It can be said that the ultimate “great deed” is living your life compassionately in harmony with the reality of wholeness and in continuing relationship with The One, as The One. In so doing, you inform the world of the essential unity within multiplicity. As Campbell states, “The great deed of the supreme hero is to come to the knowledge of the unity in multiplicity and then to make it known” to the world.
“The two –-the hero and his ultimate god, the seeker and the found –-are thus understood as the outside and inside of a single, self-mirrored mystery, which is identical with the mystery of the manifest world.” (Joseph Campbel)
A question of identity sparked the creation of the physical universe. That inquiry continues to drive the eternal cycle of life. Answering it impels the “hero’s journey” that affirms life’s greatest mystery. Each of us is concurrently a singular answer connected to all the other possible answers to this most fundamental question. Every moment we live, every choice we make formulates the reply. We are life’s story being told every day. We are life’s affirmation of itself and the face of its own consciousness. Be bold and courageous in your living. Ask the question of identity–-“Who am I?”--at every moment and in every new situation. Then, behold the answer as you gaze into the face of your own reflection:
“I AM myself the creation!
I AM Life!”
(From, "The Face of Consciousness" by P. Donovan & H. Joiner Bey, 2006)
“The two –-the hero and his ultimate god, the seeker and the found –-are thus understood as the outside and inside of a single, self-mirrored mystery, which is identical with the mystery of the manifest world.” (Joseph Campbel)
A question of identity sparked the creation of the physical universe. That inquiry continues to drive the eternal cycle of life. Answering it impels the “hero’s journey” that affirms life’s greatest mystery. Each of us is concurrently a singular answer connected to all the other possible answers to this most fundamental question. Every moment we live, every choice we make formulates the reply. We are life’s story being told every day. We are life’s affirmation of itself and the face of its own consciousness. Be bold and courageous in your living. Ask the question of identity–-“Who am I?”--at every moment and in every new situation. Then, behold the answer as you gaze into the face of your own reflection:
“I AM myself the creation!
I AM Life!”
(From, "The Face of Consciousness" by P. Donovan & H. Joiner Bey, 2006)
Dr. Donovan is a Naturopathic Physician, author, educator, and a professor of clinical medicine at Bastyr University's Natural Health Clinic. In 2010 he was voted by his professional peers as one of Seattle’s Top Doctors in the Seattle Metropolitan Magazine. Dr. Donovan writes and lectures on the transformational process of healing and believes a person’s healing journey is ultimately a quest for his/her identity, purpose and meaning. He has more than 35 years of patient care experience as a Registered Nurse (RN) and a Naturopathic Physician (ND), representing a wide range of clinical settings from hospital-based surgical and intensive care as a registered nurse to outpatient primary care as a physician.
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