Thanks so much for sharing that, Mary Ann!
That process of breaking through the restricting bonds of limitation — of experiencing the “spheres of ever-expanding realization” is, I think, the crux of what Campbell was talking about when he set out to describe the Hero’s Journey in The Hero with a Thousand Faces. It’s the psychological and spiritual process through which we grow and change.
Not always a fun or happy process — more blisters sometimes than bliss — but important nonetheless, right?