EP9 - Gavin Sher: The NEW Archetype Beyond “Hero’s Journey”

What if suffering isn’t part of our story? Learn how you can embody the “new archetype” story in your life, and create a journey with growth, self awareness, and fulfilment.Gavin is a filmmaker, who has developed films for top international companies and sits on the fiction funding panel of South Africa’s National Film & Video Foundation. He also holds a masters in Philosophy and has devoted himself to exploring the intersections of storytelling and life.He explains:◼ How Our Life is Brainwashed by Joseph Campbell’s “Hero’s Journey”◼ A Meta-Philosophical Perspective on the Universe and Reality◼ The Emerging New Archetype Framework (one without suffering)◼ How We Can Bring the New Archetype to Our Lives◼ The Independent Yet Collaborative Nature of Future FilmmakingTimestamps:02:06 - Meta-understanding of “Stories”04:12 - Campbell’s “Hero’s Journey”06:40 - Attachment to Desire 07:45 - The “New Archetype”11:52 - Hollywood Becoming McDonalds’ of Film14:22 - Suffering 15:55 - Why you should care about stories19:50 - How to embody the “New Archetype”21:26 - Reality: 3 Types of Evil, Freewill, C&E26:33 - Expressions of God29:40 - Playfulness and Imagination in the New Archetype30:20 - Bosco’s Synthesis Attempt36:51 - You’re Forcing vs Letting it flow39:39 - Self Awareness40:22 - Gene Keys as part of the “New Archetype”43:81 - The Shift in Consciousness Needed For the “New Archetype”45:10 - The Future of Filmmaking49:45 - Looking Inwards55:12 - Letting go the need to “know”57:03 - The “New Archetype” Perspective58:02 - Commentator, Communicator, and Time1:00:34 - Creating an Independent Filmmaking System_____________________Episode Resources:https://medium.com/@gavin.sher https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavin-sher-2b50a663/https://www.instagram.com/bosco.yiu/https://linktr.ee/awakendiaries

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