MatthewHuttleSep 26, 20204 min28g - Apotheosis - Amor FatiIroh’s question to his nephew, “Who are you, and what do you want?” has been ringing in my mind a lot lately. This was a pivotal moment...
MatthewHuttleSep 25, 20204 min28f - Apotheosis - "Understanding others ... will help you become whole."In part four of the last miniseries I said that the elixir I brought back with me, that of personal responsibility, meritocratic hard...
MatthewHuttleSep 24, 20203 min28e - Apotheosis - "Life happens wherever you are, whether you make it or not."Once they arrived at the hidden firebending temple, Aang and Zuko found a series of statues depicting a martial arts form called, “The...
MatthewHuttleSep 23, 20203 min28d - Apotheosis - An Extension of One's BeingBalance is the central theme of ATLA, and it’s no accident that much of that world is inspired by Asian cultures and their art. Eastern...
MatthewHuttleSep 22, 20204 min28c - Apotheosis - "Pride is not the opposite of shame, but it's source."Before Iroh taught Zuko how to redirect lightning, he tried teaching him how to create it. However, after nearly blowing himself up...
MatthewHuttleSep 21, 20204 min28b - Apotheosis - "Who are you, and what do YOU want?"By the second season of ATLA, Zuko and Iroh became more than exiles; they get branded as traitors by Zuko’s psychopathic sister, Azula,...
MatthewHuttleSep 20, 20203 min28a - Apotheosis - The Exiled Prince, The Wise General, and The Smartass.A show that I do not talk enough about in these blogs is Avatar: The Last Airbender (ATLA), and that’s a personal failing. I’ve included...
MatthewHuttleSep 19, 20204 min27g - Atonement With the Father - Vulnerability as a Position of StrengthWhen discussing the Atonement with the Father stage in my first round of blogs, I said that the only way to counter the Dragon of...
MatthewHuttleSep 18, 20204 min27f - Atonement With the Father - Someplace I Have Never BeenVisionary inventor Buckminster Fuller said, “You never change things by fighting against the existing reality. To change something, build...
MatthewHuttleSep 17, 20204 min27e - Atonement With the Father - Yuri BezmenovIn 2003, psychologist Dr. Maja Djikic (then a graduate student) penned a paper with her professor entitled, “You Can Neither Remember Nor...
MatthewHuttleSep 16, 20204 min27d - Atonement With the Father - White Supremacist AdjacentIn my first round through the monomyth, the Elixir I attained was the discovery of conservative ideals of meritocracy, rugged...
MatthewHuttleSep 15, 20204 min27c - Atonement With the Father - The Shadow WarriorAs I went deeper into my unconscious mind, I went from battling a mighty dragon that made me both manic and depressed as it pushed me to...
MatthewHuttleSep 14, 20204 min27b - Atonement With the Father - Time to go Deeper If it’s one thing I’ve learned in going through the hero’s journey, it’s surrender. Not surrender in the hippie-dippie,...
MatthewHuttleSep 6, 20205 min26 - Woman As Temptress - The Natural Man is PatheticIn ancient belief systems from around the world, Nature itself was depicted as feminine. Even now we refer to the planet as “Mother...
MatthewHuttleAug 30, 20205 min25 - Meeting With the Goddess - Right When I Needed It the MostBecause of the name, “Meeting with the Goddess”, people often misunderstand what the seventh stage of the monomyth is all about, but it...
MatthewHuttleAug 23, 20204 min24 - Road of Trials - To Fight and to LoseOnce the hero gets acquainted with the new world he finds himself in, the real trials begin. He is going to fight, and he is going to...
MatthewHuttleAug 1, 20204 min23 - Belly of the Whale - "I am in way over my head!"Over the course of the next couple of months I gave WFG my all. I invited quests to the corporate overview like a madman. A few people...
MatthewHuttleJul 26, 20203 min22 - Crossing the First Threshold - There Is No Going BackThe moment that the hero crosses the first threshold from his ordinary world to the special world is usually pretty quick. It’s often...
MatthewHuttleJul 19, 20206 min21 - Supernatural Aid - Definitely Not NormalLet me start this blog off by saying that what I found at Revolution Financial Management was not a multi-level-marketing company,...