By Stan Crow, 1939 - 2009, Director Emeritus, Rite of Passage Journeys
In a recent seminar, someone said, "You have said, several times that a good mentor challenges the mentee to meet various goals, do their best, etc. That sounds combative to me, is that what you mean?"
I had to admit it could sound that way, and, I guess at times it could even look that way, but it certainly isn't my stance.
… It says that every human being is born, not as a blank slate to be passively written upon by social forces, but with an innate image, an acorn, an individualized soul image that is an inborn part of our psychic structure.