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Living Myth Podcast Episode 410 - On Hope and Despair
This episode begins with the old idea that emotions travel in pairs. Sorrow tends to travel with joy, so that if we allow sorrow to penetrate us, it will pull us to a deep level of our soul where joy can provide a renewal of spirit that lifts us back up. On the other hand, when we deny the grief and sorrows that enter our lives, we wind up losing our capacity for joy. Another natural pairing of emotions occurs with hope and despair. While despair can mean to “lose all hope,” it is not simply a blind alley or a dead end. Rather, the dark territory of despair becomes the place from which a deeper sense of hope can arise.
In response to the dark times in which we live, Michael Meade revives one of the oldest stories ever recorded. On the tattered remains of a papyrus scroll from over four thousand years ago, an unnamed poet describes a deeply unsettled country where people suffer from increasing chaos and an erosion of ethical values. He reports how wide scale injustice and the excessive greed of powerful people has induced the spread of mindless violence and brought him to the depths of despair. In his darkest hour his soul speaks and advises him to turn to the original potentials of his life and live in authentic ways despite and because of the troubles that have befallen everyone.
In times of darkness and loss, it becomes more important to know that there is a deeper sense of hope that can be found by experiencing some of the depths of despair. This hope found after hopelessness involves inspiration and the kind of vertical imagination that can reclaim the deepest values of humanity and envision meaningful ways to, not simply survive, but to revive the meaning and purpose of our lives.
The complete archive of Living Myth Podcasts is available at www.patreon.com/livingmyth
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Michael Meade, D.H.L., is a renowned storyteller, author, and scholar of mythology, anthropology, and psychology. He is the creator of the Living Myth podcast and founder of Mosaic Multicultural Foundation.
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Connecting to Our Deep Self
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The fragmentation and polarization that trouble the outside world is also felt deeply within us. Since the world will not settle soon, the unity and wholeness so sorely missing in the outer world must be found within us as well. As things fall apart the “knowing self” within moves closer to the surface, seeking to become more conscious to us. In order to avoid overwhelm and find meaningful life...
Living Myth Podcast 409 - The Law of the Fish vs. The Rule of Law
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On this episode of Living Myth, Michael Meade turns to an ancient myth from India to show how elections can have such dire consequences that the rule of law becomes replaced with the “law of the fishes.” In the great oceans the big fish endlessly devour the little fish and the same drama is often replicated in the realm of culture, where every pond has its big fish and the small fry continually...
Living Myth Podcast 408 - To Not Be Lost
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It is our mutual fate to live in a time of such disorientation and upheaval that the institutions we hoped would protect us cannot keep up with the flood of changes pouring through both nature and human culture. It makes sense that we could feel lost when the present is full of chaos and fear, while the future looks increasingly uncertain. In the long run, we are not simply in a battle between ...
Change the Soul, Change the World
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In the midst of crises, the soul tries to become conscious. If we awaken to our own calling, face our own fears and find our own destinies, then we become able to help change the outer world. There's an old idea that said humans are the make weights in the scales of time. Humans are but a speck in the universe on one hand, but because the soul is secretly connected all the way back to the origi...
Living Myth Podcast 407 - Antidotes to Uncertainty
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This episode of Living Myth begins with excerpts from a new psychological survey that a majority of American adults are worried that the upcoming presidential election could be the end of democracy in the United States. More than 7 in 10 people fear the results could lead to widespread violence. While it is clear that the political stakes are high, the levels of uncertainty and fear are even hi...
Living Myth Podcast 406 - Men, the Soul and the Search for Truth
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This episode of Living Myth addresses the issue of the “strongman” in politics and the way it exemplifies and contributes to a loss of authenticity, a lack of integrity and a loss of soul in modern cultures. “As a storyteller and someone who studies mythology, I carry stories around, maybe in the same way that someone might carry food or medicine or equipment in a backpack in case a need arises...
Turning to the Deep Self
