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		<title>The Ordeal of Blogging</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
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&#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 one another and smiled.
&#8220;I really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ordeal of Auditioning</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve McAllister</dc:creator>
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&#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 us to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Inmost Cave</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve McAllister</dc:creator>
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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 into blackness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Heart of the Hero&#8217;s Journey</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve McAllister</dc:creator>
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&#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 were again submerged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hero&#8217;s Journey and the Act of Creation</title>
		<link>http://www.themcallistercode.com/2010/02/24/the-heros-journey-and-the-act-of-creation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve McAllister</dc:creator>
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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 often [...]]]></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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&#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 that when you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Refusing the Call</title>
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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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		<title>The Call to Adventure</title>
		<link>http://www.themcallistercode.com/2010/02/15/the-call-to-adventure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve McAllister</dc:creator>
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&#8220;What do you mean that I am the Ordinary World?&#8221; I asked.
&#8220;We mean just that,&#8221; Yewell explained. &#8220;The world you see around you is a reflection of who you are.&#8221;
&#8220;So it&#8217;s a reflection of me, but it&#8217;s not actually me.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s a reflection of you and it is you,&#8221; said Iman. &#8220;Have you ever heard the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ordinary World</title>
		<link>http://www.themcallistercode.com/2010/02/09/the-ordinary-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve McAllister</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["What do you mean we each need to be our own hero?" I asked.

"Since mankind started communicating with one another," Iman began, "you have marveled at those who performed above average feats and heralded their exploits through stories. You create myths about these characters as if they were actually super human, from historical figures that instigated great social change..."

"Like Martin Luther King or Gandhi," Yewell added.

"...to military leaders..."

"Like Alexander the Great and George Patton..."

"...to normal everyday people who seem to go above and beyond the call of duty."

"...like firemen and ER doctors."

"Yet each of these people," Iman continued," were merely human, complete with all of the frailties and weaknesses that each of you possess. Yet they each overcame their weaknesses and their obstacles to stand out from the average person to do extraordinary things with their lives."

"When we say that you can be your own heroes," Yewell said, "we mean that each of you has the capacity to do the same thing."]]></description>
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		<title>One Thought at a Time</title>
		<link>http://www.themcallistercode.com/2010/02/08/one-thought-at-a-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve McAllister</dc:creator>
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I stood alone staring at the items on the slab for quite awhile. Though the aliens had walked me through their meanings, I still sensed that my journey had just begun. For although I went through the steps and even felt what it was like to experience them in all of their glory, I knew [...]]]></description>
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