Joseph Campbell--Myth As the Mirror for the Ego

[@TheCybersister]

I love this quote by Joseph Campbell. It became my mantra - and I was never sorry. I miss this man. . . our culture has changed because we have lost our relevant story tellers and myth makers. Without myths, life becomes dry fact. "Follow your bliss. If you do follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while waiting for you, and the life you ought to be living is the one you are living. When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in the field of your bliss, and they open the doors to you. I say, follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be. If you follow your bliss, doors will open for you that wouldn't have opened for anyone else." Joseph Campbell

[@coreycox2345]

I love this.

[@ginnyisababe]

Beautifully said.

[@QWERTYUI1075]

I love this too. Quote from a interview, or a book, or a lesson?

[@CeresOutpost]

I highly suggest discovering Alan Watts as well, if you haven't yet. These two men are my teachers from beyond the grave. Watts died when I was two years old, and yet continues to shape my life after I discovered him six years ago now. I just found Campbell this last year, and I will be learning from both of them for the rest of my life.

[@cantehoje]

For me too! These two are my great masters in life mastering

[@daniels.2720]

((+ incidentally, they were friends ! ))

[@carpo719]

I just turned 40 last year. I resonate with the idea one should find his own self by then, and though as a 20 year old i thought i knew myself, I learned better. Over time our lives play out like a familiar story. We write the details, but have to accept our follies and laugh at them. Don't hide anything. Just be you

[@WillWise]

I think he means when you're 40 then you're old enough to drop acid

[@seid8536]

carpo719 Joseph means that once you reach a certain age you forget. its about being a kid and then growing up to be a adult. you have been conditioned by time + society to be a certain way. but I see the truth. I dont see the world like you or anybody because I cant. do you know why? I'm the person the world has been waiting for. this "Hero" . that all the stories on the world influence. one day it was gonna happen.....and it did. so believe me when I say. I am the hero of a thousand faces. or dont. ...dont really care. but make a choice. because your dying. time changes you therefore you must change. only children can see me. but I'm a grown man. well. hope you reach out to me to find out more. be.

[@bethbartlett5692]

There's so much more of self - you shall meet throughout your 40's. And let no one fool your mind into thinking - that in any fashion, your best years are behind you! They are for certain Now and throughout your next 20 years - My dear - You have just ripened - as a human you are emerging into your best look - *Go to a gym at least 3 days a week* and do those Treadmills - helps you look better - Feel Better - and THINK CLEARER! ...and go ahead and get in to some basic Quantum Physics - reach out and listen to those whom have had the more Spiritual Experiences - of those things you can't imagine with Your Socialized Human Ego Mind - things like Conscious Thoughts - The Universal Law of Attraction - the esoteric's in life - Get to know your inner You - and the road to master the Law of Attraction will bring you face to face with the greatest Divine Energy in the Universe and you will find both Academics and Doctors speaking to your questions and they know the facts and Believe - Do not be afraid to BELIEVE - Oh you have Great Things to Learn and Experience, and mere fears and Guilts to lose! Celebrate your Life with and in your Passions and Live in the moment, Consciously - Creating and Creatively - as Your Soul Intends You to - Many exciting Joys lie ahead my friend - GO GET THEM !!! Beth Pin Name: "Carole Cole" - watch for it in about a year. BTW - at 20 you knew your 20 year old self - But we have to get to know our Soul - the Soul Energy that is the Eternal You (Quantum Physics - Soul is Energy and energy is Eternal) You are a Soul - having a Human Journey - (the handicap on this course is the Ego Mind)

[@mainis1]

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[@Difficultfuckhead]

@@seid8536 Volcanoes and synchronized menstrual cycles within the lesbian community will destroy us all...

[@mate6mty]

His books took my mind off of myself during a long stay at the hospital and even helped me heal faster it made my life more acceptable whatever the situation and im still in that journey

[@geriburrito]

Boy, imagine arriving to 79 with such a lucid mind.

[@stuarthdoblin]

Just what I needed to hear - @00:24 : "Well the ego can't reflect upon itself unless it has a mirror against which to read itself and that mirror would be the mythological schedule that lets it know where it is, it's a mirror with a schedule on it - a patterned mirror - and the ego sees itself in that reflex, and knows where it is on the scoreboard". My personal comment: If the ego has to learn about itself, it cannot be the self that does not need to learn about it self, our higher self; ergo, the 'self' that the ego sees, is not our higher (unchanging and unchangeable) self, but an un written image of the ego, and thus, merely another illusion of 'the self', another ego; while the interaction of all these ego's is the ego's larger self, or superego, it is not our higher self; what's even worse, is that ego makes an ego for everyone it meets, and thus, we never truly meet anyone through our ego, only other self-illusioned ego's. Yet when we step back from our ego, to recognize our higher-self in others, and thus find our true innerself, we learn to understand how in which to gain back our own higher self. This is known as, "placing the chalice of unity and transcendence on our inner alter" or "The Process of Atonement", imho.

