If you wonder about this, you are already advanced and likely have a very conscious relationship to the maps of meaning you use. And so you wonder what our map of meaning is. 

Journey to the Great Self is closely connected to the tradition of depth psychology. This means that we place more emphasis on the structure of the deep psyche and the huge impact of archetypal energy on our lives than we do on e.g. non-dual perspectives.

We acknowledge the impact of family systems, epigenetic markers, karmic patterns etc, which means that we reject the notion that all meaning is subjective and created, and propose that a lot of meaning is created, but that some is inherent. 

Let us explain this further:

When we are born into this world, and receive wounds and epigenetic markers through forces outside of our control, blocks to our free expression of life force are formed. These blocks and wounds are not just a problem, they are also a curriculum to our core competency. It is in healing and untangling these wounds that many people discover their true purpose in this life. 

So to wrap up, the idea that meaning is created speaks to the fact that we are free to interpret everything as we wish. This is a powerful perspective and is particularly potent in overcoming the victimized self narrative. 

The idea that meaning is inherent speaks to the fact that we receive imprints from birth and childhood which are completely outside of our control. In our tradition, we see alchemizing these imprints into gifts as the true hero’s journey, and it forms the basis of all that we do.

In our experience, clinging to either of these exclusively tends to lead to spiritual bypassing, and we therefore hold them both as true.