A Sacred Journey - Psychology, Personal Development & Realizing the Myth Within

In today's video on quotes of inspiration, author Mark Twain reminds us that we should be aware of how media attempts to influence us through statistics to distort reality in ungrounded facts.

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom derives inspiration from Mark Twain, who reminds us to be weary of lies, statistics, and the distortion of reality they create. To be informed is to know how to decipher between the good, the bad, and the ugly of the information we are exposed in this journey to realize our dreams.

In today's episode, Dr. Thomas Maples explores the archetypal underpinnings of Aesop's Tortoise and Hare, examining the role that planning, engaging, and perseverance play in reaching untouched Self-potential.

In today's podcast, Dr. Thomas Maples explores the psychology behind resolutions, the need to set measurable goals, and ways to identify with the Self versus self as he analyzes the poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost. 

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom explores how ways we can use the psychology of the 5 senses we have been given to counteract the Negative Skew phenomenon offered us by traditional and social media outlets. 

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What's your hidden potential? What future does your destiny hold for you? In this affirmation, Dr. Tom conducts a guided meditation to dream our destiny forward, so that we may open gates from where Self and self can create inroads to personal potential. 

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Discover how myths can help you realize your inner potential for transformation and renewal by looking at how their symbols reveal the human psyche's capacity for growth during our lifetime. This podcast explores the archetypes common to myth and fairytales as an agent for body, mind, and spiritual growth potential. 

In this podcast, we explore the story of Narcissus and how it parallels mental health and the journey to find purpose. We discuss narcissistic personality disorder and what can happen when someone is afflicted by it. Finally, we offer hope for those who are struggling with these issues and provide ways to find help.

In today's episode, Dr. Tom continue his exploration of the mythological characters Echo and Narcissus from a lens of social and cultural egocentrism and its effect on personal development. 

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom explores the myth of Echo, Hera, and Zeus from the lens of contemporary distraction. How can we find the nature of Self in a world that so buys for the ego's attention. 

In today's episode, Dr. Tom explores the archetypal symbols of infinity, eternity, and heaven as written about in William Blakes poem Auguries of Innocence. Perception and our capacity to overcome its sensory deficit towards understanding the miracles abound are examined. How can we find the divine? Sometimes we need to let go and let God work us through infinite intelligence versus our perceptual experience. To read more, visit Dr. Thomas Maples

https://drthomasmaples.com/2021/12/13/perceptions-of-infinity/

In today's article, Dr. Tom explores an inspirational verse from Matthew, who reminds us of the true power behind faith. 

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In today's episode, Dr. Tom explores the cyclical nature of history, the father archetype as portrayed in the blowing wind and warming sun in Aesop's classic entitled the NorthWind and the Sun, and its effects on personal development. 

In today's episode, Dr. Tom explores how to link daily life lessons to core values as an integration tool to create core memories and a strong foundation for family values for your children. 

In today's episode, Dr. Tom explores the lived experience behind the mythic masculine, linking our personal actions to creative methods of nurturing the next generation forward. 

In today's episode, Dr. Tom explores the foundation of courage and ways to use it to overcome inherent fears within the soul. 

In today's segment, Dr. Tom explores the journey Siddhartha undertakes to leave the shadow of his family home. Archetypal themes explored include the ego, self, Self, the mother, father, river, forest, and social support systems the protagonist has to undertake his journey to realize his emergent Self. 

In today's episode, Dr. Tom explores the introductory paragraphs of Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha, laying the foundation of an archetypal journey to realize higher states of conscious awareness. 

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom ends the exploration of the symbols behind Old Sultan, focusing on consciousness as an exercise of maturation, from youth to old age, immaturity to wisdom, and the deals we must make in order to grow upon our natural life course. 

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom analyzes the concept of trust and its effect on intrapersonal and interpersonal relationships. 

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom says goodbye to a year gone by. Oh what sorrows, joy, pain, and love there was shared in homeschooling children during a year of pandemic education. 

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom explores childhood initiation, the need for old time wisdom, and rites of passage from the perspective of the Brother's Grimm Story Old Sultan.

