returning from the hero's journey
why feeling lost might mean you’re finally doing it right
open.substack.comthe hero's journey sometimes gets formulated as "you must go into the unknown, & bring something back"
I think there's a second, overlooked way: "you must go into the unknown - & bring others with you."
some people never 'come back' - they discover somewhere new & stay there
I think there's a second, overlooked way: "you must go into the unknown - & bring others with you."
some people never 'come back' - they discover somewhere new & stay there
Rudra Dakini • Tweet
A return home is the anti-thesis to the Odyssean notion of anything heroic. We slip into the fallacies of childhood and revert back into the patterns. Albeit lovingly with the new lessons and perspectives integrated from being away. We follow what’s next based on the strings of context attained through our life choices and non-choices, leading up... See more