A Short Transcript of “The power of myth” — Essential Guide for Filmmakers

Myths — clues to the spiritual potentialities of human life; this was a revelation

The Power of Myth is a book based on the conversations between mythologist Joseph Campbell and journalist Bill Moyers. Believe me, it is such an astounding book that gives you a thorough understanding of the intriguing elements of life such as life, death, love, marriage etc. and leaves you spellbound.

Profound wisdom in a nutshell

– Man should not submit to the powers from outside but command them

– Myth is a manifestation of symbolic energy

– The dream is an inexhaustible source of spiritual information about yourself

– Myth is the public dream, dream is the private myth

– The mystery of life is beyond all human conception

– World is based on duality

– Eternity isn’t even a long time. Eternity has nothing to do with time. Eternity is here — if you don’t get it here, you can’t get it anywhere

– Myths must be kept alive and the people who can keep them are artists

– Nature echoes in you, because you are nature

– Our true reality is in our identity and unity with all life

– A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself

– When we quit thinking primarily about our own self-preservation and ourselves. We undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.

– Desire is the bait, death is the hook

– Follow your bliss — Find where it is, don’t be afraid to follow it

– The passage to fulfillment lies between the perils of desire and fear.

– Your life is the fruit of your own doing

– The greater life’s pain, the greater life’s reply

– The demon that you can swallow gives you its power.

– The images of myth are reflections of the spiritual potentialities of every one of us. Through contemplating these, we evoke their powers in our own lives.

– If my guiding divinity is brutal; my decisions will be brutal as well

– By expansion, your ego diminishes, your conscious expands.

I request you to absorb the content consciously to get the full essence of it.

Kamal Sucharan