September 30, 2024 – A

Joseph Campbell says, in Pathways to Bliss,
"What is it we are questing for? It is the fulfillment of that which is potential in each of us. Questing for it is not an ego trip; it is an adventure to bring into fulfillment your gift to the world, which is yourself. There is nothing you can do that's more important than being fulfilled. You become a sign, you become a signal, transparent to transcendence; in this way you will find, live, become a realization of your own personal myth."

We are seeking who we are and what we are about, what is ours to do. We are seeking our original nature, our innate virtues (The things we do best and enjoy/love doing most, and our intrinsic intuition. It all is "right there," if we will only sit with ourselves in the emptiness/stillness, silence (One thing, not three) and open ourselves to the possibility of realization in these matters--not thinking about is so much as reflecting on nature/virtues/intuition in a walk-about kind of way, ruminating, wondering and waiting to see what occurs to us, what arises within to catch our eye and invite us to wander/wonder in its direction.

It might be a memory that stirs to mind, or a feeling of attraction to, or interest in, a particular area or event. Our role is to sit quietly and see what calls our name and where it leads. We open ourselves to what has need of us and see what happens--returning again and again to this process, looking for leads to follow to who we are and what we are about, what is ours yet to do.