News from Denise and Summerhill Ranch:
Denise now has some new goats to add to her four-legged family on Summerhill Ranch. The Linn family also had an adventure while looking for property in the Northern part of California – they almost had to spend the night on the side of a road which had a chain and a lock across the road! Denise thanks her listeners who have sent her suggestions about where they should move to – she has been researching these suggestions.
The journey:
• Today you have the opportunity to go on a hero’s journey that will connect you to that vast well of ancient wisdom within you.
• The American scholar, Joseph Campbell gave steps to this mythic journey – it’s a journey that exists throughout time in the stories, rituals, ceremonies around the world. Part of this journey is connecting to the “wise one”, whether it’s in the mountains, the cave or the deepest hidden place in the valley.
• Should you listen to this show, there is a reason for it, and beneath the surface, positive, powerful shifts are occurring within you. In the months ahead, you’ll step into your potential, grace, power and strength more and more. You’ll also be more aligned with your purpose.
Steps to this mythic journey:
2. The call to adventure – it can take the form of a turning point (something that has shifted or changed you and you glimpse something more about yourself). For many people, the call to adventure takes the form of wanting to make a difference. The “what if” feeling of doubt that sometimes occurs after the call to adventure is normal. But sometimes you know what you have to do – the worst thing is to be at the end of your life and look back with regrets.
3. The meeting with the mentor – this is the connecting with a wise guru which can take the form of a teacher, but can also refer to the sage within. If you knew what this “wise one” had to say to you, what might it be? There is power in your imagination. You are receiving a message even if you’re not aware of the message.
4. Crossing the threshold – at this point you are committed and there is no turning back. This is a powerful place to be in.
5. The test – you find allies along the way. Sometimes the people who love you the most are your biggest nay sayers and will be most resistant to your growing – it is also a part of this step.
6. The approach to the fear – what are you afraid of?
7. The ordeal – from a mythic perspective, the hero has to go through this to achieve that feeling of accomplishment and victory. Face your fear.
8. The reward – you’ve faced the fear, you’ve done it.
9. The road back to ordinary life – are you really ready? This step is almost a confirmation of whether you’ve faced your fear or accomplished what you decided to do.
10. The resurrection – you know that you really have succeeded. There is that idea of rebirth; you are not the same.
11. When you undertake this mystic journey, you see life from a higher perspective, and you see yourself from a higher perspective with deeper compassion and love. Then you return home and you bring the compassion/acceptance/strength/love with you. This is what makes a difference – not what you do, but who you are.
Denise’s Wisdom of the Week:
• “My belief is that cyber space can indeed be sacred space, and it occurred to me that this show could be more than just a radio show. It could in fact be a gateway to transformation; a gateway to shifting, changing, opening, revealing that innermost profound, powerful, sacred place within you.”
• “When you begin to understand that who you are is enough, this is the most powerful impact you can make in the world.”