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom explores a wonderful quote from Meister Eckhart, who reminds us that new beginnings are miracles afforded us each day. 

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom explores how a mother's day conversation around the beauty of life unfolds when we work on honoring the beauty within. 

In today's episode, Joseph Campbell leads the way from a wonderful citation that reminds us of the power behind developing a mythic framework from which to guide one's life. May the 4th Be With You!!!

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom finishes his exploration of the Myth of Daedalus, examining the importance grounded dreams have in unfolding a Self realized state of development.

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom continues his exploration of the Myth of Daedalus, who tragically turns upon his nephew in a murderous rage and creates the means from which jealousy and egoism make their mark upon the newer generation yearning to learn from the past. 

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom continues his exploration of the Myth of Daedalus from the perspective of the Rising Pheonix and its capacity to lift the soul to grounded heights. 

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom explores a wonderful citation from Frederick Douglass, who reminds us that there is no in-dependence without self-dependence. 

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom continues his exploration of the Myth of Daedalus and its implication on raising a generation capable of chasing their dreams. 

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom continues the exploration of the Myth of Daedalus from the perspective of fathers raising a healthy generation of children moving forward. 

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom explores the psychology of motiving the next generation to advance confidently in the direction of their dreams. 

In this podcast, Dr. Tom explores the myth of Daedalus, that reminds us in order to be proactive in our children's psychological development, we have to steer them towards their own sense of values by instilling a moral compass through developing their own sense of compassionate grounding experiences. 

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom continues his exploration of the Myth of Daedalus, which shows us that parenting from a patient perspective oftentimes requires us to simply allow play to be play, in order to help foster the experimental attitude needed to realize Self Potential. 

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom continues to explore the myth of Daedalus, who builds the wings of his dream, as a means to escape the imprisonment his own mental ingenuity created. 

In today's Podcast, Dr. Tom explores the true mark of life: a series of tests unfolding that force us to reach within, find out what is there, and utilize those glowing embers to ignite a passion within that is willing to persevere to realize the brevity of a dream created. 

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom explores the ascent of Daedalus from a psychospiritual perspective. In this segment, Dr. Tom analyzes the beginning of this wonderful myth, that reminds us that ascent without descent creates the means by which we lose the personal foundation that drives our emotional and spiritual development forward. 

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom explores the story of Persephone and the cyclical nature of death and rebirth from the Greek tale of one's descent into the underworld and ascent towards new beginnings. 

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom explores a wonderful quote from St. Patrick, who reminds us that perfection in old age comes from exploring and owning those things once misspent in youth. 

In today's episode, Dr. Tom explores modern myth making in the form of story lines from popular entertainments sources such as video games and movies. 

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom explores the foundation of myth as being elements of dream symbols that drive personal and collective development. 

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom embraces a poem from the great Hafiz, who reminds us that the gentle embrace of love does not come with obligation but a loving kindness for what is present. In this segment, we continue examining the mature masculine in its warming embrace of the feminine elements. 

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom explores the practical application of the Father Within, that archetypal warrior, lover, king, and sage, who will may below as the wind, but finds solace in the warmth of love he is capable of giving to his children. 

In today's episode, Dr. Tom continues his exploration The North-Wind of the Sun by exploring the gentle nature of the Mature Masculine as a positive polarity of the Father Archetype.

Dr. Tom explores the dual role of the father archetype, and its effects on our psychological journey to realize Self. 

Dr. Tom gives a reading of Aesop's The Northwind and the Sun from the Library of Congress Website read.gov. In the reading, Dr. Tom analyzes the archetypes of the myth as it relates to Carl Jung's notion of Self-Realization. 

In today's episode, Dr. Tom explores a wonderful citation from Dr. Wayne Dyer, that reminds us Abundance is something we tune into.

In today's Myth Within, Dr. Tom explores a wonderful citation from Epicurus, who reminds us that abundance is a measurement of what moves us, not a measurement of material gain. 

Dr. Tom explores a wonderful citation from Dr. Wayne Dyer, that reminds us "doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life."

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom explores the depths of meaning behind a wonderful quote from mythologist Joseph Campbell, that reminds us "the privilege of a lifetime is being who you are."