“Myth is the system of basic metaphors, images, and stories that informs the perceptions, memories, and aspirations of a people; provides the rationale for its institutions, rituals and power structure; and gives a map of the purpose and stages of life.” PeopleGivingStoriesPurposeMemoriesStagePerceptionInstitutionsStructureMetaphorMythMythologyAspirationMapsRitualRationaleStages Of Life Book:The passionate life: stages of loving Source: The passionate life: stages of loving
“I think we're inevitably going to be depressed when we focus the major part of our energy and attention on something that doesn't give us meaning, only material things.” ThinkingGivingEnergyAttentionFocusMaterialsMajorsMaterial Things Author:Sam Keen
“Being pretty successful, I can, of course, afford some luxuries. But I realize again and again how we have to disillusion ourselves of the idea that these things are going to give us real satisfaction.” GivingI CanIdeasRealCoursesRealizingSuccessfulSatisfactionLuxuryAgain And AgainDisillusionBeing Pretty Author:Sam Keen
“Call it "womb awe" or even "womb worship" but it's not simple envy. I don't remember even wanting to be a woman. But each of the three times I have been present at the birth of one of my children, I have been overwhelmed by a sense of reverence... It was quite suddenly, the first day of creation; the Goddess giving birth to a world... Like men since the beginning of time I wondered: What can I ever create that will equal the magnificence of this new life?” MenWorldGivingFirstsChildrenHas BeensRememberThreeFatherSimpleCreationBirthEqualWorshipEnvyMy ChildrenAweReverenceGoddessNew LifeOverwhelmedThree TimesWombGiving BirthMagnificence Author:Sam Keen
“Wise people are able to give themselves gracefully to seemingly contradictory experiences, because they know that they belong to different seasons of life, all of which are necessary to the whole. Spring and winter, growth and decay, creativity and fallowness, health and sickness, power and impotence, and life and death all belong within the economy of being.” PeopleKnowsGivingDifferentWholeWisdomAbleGrowthCreativityEconomyWiseSpringSeasonsWinterSicknessLife And DeathDecayContradictoryImpotenceWise PeopleSeasons Of Life Author:Sam Keen
