Usual formula I played two videos one a lawyer taught us never to talk to a policeman or cop as he was an American. Even if you are completely innocent, He was convincing too as when you think about how all those arrested are warned anything you say can be used against you.
According to him if you point out anything said that is helpful it is dismissed as hearsay.
The next video was of Richard Rhor speaking very slowly in complete contrast to the previous fast talker. Richard believe we should be with God bringing calmness to all things.
Then we read this about the Hero's journey.
How
To Follow The Hero’s Journey
Joseph Campbell — ‘The Hero with a
Thousand Faces.’
“The big question is whether you are
going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.”
Joseph Campbell understood that to begin
on the path of the hero’s journey you must follow your heart.
In today’s sophisticated and
scientific world, such advice seems heresy and peculiar however, it
is quite possibly the most important piece of information you are
ever likely to hear.
The hero’s journey, as told by
Campbell, is answering the call for adventure. Everybody at some
stage in his or her life feels a calling for adventure.
This call is something one feels within
their intuition.
It is not something that will present
itself with written information and facts that will convince you to
undertake the endeavour.
Instead, it will be a strange sensation
within you, guiding you towards a particular decision.
This chosen decision is often illogical,
it may even be unthinkable, but no matter how easy it is to think
yourself away from the calling, it will still be within you.
The call to adventure is:
“a forest, a kingdom underground,
beneath the waves, or above the sky, a secret island, lofty
mountaintop, or profound dream state; but it is always a place of
strangely fluid and polymorphous beings, unimaginable torments, super
human deeds, and impossible delight. The hero can go forth of his own
volition to accomplish the adventure, as did Theseus when he arrived
in his father’s city, Athens, and heard the horrible history of the
Minotaur; or he may be carried or sent abroad by some benign or
malignant agent as was Odysseus, driven about the Mediterranean by
the winds of the angered god, Poseidon. The adventure may begin as a
mere blunder… or still again, one may be only casually strolling
when some passing phenomenon catches the wandering eye and lures one
away from the frequented paths of man. Examples might be multiplied,
ad infinitum, from every corner of the world.”
It takes courage to come out of your
mind and into your body. Education in Britain teaches children what
to think and not how to think. People’s minds have become
overstimulated with information and opinions that do not belong to
them.
This information is cold and lifeless
and cannot produce the creativity we desire. Because it is by
sensations with which we experience the world, the body, warm and
alive, should be our guiding light in deciding our actions.
“Follow your bliss and the universe
will open doors where there were only walls.”
The majority of people never answer the
call for adventure. It is too difficult, too daunting, and too
uncomfortable.
The future hero refuses to accept the
call because of this. The uncertainty of the journey preys on the
hero’s insecurity, fear and obligation.
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However, Campbell argues that you can
never be at peace with yourself if you do not answer the call for
adventure. Instead, he states you can only build up resentment in the
knowledge that you missed the opportunity to pursue your purpose. You
live life only ever able to create new problems for yourself.
“If you do follow your bliss you put
yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while,
waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one
you are living. Follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors
will open where you didn’t know they were going to be.”
By following someone else’s advice,
you also follow their footsteps, denying yourself the chance to put
your foot forward and create your own path. Campbell writes that
living life knowing you have been faithful to yourself is the only
way to be truly at peace.
The Hero’s Journey is a testing path
to follow.
One must overcome fear and cross the
threshold into the unknown world. Often, something will try to
prevent you from crossing the threshold. This could be parents,
friends or responsibilities. You have to overcome this if you are to
continue the journey.
After experiencing the unknown world,
you find yourself in the Belly of the Whale where you are absorbed
into the unknown.
It is the here where you move away from
the known world and search within yourself. It is a point of no
return for you have accepted your future.
You are aware of the mysterious dangers,
but they no longer possess you as they once did. There is a
willingness to change, to follow your heart and you have acknowledged
the danger as a matter of fact that you cannot control.
The Hero must now overcome a series of
trials and tribulations. These tests will require patience and mental
toughness.
These battles target upon the hero’s
fears, worries, or doubts. A belief in yourself and a trust in your
intuition will allow you to push forward.
After each trial, the Hero gains new
knowledge and wisdom to prepare him/her for the next trial.
Eventually, after many trying years, the hero will achieve what they
went on the journey to get.
However, the journey is not finished as
the hero must return to the original world and share what he has
experienced.
For most people their purpose will not
be to change the world in one way or another. It will be whatever the
fire within directs them towards. Whether that is to become a
builder, a painter or a bank clerk, the heart will guide everyone to
whatever they are supposed to be. For the majority of people, their
purpose will be to share love, compassion and enthusiasm to the wider
world.
It is not for society to judge a man’s
journey but, rather, it is for the man himself to lead a fulfilling
life and become the man or woman he/she was supposed to be.
The hero’s journey is an interesting
concept. Popular culture has used the cycle of the Hero’s Journey
as a framework for many books and movies. George Lucas based his Star
Wars series from Campbell’s book.
This is because the hero’s journey
makes for special and fascinating stories. The joys and the struggles
that the hero must go through are unique to the individual. No two
hearts are the same and so no two journeys are the same.
There are many versions of the Hero’s
Journey and even Campbell’s version is broad and open to
interpretation. However, I think everyone can take something from his
words and use it to navigate a great path for themselves.
The chief message is to follow your
intuition for it will lead you on a great and uncertain journey.
Embrace the unknown rather than fear it.
“We must let go of the life we have
planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.”
