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		<title>How Do You Write the World?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve McAllister</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I seem to have dozed off there for a minute. I had the strangest dream. You know how when you first wake up from a strange dream, and all of the images are jumping around in your mind, flaring up like little wisps of light, color, and sound, and they all seem to be unconnected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ordeal of Excellence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve McAllister</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I immediately recognized the office of the woman the aliens called Jessica, and was glad that we didn&#8217;t have to scale the side of the building again to get there. Jessica was at her desk, snacking on a fingernail as she read over a document on her desk. &#8220;She looks nervous,&#8221; I said. &#8220;Nothing gets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ordeal of Love</title>
		<link>http://www.themcallistercode.com/2010/03/10/the-ordeal-of-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve McAllister</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we vanished from the confines of Carter&#8217;s computer, the smell of cigarette smoke hit me before anything else. It immediately hit me that overcoming my dependence upon them was, for me, a Supreme Ordeal I had faced some time ago. Still, whenever I smell them, those memories come back to haunt me. Fortunately, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ordeal of Blogging</title>
		<link>http://www.themcallistercode.com/2010/03/09/the-ordeal-of-blogging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve McAllister</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We&#8217;ve got a few more ordeals to face?&#8221; I said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t recall the you part of the we being much part of the last one.&#8221; &#8220;We were there in spirit,&#8221; said Yewell. &#8220;Yeah, I&#8217;ll bet you were.&#8221; &#8220;We&#8217;ll stick closer on the next one,&#8221; assured Iman. &#8220;What&#8217;s the next one?&#8221; The aliens looked at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ordeal of Auditioning</title>
		<link>http://www.themcallistercode.com/2010/03/08/the-ordeal-of-auditioning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve McAllister</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I have the strength to overcome what?&#8221; I asked. &#8220;Whatever challenge your journey offers you,&#8221; said Iman. &#8220;Each of you has it. You&#8217;re just not all aware of it. However, by going into your Inmost Cave and realizing the strength within you, you prepare yourself for facing whatever challenges come from without.&#8221; &#8220;Would you like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Inmost Cave</title>
		<link>http://www.themcallistercode.com/2010/03/03/the-inmost-cave/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve McAllister</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were completely engulfed in darkness. I could no longer see either of the aliens. I could not even see my hand in front of my face. &#8220;What happened?&#8221; I called into the void. &#8220;The Inmost Cave is the heart of your darkness,&#8221; one of the aliens said, I couldn&#8217;t tell which one. The submergence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Heart of the Hero&#8217;s Journey</title>
		<link>http://www.themcallistercode.com/2010/03/01/the-heart-of-the-heros-journey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve McAllister</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;So that&#8217;s it?&#8221; I said. &#8220;We answer the call to adventure, have someone to guide us through it, and we become light bearers?&#8221; &#8220;Becoming a light bearer is not as simple as it sounds,&#8221; said Iman. &#8220;It never is,&#8221; I said. &#8220;Allow us to demonstrate,&#8221; said Yewell, and with a snap of his fingers we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hero&#8217;s Journey and the Act of Creation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve McAllister</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I watched as the man they called David helped me up and onto the bench. Though I knew I&#8217;d never met him before, there was something familiar about him, a sort of connection that I couldn&#8217;t quite put my finger on. &#8220;That feeling you have is quite common,&#8221; said Yewell, again reading my thoughts, &#8220;though [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting the Mentor</title>
		<link>http://www.themcallistercode.com/2010/02/22/meeting-the-mentor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve McAllister</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What if we can&#8217;t find the courage to accept our call to adventure?&#8221; I asked. &#8220;Then the call will go unanswered until you do,&#8221; said Iman. &#8220;Some of you may never find it as evidenced by the stagnation and compromises you see in your society today.&#8221; &#8220;And those that do?&#8221; &#8220;Those that do will realize [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Refusing the Call</title>
		<link>http://www.themcallistercode.com/2010/02/17/refusing-the-call/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve McAllister</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["That sounds all well and good," I said, "but that's just life, not really an adventure."

Iman shook his head. "An adventure is any undertaking that includes risk and an unsure outcome. Any time you put yourself out there or expand yourself, you risk losing the you that you are. You risk losing the comfort zone you've created for yourself. You risk the security you've wrapped yourself up in. Any time you try something new, it assures that you will not be engaging the same old same old you're accustomed to. Thus the adventure begins."

"What if we don't want to risk it?" I said. "I mean, what if we like the status quo? Like  you said, it's comfortable. It's safe."

"A good number of the calls to adventure are left unheeded," said Yewell. "They are heard and refused because they seem either too large and daunting or too small or insignificant. However, each of the calls goes with purpose and untold opportunity for growth. Ignoring any of the calls results in the stagnation not only of the hero but of society at large. For the person that is living consciously, no adventure is too big and no adventure is too small."
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