The Psyche: The Quest Of Meaning & Development Of The Psyche

The Quest For Meaning

Wherever you look, creation stories from around the world speak of a remarkably similiar pattern:

Adam eats the apple.

Bassari Man east the fruit.

Enkidu eats the bread.

Hercules drink from Hera’s breast, Pangu bites the head of King Fang, Pandora’s Box is opened…

And we god-like creatures fall from paradise into the world of pain and suffering.

In the beginning, it is said, humans lived in the realm of the gods and eternity.

At some point, we fell from this Garden and were born into time, space, and suffering. We became mortal and conscious, And for so long as we live, we aspire to return to paradise.

This is the universal Hero’s Journey, and it manifests in tales wherever you look:

Hercules performs the Twelve Labours.

Gilgamesh slays beasts.

Jesus, Buddha, and Rama battle demons in the wilderness.

Parzival quests for the Grail. Odysseus and Ahab chart the seas.

Cuchulainn and Sundiata defeat whol armies,