"One way or another,
we all have to find what best fosters
the flowering of our humanity
in this contemporary life,
and dedicate ourselves to that."
-Joseph Campbell
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
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"If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are -- if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life within you, all the time. When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in the field of your bliss, and they open the doors to you. I say, follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be.
"Now, I came to this idea of bliss because in Sanskrit, which is the great spiritual language of the world, there are three terms that represent the brink, the jumping-off place to the ocean of transcendence: sat-chit-ananda. The word "Sat" means being. "Chit" means consciousness. "Ananda" means bliss or rapture. I thought, 'I don't know whether my consciousness is proper consciousness or not; I don't know whether what I know of my being is my proper being or not; but I do know where my rapture is. So let me hang on to rapture, and that will bring me both my consciousness and my being.' I think it worked."
- Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
"Now, I came to this idea of bliss because in Sanskrit, which is the great spiritual language of the world, there are three terms that represent the brink, the jumping-off place to the ocean of transcendence: sat-chit-ananda. The word "Sat" means being. "Chit" means consciousness. "Ananda" means bliss or rapture. I thought, 'I don't know whether my consciousness is proper consciousness or not; I don't know whether what I know of my being is my proper being or not; but I do know where my rapture is. So let me hang on to rapture, and that will bring me both my consciousness and my being.' I think it worked."
- Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
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10 comments:
he also said
'to do for others is illuminated as our highest calling - the most rewarding thing we can do.'
no wonder this guy inspired george lucas to create Yoda...
Inspiring. Humanity such an enormous measure, in my eyes, yet so easily pleased by many little things..
Quote Fest all access pass:
To your point about authenticity, Joe said: "The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are."
And to following your dreams, cutey Campbell had this to say: “We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”
He was truly crush-worthy. Have you seen him in the Moyer's interviews? He just sparkles with life and he was in his 80's when they did those interviews. He is a serous cutey. I know, I am a dork :)
happy new year b....
hope for a better year for all of us....
and for me, hope that i can update my blog as frequent as you are. hehehehe....
It's been a rough few days for me so this is quote was very nice to read.
TAYO... Campbell is one of the most inspiring people I've read. He realized the significance in self discovery and pursuit but not at the expense of others. Brilliant in his simplicity and childlike enthusiasm!
Carra... Humanity is such an enormous measure and yet, so very simple.
LBR... YES! I was so afraid that Quote Fest ended in 2007! :) Crush worthy indeed!! I have seen excerpts from that interview and yes, he does sparkle and his childlike enthusiasm is so contagious. You just want to run through a field holding hands with him, looking into that sparkling soul! Okay, now that is insanely dorky!!
These quotes are wonderful, LBR. Thanks for reminding me of them. I think I am going to put my January fiction on hold and re-read The Power of Myth. Something tells me it is time to pull that out again and be reminded! Merci!
Ancilla.... Hi!! It is so great to hear from you! I've missed you! :) Happy New Year to you. I hope that you are doing well and that the year ahead is better for all of us. I look forward to reading your new posts!!
Colleen... I'm sorry to hear that the last few days have been rough. I've been going through a rough few days myself...battling that inner critic. I was telling LBR this recently but quotes are just such poignant reminders for me. They really do stir my soul and apparently, my soul needs lots of stirring lest it should become stagnant!!!
I agree.
However, I think it works best when we cooperate synergistically, rather than try to out compete one another.
Richard... Absolutely. And I think that is one of the primary points of discord in society.
Joseph Campbell and Jung -people with a knowing that transcends all periods - they highlighted our blessed connectedness using their gifts of words and the significance of symbols-
wow, my dear friend ,Christiane Corbat,artist, sculpture was Campbell's student at Sara Lawrence! She went onto inspire the search for authenicity by creating sculptures that told peoples stories using they own choice of symbols. She is greatly missed by people in the Arts and Medicine movement but, her story lives on in her art! thanks for reminding me of these gifts with your fine posts!joy
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Betheanne... Thank you for returning to my blog! Yes, Campbell and Jung truly are so knowing and will never cease to be inspiring. I am learning so much from them and a very good friend of mine about symbols.
How lucky your friend was to be a student of Campbell's! No doubt he inspired her life greatly. And she in turn leaves a remarkable legacy herself! Isn't it amazing how contagious that passion for living is?
I appreciate your kind comment. I am really trying to live an inspired life so I draw upon Campbell and kind people like yourself daily! Thank you so much!
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