25.00 The hero leaves the light into the darkness, at the threshold, and faces a creature of the unconscious self. (Belly of the whale)

11:00 tap into intuition to find your bliss: not something you have to chase, just listen, look out for clues

13:25 coming of age stories as transformation

• see as stage in hero’s journey

09:35 doing hard stuff, and then sharing knowledge/wisdom

• see zk on becoming hero, and then sharing the boon

1. 09:00 archetypes as overarching stories

09:30 hero’s journey as overarching story, and also the story of adventure

1:06:00 becoming a hero, going through hero’s journey, and only then sharing the boon

See invisible hand as a force that aids us in our life journey as a metaphor of Adam Smith his metaphor of the invisible hand

• Joseph Campbell also coined this term somewhere, in his explanation of the hero’s journey

• not learning oneself, self-master as self-discovery & self-awareness
• spirituality as learning of oneself
• enjoy time doing nothing, also find things you like to do
• each person find way to climb the mountain (gaining clarity on top of mountain)
• 5 hindrances as challenges to journey (state of mind, not having/getting clarity)
• (1) sensual desire
• 2 ill will (rejection, also see my ideas on madness) "let go"
• 3 sloth (dullness of mind/body) lack if motivation/energy (see flow)
• 4 restlessness (not being in present)
• 5 sceptical doubt (being indecisive, getting lost in thoughts)
• structure/design life to prevent hindrances from arising (see my way of life as making environments/practices to prevent?) "techniques to remove them"
• (4 steps to prevent the hindrances)
• 1 what is your state of mind
• 2 accept the situation/someone/something to be they way it is/the way they are
• 3 emotional & mental questioning (why did it come up? understanding it, what will happen if it remains?)
• 4 non-identification (I am not my mind, my body, or my emotions, it is just that I am there to observe them all)

13:00 talks on finding a (1) zone of fascination, (2) go into a congregation (a community, a discours), and (3) master the thing (and fulfil the hero's journey), and (4) add these to the congregation - Scott relates this to the hero's journey