The whole myth of Narcissus is about one who fabricates,” John-Roger says sometime in this seminar. “Can you imagine the problem that Narcissus had? Here you are the most beautiful being in the world. You’ve got everything going for you. Everybody loves you… and then you see a mirror image of yourself in a pond. From then on, that’s all you want to do: look at your image in the water. You’re Narcissus the Fantastic, and now you’re looking at a fabrication of who you are. I really feel sorry for Narcissus, to think he’s got all that and he’s not sharing it; he’s loving the reflection, instead of loving the beingness.”

J-R’s story of Narcissus tells us the theme of this seminar. The work of the Mystical Traveler (the energy J-R refers to as being stable as the North Star) is to help us move from the stuck places of admiring ourselves, although that might look more like needing attention from others, or judging ourselves or others, or living to please someone else.

The Traveler’s work assists us to find God within ourselves by bringing ourselves to that experience of Who we are. As J-R says, “If where you are at this particular point has not produced a blissful consciousness and awareness of the multi-dimensions of God and the unity of all things, then you darn well better give up your approach because you can’t get there from where you are. The process of getting to God means we have to rip up the anchor and set sail.”