How happy are you with your life? Are you completely fulfilled, or do you experience a longing for something more? Perhaps you’ve realized that the “more” that you crave cannot be found in the outside world: it is a longing of the Soul. You are hearing the call to take the Hero’s Journey and become the Hero of your own Story.
Your journey takes place over a period of six months. Twice a month, you will have a 90-minute personal consultation with Kevin B. Burk. After each session, you will receive a set of worksheets with your homework assignments; complete the written portion of the homework and submit it to Kevin. Meanwhile, you develop your spiritual muscles through daily spiritual practice and application of the skills and insights you have attained. Should you need additional support or guidance between sessions, Kevin is just an e-mail or a phone call away.
During your journey, you will meet the seven Astrological Archetypes:
The Sun(The Hero): The Sun is the “Big S” Self, who you truly are (as opposed to who you think you are). The Sun relates to your Personal Standards of Integrity.
Saturn (The Judge): Saturn is the ultimate Authority Figure. Your relationship with Saturn influences how you experience Law, rules, boundaries, restrictions, limitations, and accountability.
The Moon (The Reflection): The Moon is your Emotional Guidance System. The secret of happiness is to choose the best-feeling thought currently available to you.The Moon helps you to navigate through illusions and reflections so that you can align with what is Real.
Mars (The Warrior): Mars is in charge of the ego/body, the “little s” self. Mars is who you think you are, as opposed to who you truly are.
Venus (The Beloved): Venus helps you to discover your Core Values. These are the eternal qualities of the Divine that you came here to explore and experience. True happiness comes from discovering and aligning with your Core Values.
Mercury (The Storyteller): Everything that you experience as real in your “little r” reality is only real because you tell yourself it is. Mercury, in fact, is in charge of your experience of reality. When you change the words, you change the world.
Jupiter (The Dreamer): Mercury provides the content of the story, but Jupiter provides the context. We grow and expand through our dreams. Jupiter is where you discover the faith that allows you to move out of the “little s” story that keeps you small and step into the “Big S” story that calls you to your greatness.
Through guided meditation and introspection, you will discover how each of these archetypes shows up for you. And through regular spiritual practice, you will move into Right Relationship with each archetype. As you do, you will notice profound changes in your reality.
The first half of the journey develops your core spiritual muscles. You will discover your Personal Standards of Integrity,expand your consciousness, and move from Victim Consciousness to a place of empowerment. Most importantly, you will learn to feel truly Safe and be present with the pain of your old stories without having to react.
In the second half of the journey, you will confront and question the “little s” story of your life. You will face and conquer old fears and beliefs, and connect with your Soul’s calling. Finally, you will rewrite your story, moving from the “little s” story that keeps you small to the “Big S” Story that calls you to your greatness. You are now the Hero of your own Story.
The DVD, Archetypal Astrology: The Hero’s Journey provides a detailed introduction to the Hero’s Journey process. If you’re wondering if the Hero’s Journey process is right for you, begin with the DVD.
Archetypal Astrology: The Hero's Journey Introduction
Are you the hero of your own story?™ The Hero's Journey process incorporates cutting-edge consciousness research, classical astrology and daily spiritual practice to facilitate profound and lasting transformation.
This is where your Journey begins. You will be guided through a meditative process to become aware of your deepest intentions and identify what you would like to experience on this Journey. You will take a closer look at who you think you are. And you will take a journey to meet the first Astrological Archetype, The Sun. The Sun is the Archetype of the Hero, and represents your “Big S” Self. Once you’ve met your Sun, you will begin to learn how to move into Right Relationship with him.
From this point on, you will begin a daily Spiritual Practice that will strengthen and develop your Spiritual Muscles, supporting you on your Hero’s Journey.
In this session, you will begin to explore and identify your Personal Standards of Integrity. Your Personal Standards of Integrity are the things that define who you are as an individual. The more you align with these standards, the more you identify with the “Big S” Self, and the more personal power you experience. Your Personal Standards of Integrity are the biggest clues to help you to answer the question, “Who am I?”
It’s now time for you to meet Saturn: The Judge. Saturn is the Astrological Archetype that is in charge of all limitations, boundaries and structures. Saturn is the ultimate authority figure. Through a guided meditation, you will take a journey to meet your Saturn, so that you can begin to move into Right Relationship with him. You will explore your “inner parent” and relationship to authority by exploring your relationship with your “outer” parents. You will also begin to explore your Shadow—the parts of yourself that you judge to be unacceptable. When you become aware of your Shadow, you can begin to reclaim your power from it.
The Shadow work continues, as you discover the subtle judgments that you hold, both consciously and unconsciously. Softening these judgments is essential. As you release your judgments, you reclaim your power from Saturn, and step out of Victim Consciousness and into Integrity.
You’re now ready to address the most critical part of the Hero’s Journey work: Safety. Learning how to manage the balance in your Safety Need Account is essential. You will discover your General Safety Needs—the circumstances and conditions that you associate with safety. You will also identify your attachments to the material things in your life. Most importantly, though, you will begin to experience the difference between familiarity and true Safety.
To gain a deeper understanding of your Safety Needs, you will begin to question each of your General Safety Needs to discover what each of them actually means. Your Safety Checklists contain the specific expectations that tell you that this need is being met. Your Safety Watchlists contain the scenarios that immediately tell you that you are unsafe. As you discover these expectations and name them, you begin to let go of them. True Safety comes from within, and is not dependent on external conditions. You are now able to be present with discomfort without reacting.
