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A Common Life

Who is my neighbor?

This question has been around for a long time and, for some reason, seems to be relevant today.

And…..what is community? What is “community” and how do we know it when we encounter it? Is it real or even possible? What does authentic community feel like? Where can we go to see and feel it today?

The curriculum modules of Interior Mythos Journeys attempt to connect us with a community that is history-long and centered in a mediating reality not of political, economic, genetic, or geographical origin.

Sister Joan Chittister invites us to explore “the animating element” in, A Common Life.

To encounter the full interview with Sister Joan, click here: https://youtu.be/TNnj0-ilaOA

Subscribe to Interior Mythos Journeys here: https://www.youtube.com/c/Interiormythos

Clips from this interview can be found here:

A Presence Enveloping Me: https://youtu.be/J45KeRrRecM
The Magnet: https://youtu.be/HrsEt042z5M
A Screeching Halt: https://youtu.be/oY-p7_hWH6w
Grass Growing Through Cement: https://youtu.be/cJrESA2P8OQ
Quit the Jargon: https://youtu.be/O0tRtAmsqzQ
Water in a Garden: https://youtu.be/F0LwktYKLic
That Single Blade of Grass: https://youtu.be/kVnTiejChcA
The Benedictine Path and Me: https://youtu.be/LlfkGfIPuO4
An Erie Prophecy: https://youtu.be/TPYcIhxp768

Sister Joan Chittister was interviewed by Interior Mythos Journeys in June, 2018, in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Our Mission: The curriculum of Interior Mythos Journeys is a quest to explore contemporary mythic language that is in harmony with the 21st Century, Global, Quantum Scientific, and Universal Reality in which we all actually live.

As we solitarily and collectively claim the force of a relevant contemporary mythos, we are delivered to the possibility of life-lived-in-depth, the possibility of authentic life. This is the path beneath the surface.

The Transformative Encounter: The Practice of Contemplation

In the current age this transformative encounter, as well as the practices that deliver us to this encounter and the personal connection that flows from this encounter, is seldom the focus of our lives. Many of us wander disoriented through life, often on a self-destructive path, in a world seen, understood, and measured primarily by the external environment. We are disconnected from the Connecting Myth. We are disconnected from the interior depth to which the Connecting Myth might deliver us. Ironically, we have come to understand myth as a lie rather than a symbolic and metaphoric gateway to a deeper truth.

#joanchittister #interiormythosjourneys
Myth and Self Depreciation

In this module, Ed Shinn reflects on the transformation of self-image elicited by an empowering myth on Chicago’s west side in the early 1960’s. Ed worked with young people of the ghetto in Chicago’s legendary 5th City; the community the Ecumenical Institute used as a model for community development around the world.

Subscribe to Interior Mythos Journeys here: https://www.youtube.com/c/Interiormythos

Our Mission: The curriculum of Interior Mythos Journeys is a quest to explore contemporary mythic language that is in harmony with the 21st Century, Global, Quantum Scientific, and Universal Reality in which we all actually live. Learn more at https://www.https://interiormythos.com/

As we solitarily and collectively claim the force of a relevant contemporary mythos, we are delivered to the possibility of life-lived-in-depth, the possibility of authentic life. This is the path beneath the surface.

The Transformative Encounter: The Practice of Contemplation

In the current age this transformative encounter, as well as the practices that deliver us to this encounter and the personal connection that flows from this encounter, is seldom the focus of our lives. Many of us wander disoriented through life, often on a self-destructive path, in a world seen, understood, and measured primarily by the external environment. We are disconnected from the Connecting Myth. We are disconnected from the interior depth to which the Connecting Myth might deliver us. Ironically, we have come to understand myth as a lie rather than a symbolic and metaphoric gateway to a deeper truth.

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Myth Wars

What is the most important activity occurring on planet Earth today? Do you know? This module explores this great secret which unfortunately remains mostly a secret. Let us bind our intentions and actions together to share this great secret with everyone we know so that it is no longer a secret but part of our everyday life activity.

