Episode 125 - Follow Your Dream

Are you going in the direction you want? As we go through life, we follow a path toward our dream/purpose with varying levels of success. Some of us never leave our starting point. Some of us complete the journey. And some of us find sufficient satisfaction in the middle of the journey and never fully complete it. This is the hero’s journey. At its ultimate level, this is a journey through the depths of our soul and back to our original Self. At the same time, we each have a personal purpose to fulfill, Also a hero’s journey. During this episode we use the journey of Santiago in The Alchemist and find ourselves in it. As Paulo Coehlo says, “When you’re on a journey to pursue your personal legend, the whole universe conspires to help you achieve it.”

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NOTES:

The first question to ask yourself is, "What is my dream?  What treasure am I pursuing?" 

Home/Leaving Home

Knowing in your heart that there is something more

Paying attention to dreams

Consulting guides

Hearing and refusing the call of Spirit of Personal Legend (dream)

Fearing the journey

Letting go 

Tangier and the Crystal Shop

Cleaning/purifying/improving

Growing in prosperity

Seeing the impact of not pursuing your dream (i.e. the shopkeeper never pursued his)

The Caravan

Learning and discerning

The Oasis

Finding your mentor or source of inspiration 

Finding Love

Gaining respect

Achieving happiness, peace and satisfaction

The Desert

Entering the unknown

Losing everything (again)

Learning to listen to the heart

Facing enormous fear

Alchemizing the self

Gaining wealth again

The Pyramids

Learning that the destination you sought wasn't it

Home

Returning home as a changed being

Dialogue and Inquiry

  • Are you going in the direction you want?

  • Do you know what your Personal Legend/purpose/dream is? Have you said yes or no to it?

  • Do you have guides on your journey?

  • Do your dreams inform you?

  • When looking at the places above (home, crystal shop, caravan, oasis, desert, pyramids, home) where do you find yourself?

  • If you have completed a journey such as this, please share your experience of it

Closing Thought

Today I take time to look at my life. Am I going in the direction I want? Am I fulfilling the dreams I have for myself? If not, what can I do to change my course? It is not enough for me simply to hope a dream will come true—I must take action. I turn to my spiritual source in prayer and meditation. In the Silence, I give my desires to God and listen with an open heart and mind to the inspiration that comes to me. I remember that Divine guidance comes in all forms and often from unexpected places. These “signs and wonders” might confuse me, but I trust I am on my perfect path. I follow my guidance as I move in the direction of my dreams.

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