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Thought

Joseph Campbell's classic, The Hero With a Thousand Faces, documents the ubiquity of what he considered the mono-myth of the hero. This central myth seems to have three stages: departure, initiation and return. The departure stage arises when the person is expelled from the community or has outgrown the old dispensation. Then he or she is obliged to wander in strange lands. Descents, ascents and wounding initiate the neophyte into the mysteries of nature and of relationship. The return is seldom back to the old land and never back to the old psychology. Such a return would obviate the journey and annihilate consciousness. Rather the return involves circling back at a higher level. Thus the in-forming image of the quest motif is not a linear movement once and for all time, but rather an evolutionary movement akin to a spiral.

– James Hollis, Tracking the Gods: The Place of Myth in Modern Life

Quote

Thich Nhat Hanh on presence: 

“This moment is not just a part of your life—it is your life.”

Intention of the Day 

My intention is to see today as a gift, no matter what it brings..

What’s your intention today? 

Happy Monday,

Val