Illuminating Our Personal Story - Soul Talk 10 Aug 2017
Only the past is written, the future is an exercise in our creative imagination.
Knowing Joseph Campbell's hero/heroine's journey can help us return to and maintaining the creative flow. It is especially useful when we want to create something new, express ourselves in a new way or develop a new project. Our destiny is how we make it.
I don't subscribe to the view that you can be or do anything you want, but I wholeheartedly believe that the possibilities in becoming fully yourself are inexhaustible. I am convinced that consciousness is a quantum orchestra not simply brain chemistry operating on a biological hard drive. I expect that future research will shed new light on its mechanisms. I hold as equally true that First Nations Peoples have known about these phenomena for millennia, not through science but through story, song and ceremony.
The thing is that we don't have to be neuroscientists, quantum physicists or sharmans. It is not rocket surgery. Being able to orchestrate our story with mindfulness, imagination, commitment and resolve is sufficient. There are as many tools as there are cultures to help us on that journey, each with it's own nuance, tone and perspective.
August Soul Talk
On the 10th of August I will be giving a talk in which I invite you to choose something that you would like to have happen, something that you believe is possible but not highly probable at this time, something that you are passionate about, something that would require more of yourself to come about.
It is not necessary to know how to bring it about but it may be an advantage to be open to having fortuitous things happen to assist you on your creative journey in unexpected ways.
The presentation will provide a practical introduction in realising the fruits of your creative imagination through applying the hero/heroines journey to your life.
Sometimes, it is not so much a question of how to make things happen, as knowing what you really want. I will have something to say about that too.
It's a free event, organised by the wonderful Joy Nugent and sponsored by Bird In Hand. There will be and additional two sessions in the afternoon:
- Carrie Faggotter presents Your Spirit Calling - Aligning to the signs and synchronicities of your life, and
- Anne Rogers presenting Demystifying Mindfulness
Download a copy of the Soul Talks program here.
Bookings are essential by email:
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