Here's what I think! I think the Hero's Journey and the Fool's Journey are the same. We are all subject to the fickle finger of fate if we are not making a journey! The hero goes into the labyrinth knowing what he/she MIGHT find and comes out surprised! The fool haplessly wanders into the same labyrinth and comes out a hero! Not the hero nor the fool knew what they thought they knew when they began!
On Jul 11, 12:13 pm, Molly <[email protected]> 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?
