THE HERO/INE'S JOURNEY, DESTINY AND KARMA #1

(Again apologies for Google's muddling with the spacing.)

The recent blogs had to do with finding joy and happiness in life which also

is a karmic requirement.

"Joy is not incidental to one's spiritual path but vital." Rev Nachman

Karma requires not only that we have happiness in our lives but also that we

fulfill our God given destiny, purpose or mission that we have been given

by the Creator.

The other demands of Karma are to do no harm

to any of the Four Beings of Nature, subordinate ego,

and love and be able to honor the divinity in all Beings.

THE HERO/INES JOURNEY CAN HELP US FIND OUR DESTINY

Our destiny is preordained but not predestined. Free will allows choice

and so it may take us many life times to find it.

We have to manage the cards we are given

by our respective fates and the opportunities that we make of them.

Finding our true destiny is a karmic requirement but once realized

we are also required to carry it out within the laws of spirit.

There is a direct link with destiny, the search for the Self

and the Hero/ine’s quest for his/her archetype, mission or purpose.    

The Hero/ine's journey can help us find who

we really are or at least assist us in discovering our core strength/s.

There may be more than just one Hero's journey.

The first one or ones that we take

may be the most impactful and lead the way. We can also look

at our prior warriors' journeys

to see if there was an 'Aha' that was ignored or forgotten.

We still have the potentialto turn this or these into a hero's journey.

We are all totally unique and each of us has a special role in helping the planet.

The Creator want to co-create with us. There are things that

S/He requires us to manifest which the Supreme Being cannot.

Kabbalah looks to the metaphor

of the creation of bread. God gives us the potential ingredients

but we then have to make the bread. Yeast - another representation

of divine power makes the bread 'Rise'

as we do when we rise into our destiny and help the planet. 

Our calamities and crises can also be opportunities for growth depending on

how we look at them and what we do with them.

We have to find our own way and merely following a path

fashioned by others will mitigate against our karma.

“It must be a poor life that achieves freedom from fear.” Aldo Leopold

Fear implies a threat that can cause distress or a flight or fight reaction -

or even eustress - good stress. In the latter the stress actually is enjoyable.

Some folks strive on stress.

Those who have further to go will gain more as long as the fear is not overwhelming

and debilitating.

The mission of the armed forces is one on cultivating efficient warriors

who can and may become heroes. The military manipulate stress and fear in their training 

by; increasing the complexity of risk, decreasing the time to complete the task

and not informing of what to expect. 

The causes of fear can be described as; loss to life or limb,

organ or function, the deep, the dark, the steep, superstitious and religious,

and the unknown.

The most critical of all is social fear from threats to the ego. 

Shame can be totally debilitating.

Those on a Hero's journey, however, will face meaningful fear

- not fear just for the sake of fear itself. 

There is no manipulation it arises of its own accord.

There can be no growth without conflict.

Fear is always part of all three phases of the journey.

Courage is to have fear but do it anyway.

“Accept surprises that upset your plans, shatter your dreams,

give a completely different turn to your day

and who knows, your life.

Leave the Father free to weave the pattern of your days.”

Dom Helder Camara

 

“If we are willing to open up to it then it is just the unknown,

the unplanned, the unexpected, the unfamiliar which can best teach us.

In the tiny prefix “un” which so often spells trouble,

lies the potential for change, for the new, for the hitherto

unconsidered, unimagined, unrealized.”  R. Hinshaw

It's not easy to find one's destiny - very few of us are congruent

with who we truly are.

There are so many temptations and enticements to distract us.