The Self of the Myth-Made Man / Joshua Alan Sturgill
What is a True Man?
A true man is united to the great, underlying currents of the Cosmos, the resonant music of the Real. In himself he both mimics and steers the tides; in himself he both builds the Temple and is one of its golden ornaments.
It is the Myths —the Scriptures, the Saints’ Lives, the Sacred Stories — that establish the Real within us. These Great Tales are like magnets rubbing against the raw iron of our souls, giving us an inner orientation and a pull toward Truth even when it seems we are at rest.
The Earth retains its spherical shape though its inner layers are fluid with patterns of motion and heat exchange, inscribed with plumes of molten fire. Likewise a true man appears outwardly calm, unassuming, unremarkable, but within him the angels attend to the business of God.
To memorize the stories. To sing the Psalms. To enact the Liturgy. To strive in private prayer. To establish mental discernment, the habit of rejecting and cultivating thoughts: this is the self of the Myth-made man.
The “self-made man” is a fiction.
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