The Hero's Journey

Nick Vujicic - Motivational Speaker, empowering people to live life, take the lead, find their path, pursue their dreams, think positively, overcome obstacles, defeat depression, build a good mindset, and enjoy life. Nick happens to have no arms or legs, but he didn't let that get in his way.

Sloane Alex - Empowering Girls to believe in themselves, overcome negative thinking, obstacles, Social Skills, bullying, detractors, envy, find themselves, develop a plan, chase their dreams, start a business, succeed in school, make friends.

Secret world of imagination, and adults can't enter, the kids have a 'one up' on the adults, who can't see magic, elves, or the pot of gold. In Calvin & Hobbs, Calvin often pretends he's an animal, and his mother tolerates his 'nonsense' (as she doesn't 'believe' in magic, ghosts, Santa Claus, cartoon characters, dreams, and in fact, she's missing a lot.)

Self Discovery

Keep achievements hidden, especially in the company of people that are concerned with material matters.

Feelings, EQ

Develop a support community, that has tolerance, approval, and/or participation playing a specific part. The student always can come back to a warm, well-known and trusted security. The threshold between autistic and sensual reality becomes a well-worn path, a door well-hinged and oiled through which access is easy and safe in both direction.

Sloane Alex - Empowering Girls to believe in themselves, overcome negative thinking, obstacles, Social Skills, bullying, detractors, envy, find themselves, develop a plan, chase their dreams, start a business, succeed in school, make friends.

Nick Vujicic - Motivational Speaker, empowering people to live life, take the lead, find their path, pursue their dreams, think positively, overcome obstacles, defeat depression, build a good mindset, and enjoy life. Nick happens to have no arms or legs, but he didn't let that get in his way.

Ego, Self

Feelings, EQ

Relationships

Intelligence, Mind

Teaching is a co-creative process between prepared minds, not a simple information transfer. The attention and focused desire 'calls forth' or 'gives rise to' the teaching mind in the master. The receptivity and preparation of students creates the conditions for wisdom to flow into the teacher's mind and thus be articulated.

The listener's preparation is crucial. Their readiness creates a resonance that awakens the teacher's capacity. The teaching mind emerges from this prepared relationship rather than existing independently. I am the straw that reaches into the cup full of water (teachings). A student appears to seek, thirsty for understanding.

There exists a hidden system of communication, first of which is telepathy. Before establishing communication, the ability to hear and see, the applicant is both deaf and blind. This is primary. Dreams, intuition, astral projection, near death experience, severe trauma, out-of-body. Next is speaking, the ability to focus energy and intention.

Intervention

SECTION 2: The hero's journey, path of enlightenment.

Mystical Awareness

Relationships

Trance

So hear and speak, as best you are able, and write it down, as long as it takes, and as long as you have (and hold) interest, knowing the value, and wishing to give of that which has passed between us. To explain is cumbersome. THE SOUL, seeing and hearing (telepathy, tele-empathy). Intention, Attention matters.

Signs of Depression

Spiritual Texts

Through repeated study, we may be reminded of excellent teachings. Even if you are not in the mood for study or review, read a little anyways, as the mood may change. You can always take a break, or stop after a while if not feeling engaged.

Studying excellent texts leads to other teachings as well. When reading the direct writings of great minds, their intelligence, insight may benefit affect you greatly, like being in great company that has chosen their words most carefully along selected lines.

CHANNELING (Telepathic Reception)

Older alchemical treatises may have more intact teachings. Ancient sumerian, egyptian symbolism, ie, closer to the Atlantean original teachers, far back in history, as teachings may get diluted or altered given so much time. Also, secret information remains encapsulated in buildings, caves, temples, both in the writing as well as measurements, harmonics, energies, masonry, etc, especially the older and better-constructed monuments.

Alchemy was not only a search for the transmutation of base metals into higher ones, but also for and by way of energies, applicable to the gradual refinement and attenuation of human beings. Many elements and biological materials and constructions will be found to be most useful in effecting the required changes. Do not be limited in application, for at root you are a physical and biological creature, not to constrain to sitting, clarity and focus of the mind and mantra (though those as well). There are also potent physical forces, machinery, herbs, mushrooms, diet, exercises, all at your disposal.

Kabbalah, Cabala

Jewish mystical tradition that acknowledges the personal experience of the absolute. The tree of life diagram shows the ten emanations of god that are the attributes of both humanity and the universe. In later occult systems the tree of life was used as a philosophical basis for integrating the tarot cards with astrology as well as a guide for meditation and reveries. In these ecstatic states one progressed through a hierarchy of visions that lead to ultimate mystical union. the tree of life served as a very sophisticated map of the inner spaces through which consciousness progresses.

To show is clearer, simpler, and at least you gain their attention. Present the show of your presents (gifts) and your presence, not to entertain or teach, but to engage. Even if you show them, they still may not understand. Better to lead them in a way that enables them to take the steps needed to achieve for themselves. Break it down for them, write it down in steps. Let them approach the material at their own speed, in their own way.

Hold onto the correct tones, notes. A sustained effort will be required, and what you hold in mind and heart without distraction will become yourself.

PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

Personality Coping Strategies

Defense mechanisms are unconscious protective behaviors that work to reduce anxiety. There are several different types of defense mechanisms. For instance, in repression, anxiety-causing memories from consciousness are blocked. As an analogy, let’s say your car is making a strange noise, but because you do not have the money to get it fixed, you just turn up the radio so that you no longer hear the strange noise. Eventually you forget about it. Similarly, in the human psyche, if a memory is too overwhelming to deal with, it might be repressed and thus removed from conscious awareness. This repressed memory might cause symptoms in other areas.