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Michael Meade talks about how for our lives to grow, the fears of the ego must be faced and its spell must be broken, a theme in his new online series "The Soul of Change" that continues this Thursday, October 24. Despite the troubles they cause, critical turning points in life intend to change us from within, giving us access to imagination and wisdom from the deeper self while also learning t...
Living Myth Podcast 405 - The Symptoms We Suffer, The Symbols We Need
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This episode of Living Myth is about the need for living symbols that can give us a sense of unity and wholeness in a divided world. Symptom is an old Greek word that refers to something that “falls upon us or strikes us” in a way that wounds us or divides us against ourself. At this critical time on Earth, almost anything can suddenly become symptomatic and leave us more personally wounded and...
How To Not Be Overwhelmed
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The waves of radical change and upheaval in the outside world easily become overwhelming emotions inside us. Since the world will not settle soon, the unity and wholeness so sorely missing in the outer world must be found within us as well. When oriented from the deep self and soul within, our choices can become meaningful and our experiences can become revelatory rather than isolating or traum...
Living Myth Podcast 404 - Finding Shelter from the Storms
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This episode of Living Myth begins with the idea that the old terminology of 100-year storms and 1000-year storms makes little sense, since events of that magnitude now happen so often. It becomes difficult to deny that we now live in a world that is more unpredictable, more chaotic, and sadly, more dangerous. As the storms occurring in nature grow greater and move faster, a parallel intensific...
Critical Times, Opportune Moments
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We are in the midst of a cascade of crises that seem impossible to solve; yet at the same time, we are in what the ancients called a Kairos moment, an opening in time that calls for a transformation of life on earth. In such times things become both impossible and more possible at the same time as life transforms on many levels. It becomes important to know that transformation is the way of the...
Living Myth Podcast 403 - The Divine Touch: Living Through Chaos and Fear
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This episode of Living Myth focuses on the sense that we are living through a radical time when change becomes necessary and a transformation of life becomes more possible. Michael Meade uses an ancient myth to depict, not just creation, but importantly the process of re-creation which secretly sustains life on earth. When we find ourselves in a time of radical changes in nature and conflicts a...
The Soul of Change
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Michael Meade introduces his new online series "The Soul of Change" that begins on October 17 and considers how when life is in upheaval, the soul imagines the time is right, not simply for change, but for a true transformation that involves our whole self, mind and body, spirit and soul. We keep finding ourselves in uncharted waters in terms of the future of the planet and in unmapped territor...
Living Myth Podcast 402 - The Storm of Uncertainty and Your Authentic Self
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This episode of Living Myth begins with the idea of the Cone of Uncertainty as the front part of a hurricane or tropical storm that can veer to the right or left and change directions frequently. Michael Meade uses the Cone of Uncertainty as a metaphor for the political storms and radical uncertainties that characterize the current campaign season in the U.S. “No political forecaster could have...
Living Myth Podcast 401 - Why We Resist Change
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Finding a Calling in Life
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Change Feels Like Dying
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Living Myth Podcast 400 - In the Face of Tyranny
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Living Myth Podcast 399 - Messages from the Cosmos
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The Call of Genius
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Living Myth Podcast 395 - To Not Feel Lost in the Chaos of the World
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Living Myth Podcast 394 - Living in Turbulent Times
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Living Myth Podcast 393 - In Dire Straits
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Wisdom of the Wounded Healer
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Living Myth Podcast 392 - The Call of Genius
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The Kairos Moment
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Living Myth Podcast 391 - The Pathless Path
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  • @rbj5767
    @rbj5767 22 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    ❣️⚡

