Mindful Adventures

There are many fascinating phenomena, but the marvel of the mind, in my opinion, is one of the most intriguing.

With our minds we can travel, create, solve, disrupt, challenge, fear, and worry, to name just a few expressions that this constant motion picture in our head can perform. It also allows us to avoid or embrace, someone or something, and much more.

I am currently reading "The Amber Spyglass: His Dark Materials, Book Three", written by Philip Pullman. He has been compared to J.K. Rowling, the creator of Harry Potter, as "one who invents a world filled with strange divinations and wordplays". Lyra Silvertongue is introduced as the central heroine in "The Golden Compass: His Dark Materials, Book One", and returns in "The Subtle Knife: His Dark Materials, Book Two", followed by Book Three mentioned above. Colorful figures are introduce along her journey.

Generally speaking, Pullman's mind has created mysterious adventures through the supporting characters who support different worlds, and their presence changes the paths that Lyra travels on during her journey of exploration. Behind the facade of this imaginative fantasy, he provokes the mind to consider the mystery of life from a different perspective.

Each one of our lives is a mystery. I am suggesting that we begin to think of our lives more as an adventure going forward, just as Pullman has portrayed Lyra's journey. Perhaps we will find life to be more fulfilling, meaningful, and rewarding. Perhaps our efforts to seek solutions, using our innate creativity, could produce a change for the better.

I am not suggesting that this is a new thought or approach, only reminding us all, as Pullman has done in his literary triad, that it may be a forgotten option.