3 Joseph Campbell Quotes About Living Life
It’s about bliss, answering the call and feeling alive.
Joseph Campbell captured the attention of the world with his captivating explorations of the myths humans have created over the millennia. His notoriety exploded after his wide-ranging interviews with Bill Moyers on PBS, recorded in 1987 shortly before his death.
So why is Joseph Campbell so popular? Why does he resonate with such a vast audience?
My view is that it was only partly about his studies of mythology and mostly to do with his views about how to live life. I’ll expound on that with these three quotes of his.
“Follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be.”
Campbell’s dictum that we should ‘follow our bliss’ is what he is most known for. He discovered this concept of bliss in the Upanishads, the sacred Sanskrit texts that form the basis of much of Hindu philosophy.
One reason his bliss idea resonates so much with so many is simple: People get it. They understand that finding that thing in life that sings to us, grabbing onto it and riding it all the way to our funeral, is the best way to live a life.
