces, by Joseph Campbell, published in 1949, describing the
similar archetypal path of humans, throughout time and across cultures.
The first three parts of this path are named as:
– the call to
adventure
The first part of the human journey is to be called,
usually unexpectedly to do something, find something, or achieve something.
– refusing the call
The second part, is refusing the call. Often, we don’t
want to answer the call – we are too busy, or it’s too dangerous, or we have
other things to do.
– supernatural aid
The third step along the way, as described by Campbell
is supernatural aid. He uses this term to describe our guides along the
way; the people that seem to almost “magically” appear to help us. [ … more … ]
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