I remember there was a stage at which I was afraid I wouldn't be able to come up with another seemingly unsolvable problem. Funny, yes.
On 13 Jul., 15:30, [email protected] wrote: > Ash - Beautifully stated. Your words perfectly summarize my naturalistic (non > Jungian, non mystical non magical theory of synchronicities. A synchronicity > has its origin in a given individual stuck in his/her attempts to find an > answer to a seemingly unsolvable problem. If the attitude towards the > stuckness is a dedication to struggle with struggle instead of giving up - > this attitude will activate the person's idiosyncratic creative process. The > creative process is like a psychological scavenger hunt which searches for > "clues". Clues are like the pieces of a complex multi - leveled jig saw > puzzle. When enough pieces (clues) are fitted together to form a recognizable > pattern - this pattern is experienced as a synchronicity. Adding ones > synchronicities reveals the pathway through life of a given individual - the > pathway of an in individual 'hero.' > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ash <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, Jul 13, 2010 1:27 am > Subject: Re: [Mind's Eye] Joseph Campbell's Labyrinth of Life > > I would be curious how to mend the broken hero, and hope to find in sowing a > healing also. But to journey thru hope and fear, what trickery is required: > belief, trust, courage. These are things those heroes do not easily expend, > least of all upon themselves. > > I find much truth in this, and relate strongly mainly because it nags at me > until I say, 'okay you are here, but what and where may that be'. Things defy > explanation not because I am looking, but because I cannot with any honesty > or self-respect deny them. Why would anyone believe me if I said, 'this is > not pessimism'? > > On 7/11/2010 12:13 PM, Molly wrote: > > There is a pattern in life that goes like this: if we are confronted > > with a problem, want to know ourselves, or are looking for particular > > meaning in life – and we take this into the contemplative space, hold > > the question in our mind, dwell on it before sleep each night – > > however we ask and continue to ask in silence - the answers to our > > questions will eventually come to us. This pattern is age old, found > > in ancient texts such as the bible “ask and ye shall receive, knock > > and the door shall be opened to you,” Luke 11:9 > > > "We have not even to risk the adventure alone, for the heroes of all > > time have gone before us - the labyrinth is thoroughly known. We have > > only to follow the thread of the hero path, and where we had thought > > to find an abomination, we shall find a god; where we had thought to > > slay another, we shall slay ourselves; where we had thought to travel > > outward, we shall come to the center of our own existence. And where > > we had thought to be alone, we shall be with all the world." Joseph > > Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces > > > I find these answers can come from anywhere, and often the most > > unexpected places: a spam email, a Facebook post, a passing remark > > from a stranger, and intimate disclosure from a loved one. Whatever > > the source, the act of recognizing the answers we are given is > > recognition of enduring fulfillment. We are recognizing spirit in > > action, energy in motion, Divine Action. It can all occur in silence > > within us, or be expressed in creativity, but it is always the > > realization of the inner you. And in this kind of heroic discovery > > you find that this inner you in fact is what governs your outer you. > > > What do YOU think?