Subscribe to Interior Mythos Journeys here: https://www.youtube.com/c/Interiormythos

Our Mission: The curriculum of Interior Mythos Journeys is a quest to explore contemporary mythic language that is in harmony with the 21st Century, Global, Quantum Scientific, and Universal Reality in which we all actually live. Learn more at https://www.https://interiormythos.com/

As we solitarily and collectively claim the force of a relevant contemporary mythos, we are delivered to the possibility of life-lived-in-depth, the possibility of authentic life. This is the path beneath the surface.

The Transformative Encounter: The Practice of Contemplation

In the current age this transformative encounter, as well as the practices that deliver us to this encounter and the personal connection that flows from this encounter, is seldom the focus of our lives. Many of us wander disoriented through life, often on a self-destructive path, in a world seen, understood, and measured primarily by the external environment. We are disconnected from the Connecting Myth. We are disconnected from the interior depth to which the Connecting Myth might deliver us. Ironically, we have come to understand myth as a lie rather than a symbolic and metaphoric gateway to a deeper truth.

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The Encounter - Embracing... Embracing... Embracing...

Subscribe to Interior Mythos Journeys here: https://www.youtube.com/c/Interiormythos

Our Mission: The curriculum of Interior Mythos Journeys is a quest to explore contemporary mythic language that is in harmony with the 21st Century, Global, Quantum Scientific, and Universal Reality in which we all actually live. Learn more at https://www.https://interiormythos.com/

As we solitarily and collectively claim the force of a relevant contemporary mythos, we are delivered to the possibility of life-lived-in-depth, the possibility of authentic life. This is the path beneath the surface.

The Transformative Encounter: The Practice of Contemplation

In the current age this transformative encounter, as well as the practices that deliver us to this encounter and the personal connection that flows from this encounter, is seldom the focus of our lives. Many of us wander disoriented through life, often on a self-destructive path, in a world seen, understood, and measured primarily by the external environment. We are disconnected from the Connecting Myth. We are disconnected from the interior depth to which the Connecting Myth might deliver us. Ironically, we have come to understand myth as a lie rather than a symbolic and metaphoric gateway to a deeper truth.

#interiormythosjourneys
Transforming Pain - The Releasing Word

Every message on this website is, first and last, a commentary on “The Releasing Word” described in this module by Jack Gilles. What is this Word in the midst of life that does not take away our personal pain of tragedy, suffering, and loss, but transforms everything? Join Jack in this connection.

Subscribe to Interior Mythos Journeys here: https://www.youtube.com/c/Interiormythos

Our Mission: The curriculum of Interior Mythos Journeys is a quest to explore contemporary mythic language that is in harmony with the 21st Century, Global, Quantum Scientific, and Universal Reality in which we all actually live. Learn more at https://www.https://interiormythos.com/

As we solitarily and collectively claim the force of a relevant contemporary mythos, we are delivered to the possibility of life-lived-in-depth, the possibility of authentic life. This is the path beneath the surface.

The Transformative Encounter: The Practice of Contemplation

In the current age this transformative encounter, as well as the practices that deliver us to this encounter and the personal connection that flows from this encounter, is seldom the focus of our lives. Many of us wander disoriented through life, often on a self-destructive path, in a world seen, understood, and measured primarily by the external environment. We are disconnected from the Connecting Myth. We are disconnected from the interior depth to which the Connecting Myth might deliver us. Ironically, we have come to understand myth as a lie rather than a symbolic and metaphoric gateway to a deeper truth.

#interiormythosjourneys
I Am My Neighbor

Religion and science, when functioning properly, have precisely the same objective: to explore Reality. It is the souvenirs we collect or are gifted on our journey of exploration that allow us to live more fully and upon a foundation of Reality. Science allows us to measure and manage the external physical world and to function within it. Religion allows us to manage attention and intention as we encounter the subjective interior world. These two human-created categories and disciplines, at the deepest level, are not in conflict but in absolute harmony. If conflict is apparent we have not yet explored deeply enough through whichever vehicle.

It is the function of Interior Mythos Journeys to reorder the relationship to that universal life dynamic the human family has formerly pointed to with the word “religion.”

