No Way Out

Courbet, Fox Caught in a Trap

We are trapped in our mind.

“I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.”— GUSTAVE FLAUBERT

The point in this life is not simply to “become somebody,” but to become who we were each intended to be when we first entered this world. For each of us has the most to give and contributes most meaningfully when we become who we were intended to be from the beginning. That is the inside story and the hidden message that has been etched upon each soul.”-- Michael Meade, “The Genius Myth”

Work begins when you don’t like what you’re doing. Tension, a lack of honesty, and a sense of unreality come from following the wrong force in your life. As an adult, you must rediscover the moving power of your life!” - A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living

We are led astray by the world, yes, but we are the world, as the saying goes. Our minds construct and reconstruct the world we meet every day. We are meeting our minds in society and in our dreams, in our habits and in our products, daily, minute by minute. We are trapped by our inability to detach from our conditioned mind.

So, how do we come upon that mysterious “moving power of our lives” that Campbell talks about? We can work by trial and error, that’s one way. It’s a little…