Michael Meade tells an old story from India about the creation of the world. In it, an ancient sage named Markandeya is caught in the tension between creation and wonder, despair and loss. His existential crisis speaks to the world we live in now with its increasing levels of fear and despair. Addressing the two great fears - fear of abandonment and the fear of being overwhelmed – Meade talks about how easily we can get lost in despair if we don’t know there is something essential in the ground of our being. He suggests that this story, and all the old stories, remind us that every soul born comes in with genius capacities, natural gifts and a unique way of being – a fundamental quality that serves as medicine and antidote to feelings of discouragement, fear and anxiety.
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Episode 364 - The Sacred Fifth
Episode 363 - Myths of Creation and Re-Creation
Episode 362 - Darkness and the Light
Episode 361 - The Stream of Knowledge
Episode 360 - Ancient Myths, Modern Science
Episode 359 - The Necessity of Imaginatioin
Episode 358 - The Origins of Gratitude
Episode 357 - The Wisdom of the Butterfly
Episode 356 - The Furies in Myth
Episode 355 - The Purpose Seeded in You
Episode 354 - The Light Within Dark Times
Episode 353 - Roots of Inner Peace
Episode 352 - A World on Fire
Episode 351 - Oracle at the Center
Episode 350 - Two Agreements of the Soul
Episode 349 - What the Soul Sees
Episode 348 - Soul on Trial
Episode 347 - Beyond Anxiety
Episode 346 - Facing Inner Fears
Episode 345 - Your Calling Keeps Calling
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