If you realize what the real problem is — losing yourself, giving yourself to some higher end, or to another — you realize that this itself is the ultimate trial. When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness. | |
And what all the myths have to deal with is transformation of consciousness of one kind or another. You have been thinking one way, you now have to think a different way. | |
— Joseph Campbell | |
From the book: “The Power of Myth“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | Vain Expectations |
2016 | Or Of One Thought |
2015 | What’s In Your Future? |
2014 | Light In Darkness |
2013 | How ‘Bout Just Obeying The Law? |
2012 | Or Maybe Not |
2011 | My Interval Is Too Short! |
Posts Tagged ‘The Power Of Myth’
The Ultimate Trial
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Consciousness, Heroism, Joseph Campbell, Myths, Personal Transformation, Philosophy, Quotes, The Power Of Myth on May 31, 2018| 3 Comments »
In My Room (2)
Posted in Health, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Bill Moyers, Joseph Campbell, Mental Health, Philosophy, Quotes, Sacred Place, The Power Of Myth on February 26, 2018| 6 Comments »
You must have a room, or a certain hour or so a day, where you don’t know what was in the newspapers that morning, you don’t know who your friends are, you don’t know what you owe anybody, you don’t know what anybody owes to you. This is a place where you can simply experience and bring forth what you are and what you might be. This is a place of creative incubation. At first you may find that nothing happens there. But if you have a sacred place and use it, something eventually will happen. | |
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For them [the Plains Indians] the whole world was a sacred place. But our life has become so economic and practical in its orientation that, as you get older, the claims of the moment upon you are so great, you hardly know where the hell you are, or what it is you intended. You are always doing something that is required of you. Where is your bliss station? You have to try to find it. Get a phonograph and put on the music that you really love, even if it’s corny music that nobody else respects. Or get the book you like to read. In your sacred place you get the “thou” feeling of life that these people had for the whole world in which they lived. | |
— Joseph Campbell | |
From the book: “The Power Of Myth” (with Bill Moyers) | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | Pretending |
2016 | And Songs Too… |
2015 | On The Road To Failure |
2014 | Each Moment |
2013 | Conversation |
2012 | 4 Down, 11 Done (At Last) |
I’m Not Afraid | |
2011 | Who’s Risk Is It, Anyway? |
The Future Myth
Posted in Quotes, tagged Bill Moyers, Joseph Campbell, On Myths, Quotes, The Power Of Myth on October 4, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Myths and dreams come from the same place. They come from realizations of some kind that have then to find expression in symbolic form. And the only myth that is going to be worth thinking about in the immediate future is one that is talking about the planet, not the city not these people, but the planet, and everybody on it. That’s my main thought for what the future myth is going to be. | |
— Joseph Campbell | |
From: “The Power Of Myth“ | |
Written by Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers | |
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On This Day In: | |
2014 | Hands |
2013 | Because You Have Lived |
2012 | 47% |
2011 | Conservative Values: Low And Lax |
2010 | A Non-Zero Sum Game |
What If “c” Isn’t A Constant? | |
2009 | Pictures from UCLA trip… |
Not Enough
Posted in Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Bill Moyers, Intuition, Joseph Campbell, Quotes, Science, Technology, The Power Of Myth on September 24, 2015| Leave a Comment »
…Technology is not going to save us. Our computers, our tools, our machines are not enough. We have to rely on our intuition, our true being. | |
— Joseph Campbell | |
From Bill Moyers’ “Introduction” to their book: “The Power Of Myth“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2014 | Are You Even Listening? |
2013 | Namaste |
2012 | Looking Up |
2011 | Et Tu Brute? |