Its all here

[jorr lundstrom]

Just dont do anithing, sit there. Let listening and
watching happen. All is well. Yes. Enjoy.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxWnaDCXICc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxWnaDCXICc


Jorr

[greybeard]

Thanks Jorr simply expressed but True.
Chris

[Borden]

Thanks for posting this, Jorr. I was absolutely engrossed for an hour, and now I'll be hunting out more of Joseph Campbell to watch and read.

Borden

[NeverMind]

Yes, a thousand times over.
Everything is here. There is here.

(I am stating the obvious because I am actually writing this for my own benefit. :-)


Thanks for reminding me.

[Ineffable Hitchhiker]

That was pure bliss! Here and Now. :)
Thank you so much.
I had never heard of him and yet all he said made so much sense, as if I had heard it before.

After listening, I investigated a bit more about him.
Form WIKI (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Campbell), I read this.....



"Follow your bliss"

One of Campbell's most identifiable, most quoted and arguably most misunderstood sayings was his admonition to "follow your bliss." He derived this idea from the Upanishads:

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.
He saw this not merely as a mantra, but as a helpful guide to the individual along the hero journey that each of us walks through life:

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.

Campbell began sharing this idea with students during his lectures in the 1970s. By the time that The Power of Myth was aired in 1988, six months following Campbell's death, "Follow your bliss" was a philosophy that resonated deeply with the American public—both religious and secular.

During his later years, when some students took him to be encouraging hedonism, Campbell is reported to have grumbled, "I should have said, 'Follow your blisters.'"
:becky:

[jorr lundstrom]

Yes, Joseph Campbell fell into the pot with milk and made a huge
contribution to the western world, but alas still not much known. :kiss:


Jorr

[Phoenix]

Jorr this is awesome.. Thank you a million times for introducing Joseph Campbell to me

[modwiz]

Joseph Campbell showed us the importance of myth to have a story to insert yourself into. It is the story you act in that gives one the cosmic sense of self, the ability to wear archetype as a meaningful garb for our spirit. Myth allows for Otherworld feats that happen in no-time. To walk timeless paths is to taste the infinite, which is the source of our Selves. The path of any real personal power will be found in the quasi-world of myth. Read some of Campbell's books and discover where we really live.

[Debra]

Ah Joseph Campbell, there is a rabbit hole to disappear into. A great interview. His works were core readings in our studies for reading text in the making of theatre.
His work underpins the responsibility we all have to question ourselves as creators, in our lives, as well as discern and seek the truth of who we ´read´and listen to along the way in our search for knowledge and enlightenment. I like that Campbell sees a hero/ine in all of us - and our capability to wear a thousand faces to get through it all.

So all heroes, one and all, where are you on your journey into Avalon?

The hero's journey : summary of the steps
This page summrarizes the brief explanations from every step of the Hero's Journey.

Departure
The Call to Adventure
The call to adventure is the point in a person's life when they are first given notice that everything is going to change, whether they know it or not.
Refusal of the Call
Often when the call is given, the future hero refuses to heed it. This may be from a sense of duty or obligation, fear, insecurity, a sense of inadequacy, or any of a range of reasons that work to hold the person in his or her current circumstances.
Supernatural Aid
Once the hero has committed to the quest, consciously or unconsciously, his or her guide and magical helper appears, or becomes known.
The Crossing of the First Threshold
This is the point where the person actually crosses into the field of adventure, leaving the known limits of his or her world and venturing into an unknown and dangerous realm where the rules and limits are not known.
The Belly of the Whale
The belly of the whale represents the final separation from the hero's known world and self. It is sometimes described as the person's lowest point, but it is actually the point when the person is between or transitioning between worlds and selves. The separation has been made, or is being made, or being fully recognized between the old world and old self and the potential for a new world/self. The experiences that will shape the new world and self will begin shortly, or may be beginning with this experience which is often symbolized by something dark, unknown and frightening. By entering this stage, the person shows their willingness to undergo a metamorphosis, to die to him or herself.

