“Vocational Arousal” and Goddess Study, by Sid Reger

Maenads, the Greek Women of Ecstatic Dance

Futurist Barbara Marx Hubbard coined the phrase “vocational arousal” to describe the thrill that occurs when you meet a person whose sense of purpose fuels your own.  This occurred for her when Jonas Salk asked her to discuss her concept of co-creation, which exactly matched his dream for a new conversation about humanity:

This excitement happens when you meet somebody whose purpose activates your own.  I call that supra-sexual.  I was aroused, I had a vocational arousal.  Because the vocation is the genius of the individual wanting to be expressed.  And that’s as powerful as the genetic code wanting to be expressed sexually.  In fact many women know it’s more powerful.  It’s more important to us to have a vocation than it is to have a child. Continue reading ““Vocational Arousal” and Goddess Study, by Sid Reger”