Subscribe to Interior Mythos Journeys here: https://www.youtube.com/c/Interiormythos

More Clips from this interview can be found here:

The Body Never Lies: https://youtu.be/NDMK9VtnCHM
The Gift of Art and Suffering: https://youtu.be/gLAPy2YQIjk
Connecting With That-Which-Is-Just-Beyond: https://youtu.be/p7ADMwUTCvs

Our Mission: The curriculum of Interior Mythos Journeys is a quest to explore contemporary mythic language that is in harmony with the 21st Century, Global, Quantum Scientific, and Universal Reality in which we all actually live. Learn more at https://www.https://interiormythos.com/

As we solitarily and collectively claim the force of a relevant contemporary mythos, we are delivered to the possibility of life-lived-in-depth, the possibility of authentic life. This is the path beneath the surface.

The Transformative Encounter: The Practice of Contemplation

In the current age this transformative encounter, as well as the practices that deliver us to this encounter and the personal connection that flows from this encounter, is seldom the focus of our lives. Many of us wander disoriented through life, often on a self-destructive path, in a world seen, understood, and measured primarily by the external environment. We are disconnected from the Connecting Myth. We are disconnected from the interior depth to which the Connecting Myth might deliver us. Ironically, we have come to understand myth as a lie rather than a symbolic and metaphoric gateway to a deeper truth.

#interiormythosjourneys #globalinterplay
Quantum Entanglement

Quantum Entanglement is both a fundamental principle of the universe and a contemporary way to understand the truth and power of love in our lives. The “sacred heart” where all is one is revealed in this segment.

Subscribe to Interior Mythos Journeys here: https://www.youtube.com/c/Interiormythos

Our Mission: The curriculum of Interior Mythos Journeys is a quest to explore contemporary mythic language that is in harmony with the 21st Century, Global, Quantum Scientific, and Universal Reality in which we all actually live. Learn more at https://www.https://interiormythos.com/

As we solitarily and collectively claim the force of a relevant contemporary mythos, we are delivered to the possibility of life-lived-in-depth, the possibility of authentic life. This is the path beneath the surface.

The Transformative Encounter: The Practice of Contemplation

In the current age this transformative encounter, as well as the practices that deliver us to this encounter and the personal connection that flows from this encounter, is seldom the focus of our lives. Many of us wander disoriented through life, often on a self-destructive path, in a world seen, understood, and measured primarily by the external environment. We are disconnected from the Connecting Myth. We are disconnected from the interior depth to which the Connecting Myth might deliver us. Ironically, we have come to understand myth as a lie rather than a symbolic and metaphoric gateway to a deeper truth.

#interiormythosjourneys
The Benedictine Path and Me

“Tap….tap…..tap….”

When do you experience life nudging you to look a little deeper?

When do you experience life inviting you to listen a little deeper, notice a little deeper, grasp a little deeper?

And when have been the moments that, despite your resistance, life has intruded in a manner that the deeper place could not be ignored?

“Tap….tap….tap….”

When have we actually acted on the call to go deeper? There are those that do. There are those who have heard and followed the call throughout human history.

Sister Joan invites us to consider “The Benedictine Path and Me.”

GO Deep…

To encounter the full interview with Sister Joan, click here: https://youtu.be/TNnj0-ilaOA

Subscribe to Interior Mythos Journeys here: https://www.youtube.com/c/Interiormythos

Clips from this interview can be found here:

A Presence Enveloping Me: https://youtu.be/J45KeRrRecM
The Magnet: https://youtu.be/HrsEt042z5M
A Screeching Halt: https://youtu.be/oY-p7_hWH6w
Grass Growing Through Cement: https://youtu.be/cJrESA2P8OQ
Quit the Jargon: https://youtu.be/O0tRtAmsqzQ
Water in a Garden: https://youtu.be/F0LwktYKLic
That Single Blade of Grass: https://youtu.be/kVnTiejChcA
A Common Life: https://youtu.be/FpumlXB9bwI
An Erie Prophecy: https://youtu.be/TPYcIhxp768

Sister Joan Chittister was interviewed by Interior Mythos Journeys in June, 2018, in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Our Mission: The curriculum of Interior Mythos Journeys is a quest to explore contemporary mythic language that is in harmony with the 21st Century, Global, Quantum Scientific, and Universal Reality in which we all actually live.

