This book, \u201cThe Hero\u2019s Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work,\u201d has a very long \u2018working-out\u2019, or way of showing, or detailing of the stated point. I tried here and there within the chapters to pick up the points, but it takes me longer time therefore, I went to look for the summary and comment that others who read the book have written or shared.<\/p>\n
Grammarly (September 28, 2023) talked about it as, \u201cThe 12 Step of the.\u201d [1]<\/a> Following is 12 Steps of the Hero\u2019s Journey: (1.) The call to adventure, (2.) The refusal of the call, (3.) Meeting the mentor, (4.) Crossing the threshold, (5.) Tests, allies, and enemies, (6.) The approach to the inmost cave, (7.) The ordeal, (8.) The reward, (9.) The road back, (10.) The resurrection, (11.) The return, and (12.) The freedom to live. Grammarly summarized as, \u201cThe call to adventure, where the hero is presented with a challenge or opportunity that sets them on their path; the crossing of the threshold, leaving behind the known world and venturing in the unknown; various tests, trials, and allies that help the hero overcome obstacles along the way; a confrontation with a major enemy or obstacle; and finally, the return home, transformed and changed by their experiences.\u201d[2]<\/a> This summary from the Grammarly website shows the journey as a cycle that the hero went from ordinary to significant. This was shown or explained it in twelve steps; and this cycle of an ordinary individual that refined into a hero or an extraordinary individual, mostly everyone agreed that it is the theme of \u201cThe Hero\u2019s Journey\u201d by Campbell.<\/p>\n Haupt (TIME, August 2023) stated that aside from using \u2018The Hero\u2019s Journey\u201d format as a blueprint, one can also applied the framework to his\/her life to achieve a more meaningful life. In the beginning of her article, she said, \u201cYou might not think you have much in common with Luke Skywalker, Harry Potter, or Katniss. But imagining yourself as the main character of a heroic adventure could help you achieve a more meaningful life.\u201d [3]<\/a> Of course, this is not a reference to the \u2018meaningful life\u2019 the Bible talks about. However, I myself would like to frame my life\u2019s journey using this \u2018\u2026hero\u2019s journey\u2019 framework to give it some sense and encouragement. In my journey in this doctoral of leadership program, I would like to compare it to an adventure that I (hopefully) think that I am called to. Some part of myself is kind of hesitant about this taking this journey for it is so overwhelming. Until today, it is kind of unreal. Just imagining myself in this program and among all these professionals from various walks of life, is unbelievable. The only relief and the only hope that keeps me going is through the kind and amazing assistance that I got from the cohorts, the staff, the mentors and off course from our Master Refiner Himself, our LORD. My prayer is always that I would be able to complete journey successfully. Now that I am in it, I have no thought or turning back.<\/p>\n Back in Micronesia, on my Island of Satowan, the traditional chiefs always said this word, \u201cAMORUKONAT,<\/strong>\u201d to the students that are leaving our island to further their education either in at the neighboring islands or outside Micronesia. This word. \u201camorukonat, \u201ccomes from two Satowanese word, which are, \u201camorukalo\u201d and \u201cnat.\u201d The first word, means, \u201cput out of your mind,\u201d and the latter, is a name of a tree that grows on the beach, the closest to the shoreline. When the tide is low, it sits on the beach; when the tide is high, it looks as if it floats on the shoreline. So, the literal meaning of the word, \u201cAMORUKONAT\u201d is to let the Nat (the tree that is seen both during low-tide and high-tide) disappeared from your thought so you can focus fully on the purpose of your journey (or the reason why you’re leaving everything behind on the island).<\/p>\n I left my home island of Satowan to further my education in the United States since the summer of 1995. If I ever completed this doctoral journey, my \u201cAMORUKONAT\u201d will be a very meaningful to me, my family and the people of my small island. I could be the first in my family and my people to ever completed a doctoral journey, AMORUKONAT!<\/p>\n [1]<\/a> Student. \u201cThe 12 Steps of the Hero\u2019s Journey.\u201d https:\/\/www.grammarly.com\/blog\/heros-\/journey\/<\/a> (accessed February 01, 2024).<\/p>\n [2]<\/a> Ibid.<\/p>\n [3]<\/a> Haupt, Angela. \u201cWant to Give Your Life More Meaning? Think of It As a \u2018Hero\u2019s Journey.\u2019\u201d https:\/\/time.com\/6304708\/heros-journey-psychology\/<\/a> (accessed February 1, 2024).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This book, \u201cThe Hero\u2019s Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work,\u201d has a very long \u2018working-out\u2019, or way of showing, or detailing of the stated point. 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