Inititation
The Road of Trials
The road of trials is a series of tests, tasks, or ordeals that the person must undergo to begin the transformation. Often the person fails one or more of these tests, which often occur in threes.
The Meeting with the Goddess
The meeting with the goddess represents the point in the adventure when the person experiences a love that has the power and significance of the all-powerful, all encompassing, unconditional love that a fortunate infant may experience with his or her mother. It is also known as the "hieros gamos", or sacred marriage, the union of opposites, and may take place entirely within the person. In other words, the person begins to see him or herself in a non-dualistic way. This is a very important step in the process and is often represented by the person finding the other person that he or she loves most completely. Although Campbell symbolizes this step as a meeting with a goddess, unconditional love and /or self unification does not have to be represented by a woman.
Woman as the Temptress
At one level, this step is about those temptations that may lead the hero to abandon or stray from his or her quest, which as with the Meeting with the Goddess does not necessarily have to be represented by a woman. For Campbell, however, this step is about the revulsion that the usually male hero may feel about his own fleshy/earthy nature, and the subsequent attachment or projection of that revulsion to women. Woman is a metaphor for the physical or material temptations of life, since the hero-knight was often tempted by lust from his spiritual journey.
Atonement with the Father
In this step the person must confront and be initiated by whatever holds the ultimate power in his or her life. In many myths and stories this is the father, or a father figure who has life and death power. This is the center point of the journey. All the previous steps have been moving in to this place, all that follow will move out from it. Although this step is most frequently symbolized by an encounter with a male entity, it does not have to be a male; just someone or thing with incredible power. For the transformation to take place, the person as he or she has been must be "killed" so that the new self can come into being. Sometime this killing is literal, and the earthly journey for that character is either over or moves into a different realm.
Apotheosis
To apotheosize is to deify. When someone dies a physical death, or dies to the self to live in spirit, he or she moves beyond the pairs of opposites to a state of divine knowledge, love, compassion and bliss. This is a god-like state; the person is in heaven and beyond all strife. A more mundane way of looking at this step is that it is a period of rest, peace and fulfillment before the hero begins the return.
The Ultimate Boon
The ultimate boon is the achievement of the goal of the quest. It is what the person went on the journey to get. All the previous steps serve to prepare and purify the person for this step, since in many myths the boon is something transcendent like the elixir of life itself, or a plant that supplies immortality, or the holy grail.

Return
Refusal of the Return
So why, when all has been achieved, the ambrosia has been drunk, and we have conversed with the gods, why come back to normal life with all its cares and woes?
The Magic Flight
Sometimes the hero must escape with the boon, if it is something that the gods have been jealously guarding. It can be just as adventurous and dangerous returning from the journey as it was to go on it.
Rescue from Without
Just as the hero may need guides and assistants to set out on the quest, often times he or she must have powerful guides and rescuers to bring them back to everyday life, especially if the person has been wounded or weakened by the experience. Or perhaps the person doesn't realize that it is time to return, that they can return, or that others need their boon.
The Crossing of the Return Threshold
The trick in returning is to retain the wisdom gained on the quest, to integrate that wisdom into a human life, and then maybe figure out how to share the wisdom with the rest of the world. This is usually extremely difficult.
Master of the Two Worlds
In myth, this step is usually represented by a transcendental hero like Jesus or Buddha. For a human hero, it may mean achieving a balance between the material and spiritual. The person has become comfortable and competent in both the inner and outer worlds.
Freedom to Live
Mastery leads to freedom from the fear of death, which in turn is the freedom to live. This is sometimes referred to as living in the moment, neither anticipating the future nor regretting the past.

http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/smc/journey/ref/summary.html

[WhiteFeather]

Brilliant Concepts On Duality Here! Nice Find Jorr.

[Phoenix]

I just watched the film called Finding Joe, found here: findingjoethemovie.com (http://findingjoethemovie.com) . If you are lost on your journey in that dark forest - keep going..