As we solitarily and collectively claim the force of a relevant contemporary mythos, we are delivered to the possibility of life-lived-in-depth, the possibility of authentic life. This is the path beneath the surface.

The Transformative Encounter: The Practice of Contemplation

In the current age this transformative encounter, as well as the practices that deliver us to this encounter and the personal connection that flows from this encounter, is seldom the focus of our lives. Many of us wander disoriented through life, often on a self-destructive path, in a world seen, understood, and measured primarily by the external environment. We are disconnected from the Connecting Myth. We are disconnected from the interior depth to which the Connecting Myth might deliver us. Ironically, we have come to understand myth as a lie rather than a symbolic and metaphoric gateway to a deeper truth.

#joanchittister #interiormythosjourneys
The Great Work

When is it our doing is not just doing?

When does the activity of our lives point to an essential reality beyond the doing, yet revealed within it?

On May-the-Force-Be-With-You Day (May 4th) 2019, and the anniversary of the death of one of the prime instigators of this curriculum, we are grateful to share a reflection on transparent service.

Service to our suffering and confused world has never been more needed than today. Yet, only the Fiery Furnace of Being can refine our service and make it transparent to the depth for which our age hungers.

May we share the journey of The Great Work.

The Force is With You!

Subscribe to Interior Mythos Journeys here: https://www.youtube.com/c/Interiormythos

Our Mission: The curriculum of Interior Mythos Journeys is a quest to explore contemporary mythic language that is in harmony with the 21st Century, Global, Quantum Scientific, and Universal Reality in which we all actually live. Learn more at https://www.https://interiormythos.com/

As we solitarily and collectively claim the force of a relevant contemporary mythos, we are delivered to the possibility of life-lived-in-depth, the possibility of authentic life. This is the path beneath the surface.

The Transformative Encounter: The Practice of Contemplation

In the current age this transformative encounter, as well as the practices that deliver us to this encounter and the personal connection that flows from this encounter, is seldom the focus of our lives. Many of us wander disoriented through life, often on a self-destructive path, in a world seen, understood, and measured primarily by the external environment. We are disconnected from the Connecting Myth. We are disconnected from the interior depth to which the Connecting Myth might deliver us. Ironically, we have come to understand myth as a lie rather than a symbolic and metaphoric gateway to a deeper truth.

#interiormythosjourneys
A Deep Tension

We all know the conventional cliché “I am spiritual but not religious.”

Right? Maybe. But not so fast.

This cliché quickly communicates that “I am really a deep person and I recognize depth as a reality of human existence but I don’t wish to be identified with the idiots I encounter promoting this or that “religious” label or institution.

“Nope. Not me!”

Please consider anew, if the necessary revolution in consciousness is to be provoked in our moment in human history, it will be ushered in by an institution; or perhaps multiple institutions.

Allow Gene Marshall to deliver us into A Deep Tension where the easy answers and stock clichés fall away.

Subscribe to Interior Mythos Journeys here: https://www.youtube.com/c/Interiormythos

Our Mission: The curriculum of Interior Mythos Journeys is a quest to explore contemporary mythic language that is in harmony with the 21st Century, Global, Quantum Scientific, and Universal Reality in which we all actually live. Learn more at https://www.https://interiormythos.com/

As we solitarily and collectively claim the force of a relevant contemporary mythos, we are delivered to the possibility of life-lived-in-depth, the possibility of authentic life. This is the path beneath the surface.

The Transformative Encounter: The Practice of Contemplation

In the current age this transformative encounter, as well as the practices that deliver us to this encounter and the personal connection that flows from this encounter, is seldom the focus of our lives. Many of us wander disoriented through life, often on a self-destructive path, in a world seen, understood, and measured primarily by the external environment. We are disconnected from the Connecting Myth. We are disconnected from the interior depth to which the Connecting Myth might deliver us. Ironically, we have come to understand myth as a lie rather than a symbolic and metaphoric gateway to a deeper truth.

#interiormythosjourneys

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