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On Following

InItIallY thIS SOundS rcive,

b og Cmpbe i o ie

i is wy, i c become esrcive

em, we mig woer w

ppes wi ie were i is o cer

w yor biss is, or yo c

i, or oce o yo co prse

i? Perps oer igs re so

eme; perps ere re oer

imperives wic re js s re, or

obsces wic co be crosse? Is,

or exmpe, ie irreeemby os i

yo cre or ci or spose wo is

icpcie o o oow biss

oe? Mig yo eveop js s mc

rom pi or resricio?

te impie messge i yo o

o oow yor oe p, yor oe

ejoyme, yor oe biss, e yor

ie wi be wse, is reiorce by

e Crisi prbe o e moery

es, rom wece we ge e ie

o perso talents. I is o srprisig

reigio my rk bee

imperive. I is sory e serv

wo is o icrese or se is es,

b merey keeps em se, ispeses

e mser is row osie io

e rkess were ere is weeping

and gnashing of teeth(Mew 25:

14-30 simir e lke 19:12-

27). tose wo o o se eir es

correcy re cery me. te

messge o sig es c s

become icm o oppress fog

orseves wi. te sor y so seems

o mke perecy cose embem

or ie i moer sociey; i we o

mke moey or icrese or seves, by

orseves, e we ve ie.

Cmpbe soseems o be syig

i yo oow yor biss e probems

wi be cere wy. Jg sggess

we so bewre o piosopies

impy we c mke or ie simpe,

ceri smoo. Probems, i is

view, rer sccess, orce s o

greer cosciosess o seprio

It is well known that towards the end of his life Joseph CampbellFind where it is, and dont be afraid to follow itand if you do follo

all the while, waiting for you... doors will open where you didnt kno

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Joseph Campbell

your Bliss

rom cioo. Every problem...

brings the possibility of a widening of

consciousness. The serious problems

of life are never fully solved. If ever they

should appear to be so it is a sure sign

that something has been lost(Jg

The Stages of Life, CW 8). neier is

i cer ere is rey oy oe

poei p rog or ives; e Se

is cpbe o my expressios, i

oe is ke e oers my ve o be

srreere. tere is e e o or

ives, oy e oe p we ve ke. I

we ve sy o biss wic we i

o , oes me or ie ws

misspe? Or c we se or probems

o ge somewere?

tere my be wo soios o is

isse. irsy, e mysic; or biss is

wii s rey, c be brog o

wever we o , s res, we o

ohave o oow some p i orer o

be sise or become woe. Secoy,

or mbiio is symbo o someig,

b o ecessriy something

ise. I wic cse, e mbiio c

be expore ike rem, or cive

imgiio. W oes, sy, being a

professional writersymboise o yo?

W oes i ee ike i yor boy?

We c mke ssociios, we c see

were e coscios ws o go,

perps ce or miscocepios.

We c o e sme wi or recios

o or spposey prosic reiies. I

bo cses e ep is rey prese

i or beig, rer i someig

we mig ve oe or mig cieve.

Perps oowig eier rck wi ep

s c i ew wy, perps iere

rom w we og we we.

Perps i c ep s be. I eier cse,

rog work cig probems, we

c move beyo sy soci

bse imperive owrs someig

vi or e so.

id: My general formula for my students is Follow your bliss.

your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there

they were going to be (The Power of Myth, pp. 120, 149).

by Jonathan Marshall

Carl gustav Jun

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