Journey of the Hero
Psychoanalyst Carl Jung speaks of the Journey of the Hero, a transformation of the self, a quest to understand the ultimate truth beyond the matrix of social conventions. I believe that there is a hero in each of us. You may call it a slice of the holographic universe, one of many faces of god, part of the divine wisdom, or a mass of energy that is connected with all the other energies in the world.
By chance, my husband bought me a book by Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha, as a way to introduce me to one of his favorite authors. In a magical way the book mirrors the silent quest inside me to go on a journey to find myself. Like Siddhartha, I don't find comfort in subscribing to any set of religious doctrines or teachings. It is an individual journey, and I prefer to find my own truth through the deepest experience in my heart.
By another chance/coincidence, I found this book The Journey to You: A Shaman's Path to Empowerment by Ross Heaven. I actually bought this book before I got Siddhartha. It was a book on sale at the local bookstore, a rare one in English language in this Swedish bookstore. In hindsight it must have been waiting there for me to pick up. A journey to me... that's what I'm undertaking. "We shall not cease exploration," as T.S. Eliot wrote. And I have a feeling this journey never ends.
"He looked around as if seeing the world for the first time. The world was beautiful, strange and mysterious. Here was blue, here was yellow, here was green, sky and river, woods and mountains, all beautiful, all mysterious and enchanting, and in the midst of it, he, Siddhartha, the awakened one, on the way to himself."
~from Siddhartha
~Originally written on August 5, 2003.
posted by Airchild | 11:30 PM
2 Comments:
L'Amour est partout
Il nous faut juste ouvrir les yeux et le coeur :)
Bises d'Asie
Sidhartha is one of my fav.. I am not sure why Hesse got a nobel prise for the last book and not this as Sidhartha was obviously his best and researched work.
What do you think is the significance of a life led by a person like Govinda in the book. (i was really touched by the character Govinda).
What do you think, Vasudev had been a sharamana himself like Sid?
Talking on the lines of these books, I would strongly recomend you reading Enlightenment By Osho, it is a discourse on the Bhagwat Gita as spoken by a sage in 1400 bc Asthavakra. Secondly my friend introduced me to Rumi a great poet, he is sorta cool.
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