  • @sarahswingley122
    @sarahswingley122 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This, as always, provides so much comfort in the hours of distress that growth demands. So much love and gratitude for you Michael.

  • @rbj5767
    @rbj5767 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I am trying to find hope against all the odds of my American life

  • @rbj5767
    @rbj5767 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I feel destroyed over Trump and measure 118 being crushed by Selfish Immature (see The Sibling Society by Robert Bly‼️) Oregon voters of all ages‼️‼️🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💢💢

  • @flow963
    @flow963 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Yet again so inspiring ! And so very worth resounding now

  • @Official_SoulBranding
    @Official_SoulBranding 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What is the source of that Egyptian manuscript, please? I would like to reference it.

  • @Official_SoulBranding
    @Official_SoulBranding 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What is the source of the image above, with the angel emerging from the darkened, cloudy sky?

    • @snowdevil002
      @snowdevil002 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The Voyage of Life painting series by Thomas Cole, Old Age

    • @Official_SoulBranding
      @Official_SoulBranding วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@snowdevil002 Thank you!

  • @AllLinesAreBeautiful
    @AllLinesAreBeautiful 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is so helpful, as are all of you posts. I come to this channel to help myself get grounded. It always helps.

  • @KarenSharin
    @KarenSharin 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you ❤

  • @KarenSharin
    @KarenSharin 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    ❤ " lost " made me cry .

  • @aravsingh24
    @aravsingh24 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    fate holds no candle to the power of the human spirit.. certainly not to mine. i will rise through every hurdle, every single one.

  • @aravsingh24
    @aravsingh24 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    you do get healed of wounds michael. i am living testament to this, i healed my OCD without any conventional therapy, doing my inner work, spiritual practice and with the aid of plant medicine. and i know people, who have healed their wounds too... sexual assault and others... so i don't know what you mean when you say no, about healing of the wounds. healing a wound is very much possible and its what jung and all others spoke about you donkey. it is absolutely possible to heal our wounds, absolutely.. and yes i agree its about continuing to become conscious and continuing our path but also with the recognition that our essence is beyond wounding and that we are spirit.

  • @aravsingh24
    @aravsingh24 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    to the whole empathy gift you mention and the person who carries it likely not being seen. its bullshit. there is a lot of space for it and its needed. infact that's what you have and you're doing well.

  • @aravsingh24
    @aravsingh24 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    our wounds are our gifts

  • @barryknight9618
    @barryknight9618 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This captures what I am feeling and facing inside myself at the moment. It helps.

  • @kathy9802
    @kathy9802 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Truly words of wisdom....this is a major flashback for me as my partner and I used to sing at his restaurant on Vashon Island over 50 years ago. Really great to see you Michael!! and many thanks.

  • @joylowell8955
    @joylowell8955 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is very helpful. Thank you.

  • @geraldinehughes4490
    @geraldinehughes4490 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Brilliant, Mr. Meade, Thank you very very very much. Be well, all blessings to you and yours, GH

  • @lorna5609
    @lorna5609 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Michael, my dear friend, thank you. Thank you for validating how battered my soul has been feeling while at the same time putting it into a creative context of hope. You’ve been my mentor for a long time. And lately I’ve been seeking out and sharing your wisdom more than ever before. Thank you for your continued efforts to make the world and its people better.

  • @emmanuellacontopoulou
    @emmanuellacontopoulou 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    As much as I despise the overt Narcissism of Donald Trump and JD Vance, the Democrats are not lacking back in hypocrisy. I know you are a seeker of Truth and I have huge respect for your work, but I am wondering if you have looked at what Robert Kennedy is saying and if you have researched a bit the information he is bringing to the light, instead of blindly accepting and using the label of Conspiracy Theorist. There is a very sad Truth in the way the whole Pharmaceutical Empire is working and the laws about vaccines and the indemnity of the pharmaceuticals should be questioned. At least from the people who seek rhe Truth... Having said that, I am deeply disappointed that he endorsed Donald Trump. The end can never justify the means, at least in my mind...

  • @TheBritomart
    @TheBritomart 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is powerful & important, so genuine & spoken from the heart.

  • @jima3345
    @jima3345 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is very sad - I can only conclude that you're attempting to apply a healing balm to the ears of the choir, but it has you sounding like a cult leader.

    • @TheBritomart
      @TheBritomart 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Love these pontifications from the closeted right

    • @hebrewprice
      @hebrewprice 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Seek First Kingsom Of Heaven

  • @hyperbitcoinizationpod
    @hyperbitcoinizationpod 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Michael, I love you man, but these political episodes are really cringe and biased. The democrats are not free from everything you blame the right for. How do you know you have not been affected by left propaganda?

  • @danielahuser1719
    @danielahuser1719 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you Michael ❤…truth always resonates ❤

  • @danielahuser1719
    @danielahuser1719 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    🙏🏻my deep gratitude to dear Michael for generously sharing his knowledge, wisdom and truth…I only recently came into your channel and you have become my wake up call while having my breakfast and starting the day by remaining connected to my deep self 🙏🏻 thank you again ♥️🌺♥️…and greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭

  • @briansheehan7439
    @briansheehan7439 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I wanted to thank you Michael for the gift of your Living Myth podcast. It’s grown to become like manna in the desert - a bit of food for the souls which both sustains and inspires; promoting a truthfulness that plays out in my daily life and hopefully become seeds of greater fruit to come. 🙏

  • @hamiltonpaul73
    @hamiltonpaul73 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    During times like this, your wisdom is so important. Truly grateful for your voice and perspective, which has helped me to go within myself and approach this situation with greater calm and wisdom - while still acknowledging the deep trauma. This enables me to be a better person for those who are frightened now and looking to me for support. I started listening to many of these podcasts and realized what a treasure trove of wisdom they are . . . I am filled with appreciation for what you have done.

