Lecture 5: The Call to Adventure
Lecture 5 last week covered what Joseph Campbell calls in his hero’s journey the “Call to Adventure”. This call is always a combination of the internal call, (that is those core values, creative images and yearning for something more in life) and the external call (Your purpose in life or your contribution and serving your community). Crossing the threshold of adventure once these internal and external calls align can exciting but full of fear and your momentum can be crushed before you even get going.
Some classic movie examples that fit this idea are the sci-fi cult film “The Matrix” and “The Lord of the Rings”.
This weeks journal questions:
1. Internal Call
What are you naturally good at?
What talents do you have?
What are the images you associate with you doing work that you love?
Think of the three greatest/most significant experiences/achievements of your life. What are the images that you associate with them?
If you were to do work in the future that you loved and that was totally aligned with these images what would it look like? How would it feel?2. External Call
How much attention are you paying to your life?
What invitations are present in your life right now?
What is the unique contribution that you can make?
If you were to write a paragraph describing your calling doing worked you loved & making a contribution what would be in it?