At the end of this session, your progress will be evaluated. Together, you and Kevin will determine if you’re ready to continue with the second half of the Journey. The work in the second half of the journey is considerably more strenuous. In order to proceed, your spiritual muscles must be strong enough, and you must be able to be uncomfortable without feeling unsafe.
Anger is one of the most misunderstood emotions. Anger is like a sword: it can be used either to defend or to attack. And a skilled warrior understands how to defend without attacking. When you are in Right Relationship with Anger, it serves as a call to awareness that you are feeling unsafe. Anger then provides the energy and drive needed to respond appropriately, restore a sense of safety, and step out of Victim Consciousness and back into integrity. Getting to Right Relationship with Anger first requires that you become aware of the judgments you hold about anger.
You’re already aware that getting the things that you want does not make you happy. However, your desires (Mars) can help you discover what truly will make you happy—aligning with your Core Values (Venus). Core Values are the eternal qualities of the Divine, and include Abundance, Balance, Beauty, Freedom, Harmony, Joy, Love, Order, Peace, Power, Unity and Wisdom. Because these qualities are qualities of the Divine, they are present in everything. When you align with your Core Values, you powerfully activate the Law of Attraction and experience a dramatic increase in happiness.
Because the Core Values are qualities of the Divine, they are always present in everything. The secret of lasting happiness is to learn how to see this Truth. You will work with your Core Values and create a deeper connection to these vibrations. As you connect with your Core Values, you will question your “little s” story, searching for places where you believed that this quality was lacking. You will then tell the Truth about this story, discovering the presence of your Core Value.
Now, you’re ready to question your “little s” story directly. You will identify the most dominant themes of your “little s” story, and discover how they relate to one or more Core Values. Then, you will explore your story, integrating the energies of each of the Astrological Archetypes you’ve met so far.
You’re now aware of the content of your “little s” story. The next step is to become aware of the context. You, after all, are the author of your story. Your story means what you tell yourself it means. But is it true? What would your story look like if you could re-write it? As you explore, question, and re-write your story, you will become aware of where you experience fear, and where you experience faith.
Faith is the final challenge, the last battle of the Hero. Ultimately, there is only one kind of faith: faith in and of the Creator. In the final session, you will explore your relationship to the Creator from your earliest memories to your current experiences. You will look even deeper into the heart of your “little s” story and explore the roots of your fears. You will discover how to build and develop your faith. With this faith, you will finally move from the “little s” story that keeps you small, to the “Big S” Story, the epic Hero’s Journey of your life that calls you to your greatness. You will become the Hero of your own story.
Frequently Asked Questions about The Hero’s Journey
The Hero’s Journey is comprised of two Spiritual Training packages. Each Spiritual Training package consists of six 90-minute sessions, for a total of 9 hours, or $900.
Committing to six sessions in a maximum of three months gives you a 10% discount.
The first two sessions must be purchased in advance. The initial fee is $275, which includes up to two 10-minute support phone calls and unlimited support email. The remaining sessions can be paid for at the start of each session.
Prepaying for six sessions in advance gives a 20% discount—only $720 for the series (save $180!). Note that all advance payments are non-refundable.
After the completion of the first six sessions, we will evaluate your progress and determine if it’s appropriate to continue with the second half of the program at this time.
Because I want to make sure you come back for the second session.
The first time you go work out at a gym, your muscles are sore for a few days. You may be in some discomfort, but you know it will pass, and you still go back to the gym.
It’s the same thing with Spiritual Training, except after the first session, your Spiritual muscles will be sore. This is an entirely different kind of discomfort than with your physical muscles. Old stories will come up, old resistances, old judgments, and new rationalizations. All of these tend to make it quite challenging to continue with the work. However, if you’ve already paid for the session, and you know you won’t be able to get a refund, that’s usually enough incentive to get you to do enough of the work so that you can at least feel that you’re getting your money’s worth. And that’s all that’s needed, because at this stage of the game, showing up is 90% of success.
In the second session, you’ll receive tools that you can use to address your individual challenges as they come up in the future. This makes it far more likely that you’ll come back for your third session on your own. If, on the other hand, you don’t come back for the third session, all that means is that you aren’t quite ready to claim the Love, Joy, Peace, Freedom, Abundance and Prosperity in your life.
There’s nothing at all wrong with this. This work can only be accomplished when you’re truly ready to make changes in your life. When you are, I’ll be here to assist you.
If you don’t do the homework, we won’t continue to work together.
The homework—reading the assigned books, completing the workbook exercises, and following a consistent, daily spiritual practice that usually involves some combination of reading, meditation or contemplation, and/or journaling—is the most important part of the process. This is where you develop your spiritual muscles.
If you are unwilling or unable to be consistent with the homework, this means that you are not yet ready or willing to create the changes in your life that you want. Only you can make these changes; I simply guide and support you in the process.
If I determine that you are not doing the homework, I will discontinue our sessions. We can begin again in the future when you are more willing or able to follow the program.
If you need to reschedule an appointment, I ask that you give me at least 24 hours notice. If you are not able to give me at least 24 hours notice, I expect you to pay for the missed session.
If I need to reschedule and I’m not able to give you at least 24 hours notice, there will be no charge for the session.
I understand that life happens and that sometimes things come up unexpectedly. However, if unexpected things come up more than once, it’s a sign that you may not be ready to continue with this work at this time.