Another defense mechanism is reaction formation, in which someone expresses feelings, thoughts, and behaviors opposite to their inclinations. In regression, an individual acts much younger than their age. For example, a four-year-old child who resents the arrival of a newborn sibling may act like a baby and revert to drinking out of a bottle. In projection, a person refuses to acknowledge her own unconscious feelings and instead sees those feelings in someone else. Other defense mechanisms include rationalization, displacement, and sublimation.

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Anger Management

If you find yourself getting into frequent arguments over nothing, you may need to work on your anger-management skills. Big fights often happen over something small, like dishes left unwashed, piling up in the sink, but there's usually a bigger issue burning beneath the blow-up. Before your emotions take control, ask yourself, "What am I really angry about?" Identifying the real source of frustration will help you communicate your feelings, and work towards a resolution. Once you're able to recognize early warning signs, and anticipate your trigger-points, you can take action. First of all, take a deep breath, and better still, take several more deep breaths. Deep, slow breathing helps counter rising tension levels. Slowly count to ten. Then take a final deep breath again, before going back to your argument with a calmer mind.

It's okay to be upset at someone, but if you don't fight fair, the relationship will quickly break down. Make the relationship your priority, not winning the argument. Be respectful of your partner's viewpoint. Rather than looking to the past and assigning blame, focus on what you can do in the present to solve the problem. Conflicts can be draining, so consider whether the issue is really worth all that time and energy you're putting in. Be willing to forgive, and realize that resolving conflict is pretty much impossible if you're simply unwilling or unable to forgive. If that's the case, know when to let something go, and agree to disagree. It takes two people to keep an argument going, and while you can't control anger directly, you sure can control how you respond to it. Set clear boundaries about what you will and will not tolerate, and stick to your limits.

Ego Development & Trance States

Let's not get so involved with the world of sensual perception, materialism and making money, as to forget our search for meaning, creativity and love. First as children, and then later on again as parents, we have a busy schedule. There's not much spare time in a day to work on your inner self or search for meaning, after you throw in 8 - 10 hours of work, commuting, and just collapsing in front of the TV at night to unwind.

Writing in the field of human potential, John Gowan's major works are Trance, Art, and Creativity (1975), and Operations of Increasing Order (1980). Gowan's work led him to the notion of a developmental order within states of consciousness. Disruption of this order can lead to mental illness or lesser cases of emotional inhibition. Gowan used Piaget to define the rational development of the mind, and Erikson to chart emotional development. He notes that most adults become emotionally arrested at the level of vocational fulfillment, financial success, and a stable marriage.

Self-initiation through the inner guide may lead to conscious and unconscious integration. The person learns how to handle issues of identity, love and intimacy, and finally death. However, pushing on our boundaries, we run the risk of losing our sense of identity. This is why true creativity is always associated with the genuine danger of self-destruction. By closing the gap between unconscious emotions and rational understanding of behavioral patterns, psychotherapy may facilitate healing of mental and emotional disturbances. This is 'The Hero's Journey' into conscious transformation, the age-old spiritual quest.

This is a symbolic journey from the ordinary sensory consciousness of physical life toward the psychic capacities encountered in the trance state. A type of trance is achieved in therapy, and native rituals, by interrupting ordinary awareness and creating a discontinuity, wherein the ego is temporarily overwhelmed or simply ignored. Prayer and near-death experiences may help to point the way, but it is up to the individual to tread the path. One harvests not only a knowledge of Self, but also first-hand experience in the imaginary realms, the vision of the soul if you will. We can finally put it all together as an integrated, whole person, enjoying new insights, personal freedom, and enhanced creativity.

Relationships

Romantic Love & Relationships

Men in love show more activity in the visual part of the brain, while women in love show more activity in the part of the brain that governs memory. Biological scientists speculate that men have to size up a woman visually to see how well she may bear babies, while women have to observe and remember aspects of man's behavior to determine if he would be an adequate provider. Men and women are biologically wired to express love in different ways. Women often feel loved when talking face to face with their partner, while men often feel closer to their partners when they work, play, or talk side by side. In an experiment, strangers of the opposite sex were together for 90 minutes where they talked about intimate details of their lives, and stared into each other's eyes. Many felt a deep attraction for each other, and two couples married within six months. The longer and more deliberate a courtship, the better the prospects for a long marriage. On the other hand, people who have intense romances are more likely to divorce after a few years.

Romantic love typically lasts just over one calendar year, perhaps because the brain cannot maintain a state of romantic bliss. As romantic love dwindles, a more stable love sets in. To remain in love for a lifetime, therapists advise couples to listen actively, ask questions about feelings, and stay physically fit. Men are more likely to be flexible in their romantic choices, but when they want to marry and have kids, they become pickier about basic qualities.

If a man meets a woman in a dangerous situation, such as on a trembling bridge, he is more likely to fall in love with her than if he met her in a normal setting, such as in an office. Girls are more likely to fall in love if they are looking for adventure, craving to leave home, are lonely, displaced in a foreign country, or passing into a new stage of life. Women around the world are more likely to fall in love with partners with ambition, education, wealth, respect, status, and a sense of humor. Women also prefer distinctive cheekbones and a strong jawbone, which are linked to testosterone levels.

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