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T H E M E F O U R : F O L L O W I N G YO U R B L I S S
Here we examine Crossing the Threshold, the Belly of the Whale, and
Supernatural Aid. To follow your bliss is a joy, but it is also full of uncertainty
and takes great faith and courage. Fortunately, when you say YES to your life
purpose, life also says YES to you. “Follow your bliss and the universe will open
doors where there were only walls,” said Joseph Campbell. What is stopping
you from following your bliss? What help and support do you need to take the
next step?
THEME FIVE: ROAD OF TRIALS
Once you cross the threshold, you travel on a Road of Trials and Encounter
the Dragon’s Cave. Here you meet your fears, doubts, and inner blocks.
“The ultimate dragon is within you, it is your ego clamping you down,” said
Campbell. Your hero journey will include setbacks, obstacles, and challenges.
At times you will feel lost, stuck, and unable to go on. BUT there will also be
miracles and synchronicities that help you. What is your dragon? How does the
dragon show up in your life? How will you befriend your dragon?
THEME SIX: THE ORDEAL
At the mid-point in your hero journey, you must engage in an Ordeal in which
you meet your greatest fear, your original wound, your lack of faith, and your
inner dragon. Here, you teeter on the brink of failure. Campbell observed
that on the hero journey “the dangers are there, and the help also, and the
fulfilment or the fiasco. There’s always the possibility of fiasco. But there’s also
the possibility of bliss.” How do we overcome the ordeal? What brings success
or defeat?
T H E M E S E V E N : D E AT H O F T H E H E R O
On your hero journey, you experience what Campbell called an “ego death”,
and Carl Jung called “a psychic death.” Campbell said, “The ego is as you think
of yourself.” To succeed in your journey, you must be willing to let go of who
you think you are (your persona) to grow into the Self (your psyche) that you
truly are. What does “ego death” mean to you? What must die and what must
be born for you to complete your hero journey?
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