A Walk with Purpose (Part 2)

On This Walk

In the last episode, Tim and I spoke about our personal journeys with purpose, belonging, taking soul wanders, and how this brings us into this incredible space where nature reflects what truly lies within.

As we continue with Part 2 of our walk with purpose in today’s conversation, we dive deeper into the ancient ritual of a Vision Quest – sharing what this ritual is and what it can reveal.

I’ve been on a personal vision quest with Tim’s guidance and, on this transformative journey of mine, I encountered deep questions with tough to grasp answers. But as I interacted with these questions, so much more than guidance was revealed.

Join me as we step into this vision quest with my walking partner, Tim Corcoran.

In This Episode

• (04:58) - What is a vision quest?
• (13:36) - The two sides of preparing for a vision quest
• (17:00) - What does Life want to do with me?
• (18:39) - The grounding mantra of ‘trust the ceremony’
• (25:53) - Establishing a conversation with the ancient one
• (33:38) - The post-vision quest return
• (35:14) - Proper preparation and proper integration before and after the quests
• (39:00) - My journey towards peace
• (42:51) - “To quest is to go experience the fullness of life.”
• (47:53) - The most important changes that take place when we go out in and return from quest

Notable Quotes

• “I've used different versions of this phrase before at different parts of my life, ‘trust the process’. But really, I wanted to honor the ceremony, the sacred ceremony I was entering. And so that mantra became to trust the ceremony. I'm gonna connect to my soul, I'm gonna connect to my purpose. I'm gonna connect it by all these intentions of what I wanted out of the process. And then ultimately that was able to fade away so that I could turn and say, I'm gonna trust the ceremony. And it was through the journey itself, through the vision quest that I recognized that the mantra that I came up with had nothing to do, or it didn't only have to do with the vision quest. That's pretty much become my mantra, because I now understand for me, this life is the ceremony. We're in the ceremony right now in this grand experiment. This is the ceremony.” - Luke (18:39)
• “I want the fullness of life and if there's darkness in me that I have to face, then so be it. I'll face it. And I think that's a mindset that is appropriate especially for a quest. And it's that willingness, it's that vulnerability, it's that courage that's so important. My hope is for our listeners that maybe this inspires you to find that. Because I do believe we all as human beings have that potential inside of us to face these depths. And it's only in facing our darkness that we'll be able to face our light and yeah, it gets pretty dark, and yeah, it gets pretty bright. In the end, I've never worked with anybody who didn't say that it was worth it.” - Tim (43:20)

Our Guest

Tim Corcoran is the founder of Purpose Mountain, where he offers Nature Based Purpose Guidance to support people with a love for wild nature who feel a deep yearning to discover their purpose. Tim also serves as co-Director of Twin Eagles Wilderness School, an organization he co-founded with his wife in Sandpoint, Idaho in 2005 dedicated to facilitating deep nature connection mentoring, cultural restoration, and inner tracking.

Resources & Links

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