Robert Johnson and Jerry Ruhl on going on 'the quest', utilising symbols that arise from our own unconscious.
Robert Johnson and Jerry Ruhl on going on 'the quest', utilising symbols that arise from our own unconscious.
Experience is the basis of finding one’s own life, a life that, by nature of it being entirely unique, does not have its own map or clearly defined path. As the mythologist Joseph Campbell said when reflecting on the journey of life: “If there is a path, it is someone else’s.”
Satya Doyle Byock • Quarterlife
one’s spiritual quest, it’s actually the end of the restless seeker but the beginning of exploring the infinite nature of the reality one has awoken to, as well as the inexhaustible journey of embodying that reality in the challenging terrain of your everyday life, through the priceless vehicle of your human incarnation.
Adyashanti • The Direct Way: Thirty Practices to Evoke Awakening
Any time you identify a wasteland element in your life—illness, boredom, lethargy, alienation, emptiness, loss, addiction, failure, anger, or outrage—it is time to take a journey. You can be called to the quest by such dissatisfaction or simply by a desire for adventure~C Pearson
The core message is that a quest can bring purpose and meaning to your life, too. Why pursue a quest? Because each of us in our lives is writing our own story, and we only have one chance to get it right.
Chris Guillebeau • The Happiness of Pursuit: Find the Quest that will Bring Purpose to Your Life
Our warrior journey is a quest to explore the mystery of ourselves, and in doing so the mysteries of the universe are revealed to us.
John Kehoe • Quantum Warrior | The Future of the Mind
Whereas “goal” has become a tired and bloodless descriptor for the (supposed) intention to do something great, the word quest instills the right mentality for achieving a real-life personal victory:
A quest is an adventure, and you expect it to be one. You expect a quest to take you into a new and unfamiliar landscape. You expect there to be puzzles... See more
A quest is an adventure, and you expect it to be one. You expect a quest to take you into a new and unfamiliar landscape. You expect there to be puzzles... See more
David Cain • Do Quests, Not Goals
Another useful way to speak of soul is as story. Psychologist Jean Houston, for example, speaks of the larger story each person is born to live. This larger story — much deeper than your prosaic personal history — expresses the ultimate meaning of your life, its true significance, in the same way a myth communicates truth or gnosis. To be living th
... See moreBill Plotkin • Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World
"The idea is not that we will participate in one story that can be easily wrapped up by our biographer- but that there are many adventures and quests that we can pursue. Rather than the attitude of the saint who is given a mission by God, it takes the attitude of the swashbuckling adventurer who goes out to seek his fortune.
Instead of imagining you... See more
Instead of imagining you... See more