So, the HeroвЂ™s Journey is, most often, a Journey With-In your Self, but at some point we must begin our Return Journey. That threshold was the boundary between the Ordinary World and the Special World and that Special World could be referred to as With-In. To understand what this Step of the Journey is referring to, we have to go all the way back to Step 4 of the HeroвЂ™s Journey вЂ“ Crossing the First Threshold.ДЄs novitiates or, perhaps, as padawans we either voluntarily crossed that first threshold into the Belly of the Whale or we were thrust or pushed or forced over the line if we were reluctant Heroes. Now, maybe some of you are wondering what that means. Today itвЂ™s time to explore Step 14 of Joseph CampbellвЂ™s HeroвЂ™s Journey вЂ“ Rescue from Without. Hello, Spiritual Seekers, and welcome to another HeroвЂ™s Journey episode of Think Spiritual podcasts. Because when you do so, you will likely discover that itвЂ™s exactly the helping hand you need to ground you back into reality. So, now is definitely the time to take another bold step, the time to try something that you may have always wanted to do. YouвЂ™re the Hero now not the scared and timid creature that answered the Call to Adventure long ago. It doesnвЂ™t make any sense to Return to the exact same place that you began your quest from. вЂњBut, Mark, how can that possibly be?вЂќ Is probably what youвЂ™re asking right now, вЂњWhatвЂ™s the point in Returning to the place we started from?вЂќ

To unleash your True Self and work your way towards being the best and highest version of you that you can possibly be.ДЄnd all of this canвЂ™t be fully achieved until you begin to make the effort to Return to the very place that you started from. Half of the purpose of every HeroвЂ™s Journey is to go down into the depths of your Soul.

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