Joseph Campbell
Joseph Campbell
Joseph John Campbellwas an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work covers many aspects of the human experience. His philosophy is often summarized by his phrase: "Follow your bliss."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth26 March 1904
CountryUnited States of America
cells hands two
There are something like 18 billion cells in the brain alone. There are no two brains alike; there are no two hands alike; there are no two human beings alike. You can take your instructions and your guidance from others, but you must find your own path.
recovery addiction fruit
Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself.
outcomes exciting ifs
Nothing is exciting if you know what the outcome is going to be.
inspirational realizing eternity
When you realize that eternity is right here now, that it is within your possibility to experience the eternity of your own truth and being, then you grasp the following: That which you are was never born and will never die. . . . (90)
inspirational encouraging encouragement
It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.
real compassion humanity
You know, when real trouble comes your humanity is awakened. The fundamental human experience is that of compassion.
yoga free-your-mind world
No one in the world was ever you before, with your particular gifts and abilities and possibilities.
life wall midlife
Midlife is when you reach the top of the ladder and find that it was against the wrong wall.
quests release ecstasy
The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others.
needs hell happens
Whatever the hell happens, say, 'This is what I need.'
inspirational cancer names
"Make your god transparent to the transcendent, and it doesn't matter what his name is."
fun book thinking
Sacred space and sacred time and something joyous to do is all we need. Almost anything then becomes a continuous and increasing joy. What you have to do, you do with play. I think a good way to conceive of sacred space is as a playground. If what you're doing seems like play, you are in it. But you can't play with my toys, you have to have your own. Your life should have yielded some. Older people play with life experiences and realizations or with thoughts they like to entertain. In my case, I have books I like to read that don't lead anywhere.
communication artist space
Their task [creative artists], therefore, is to communicate directly from one inward world to another, in such a way that an actual shock of experience will have been rendered: not a mere statement for the information or persuasion of a brain, but an effective communication across the void of space and time from one center of consciousness to another.
inspirational life spiritual
The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.