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Excerpt from “A Joseph Campbell Companion”

tania — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:00:03 +0000

What you have to do,
you do with play.

Life is without meaning.
You bring the meaning to it.

The meaning of life is
whatever you ascribe it to be.

Being alive is the meaning.

Excerpt from “A Joseph Campbell Companion”

tania — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:59:47 +0000

The goal is to live
with godlike composure
on the full rush of energy,
like Dionysus riding the leopard,
without being torn to pieces.

A bit of advice given to a young Native American
at the time of his initiation:

“As you go the way of life,
you will see a great chasm.

Jump.

It is not as wide as you think.”

Excerpt from “A Joseph Campbell Companion”

tania — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:59:35 +0000

Follow your bliss.

The heroic life is living the individual
adventure.

There is no security
in following the call to adventure.

Nothing is exciting
if you know
what the outcome is going to be.

To refuse the call
means stagnation.

What you don’t experience positively
you will experience negatively.

You enter the forest
at the darkest point,
where there is no path.

Where there is a way or path,
It is someone else’s path.

You are not on your own path.

If you follow someone else’s way,
you are not going to realize
your potential.

Excerpt from “A Joseph Campbell Companion”

tania — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:59:06 +0000

The warrior’s approach
is to say “yes” to life:
“yea” to it all.

Participate joyfully
in the sorrows of the world.

We cannot cure the world of sorrows,
but we can choose to live in joy.

When we talk about settling the world’s problems,
we’re barking up the wrong tree.

The world is perfect. It’s a mess.
It has always been a mess.

We are not going to change it.

Our job is to straighten our own lives.

Excerpt from “A Joseph Campbell Collection”

tania — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:58:49 +0000

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

Joseph Campbell – Bio

tania — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:51:49 +0000

Joseph Campbell was born in 1904 in New York. He received his Bachelors Degree from Columbia University in 1925 and his Masters Degree in 1927. He was then awarded a Proudfit Traveling Fellowship to continue his studies at the University of Paris. He was best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His philosophy is often summarized by the phrase: “Follow your bliss.” He passed away in 1987.

Excerpted from “A Joseph Campbell Companion”, selected and edited by Diane K. Osbon and published by HarperCollins in 1991.

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