  • @hamiltonpaul73
    @hamiltonpaul73 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    These videos are an absolute treasure. Thank you so much for posting these.

  • @paddleduck5328
    @paddleduck5328 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    💚

  • @paddleduck5328
    @paddleduck5328 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    23:40 Chiron story Thanks!

  • @hamiltonpaul73
    @hamiltonpaul73 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is a fantastic video. I really appreciate the way you explain the role of myths and stories in the modern era. I think you are spot on!

  • @matildahernandez-miyares7716
    @matildahernandez-miyares7716 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Know your enemies- Lao Tzu th-cam.com/video/0dd40uMOgoc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=2zBfKd3-zjnjDap5

    • @AmigoBrazucaq
      @AmigoBrazucaq 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Lao Tzu never said that. It was Sun Tzu.

  • @KarenSharin
    @KarenSharin 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Omg . Thank you for the medicine ❤

  • @TrustingTheJourneyTv
    @TrustingTheJourneyTv 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you Michael. It helps to put words to how we’ve been feeling. Sorrow, loss & disappointment. That’s very much how we’ve been feeling these last couple of days (me my family & community). Always love hearing from you ❤

  • @jima3345
    @jima3345 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The soul is a perfect judge of her own motions, if your mind does not dictate to her....The soul's deepest will is to preserve its own integrity, against the mind and the whole mass of disintegrating forces. Soul sympathizes with soul. D.H. Lawrence.

  • @auggiemarsh8682
    @auggiemarsh8682 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Deeply disappointed in your political views. I’m surprised at how uninformed you are, Michael. But still love your other teaching

    • @MergatroydOktober
      @MergatroydOktober 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      This is not a political statement. Rather, his use of philosophy and poetry is very soothing at this time. Somebody needs to be a loser. And still be okay with it. Right?.

    • @dennisbattler4993
      @dennisbattler4993 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Concur ... the obvious deceptions of the outgoing administration, as massive as they are, to not be seen by this voice is alarming.

  • @jayleavitt6602
    @jayleavitt6602 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Amen

  • @hamiltonpaul73
    @hamiltonpaul73 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    So grateful for your words. Deeply healing.

  • @hyperbitcoinizationpod
    @hyperbitcoinizationpod 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What if the loss is the reluctance to accept one was wrong? There are people who have a complete inverse conception of what is nobility and what is madness. How can one be 100% sure one is on the 'right' side, the moral high ground? One should at least investigate that. Isn't that what taking a loss means?

    • @hyperbitcoinizationpod
      @hyperbitcoinizationpod 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      oh yeah, only other people live in a lie, but not me

  • @lorna5609
    @lorna5609 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Michael, my friend, thank you. ~Lorna

  • @sarahswingley122
    @sarahswingley122 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you.😔😣😖😭 thank you for being here for us

  • @BeverlyReedScott
    @BeverlyReedScott 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you

  • @rbj5767
    @rbj5767 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    ❣️⚡🙏💋💢🧙‍♂️✨👍😽💞🍁🐦🍃🍃🍃🍃

  • @jima3345
    @jima3345 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Inspiring - Thank you Michael.

  • @evonelespierwexler6491
    @evonelespierwexler6491 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Oh What Wisdom! Love hearing you tell this Powerful Story - Beautifully Woven to the Depth of Deep Self! Many Thanks for helping us Remember!!!

  • @marijogrogan
    @marijogrogan 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Your wisdom is what the world needs now! Thank you for your courage to step up and share your voice at this exciting and scary time in our history.

  • @judylyon4139
    @judylyon4139 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Immense gratitude for your courageous journey, Michael, which gave birth to your shared wisdom. Much needed in our troubled world today. 💖🙏

  • @nicolejackson3943
    @nicolejackson3943 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That’s truth❤❤❤

  • @norden-u2s
    @norden-u2s 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I appreciate Your teachings. Thank You 🙏

  • @jima3345
    @jima3345 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks Michael, One of my favorite images of wholeness, and one living their truth as they say today, was Mr. Tanner sung by Harry Chapin: "But music was his life, it was not his livelihood And it made him feel so happy and it made him feel so good And he sang from his heart and he sang from his soul He did not know how well he sang, it just made him whole."