[@BloggingNotes]

The timeless wisdom of Joseph Campbell is sorely missing in today's general ethos.

[@miriamminkoff]

Amen

[@kevinkrska5569]

Brilliant man, he was way ahead of his time. With age comes perspective and depth. That's the lesson. The closer you come to death the harder it is for you to fabricate your path. Age equals personal honesty. Your ego is less present and you come to grips with reality.

[@johnrodgers2018]

Or is he just reminding us of what we have collectively forgotten?

[@julianblake8385]

He was not ahead. He was timeless. It's not that he's sharing things he came to realize "now", and we didn't listen. He's just reminding us of eternal things that we have forgoten. He was hardly ahead, If anything, he was behind, and that'were his wisdom comes from: from the mythological age.

[@Bucjones]

Is there anyone speaking like this guy in our time? We need this kind of insight now

[@boardbodhi]

dude is my hero. I remember the first time I heard him.. It blew my mind.

[@Mythographology]

I actually edited and prepared this video. I was homeless in London in 1990 when I read his book The Masks of God; Primitive Mythology. When I opened it I thought that it was utter bullshit. How can anyone talk about the mythology of the Paleolithic? When I arrived at the final page I thought I was reading a work of genius. I lived in libraries to keep warm and safe. I slept in graveyards to keep safe at night. From the moment I read that book my whole life changed. If you had sat next to that 40-year-old man and told him what happened next then he would have been phoning for an ambulance to take you away to a mental hospital. OK, so, this is what you would have said to that homeless man sleeping in graveyards. "What is going to happen to you is that you will travel to Woodstock and be a guest of native Americans in sweat lodge. (Woodstock being where Campbell went to write his work in a cabin) You will go to Oxford University and Cambridge University and you will be made a Churchill Fellow for your work with indigenous people in Australia. You will found HumanRightsTV and work with leading academics in multiple fields of rights issues. You will be invited by the U.N. to be a guest speaker in a conference in Mexico. You will be a visiting lecturer at the University of the Arts in London, you will be invited to be the plenary speaker in a conference about Mythology in Tunisia. You will be invited by the French Ministry of Culture to visit the Caves of Lascaux. (Not the plastic model but the real shit). This is only scratching the surface of "what happened next" after I read my first Campbell book. I have read every single work of his since then. I have followed my bliss. I even ended up editing his last interview, which you see part of here, for the Campbell Foundation. You say that hearing him blew your mind! I am still trying to recover from what my mind exploded into in 1990. Probably I never will! But fuck it! I am so happy in my life.

[@elizabethcochrane3552]

Hopefully we all get to a point in our lives where we can follow our bliss, live in the moment and not worry what others , society will think. As long as we make choices that make us happy in the present, our future will unfold in our highest good, effortlessly and beautifully. Im pushing 60 and have realized, physically im more than enough and beautiful, no need for surgery as my body is the vehicle to have this human experience and its the insde that needs looking after. I want minimalism a part of my life, living slow and simple is now key. Creating wonderful relationships and experiences are what fill my cup now. I will go with the flow, one day at a time, so love this state of mind, peace and love to all❤.

[@LeanJedi]

I am a member of JCF for a long time, but somehow did not realize that these clips are here on youtube. Great Job! Joseph is as fresh and enlivening as this morning's flowers

[@maple1255]

So true about the choices which we make when young, as when a young adult, literally means choosing a direction for one's life. That said, as Joseph Campbell alludes, one continues to make choices during our lives that influence the directions in which we go.

[@megavide0]

2:07 "... What I'm doing #now is not a means to achieving something later... [... 2:56 :] I can tell You: There came a gradual #realization... that _this is _*_it_*, I'm in that place and every #experience is a value in and for itself without any reference to anything that might happen... "

[@alexjones9111]

+Manu “मनु” Forster was waiting for the TruthContest at the end

[@alienbaroque]

This is really marvelous. He sums it up quite well with such clarity of insight.

[@BlueCollarMoto]

Brilliant! I miss his 2-3 hour lectures. Or were they 4 hours? Haha, I would loose track of time watching them back in the day. RIP Joe!!!

[@catchingstars7]

Thank you for uploading this.

[@undergroundkid8337]

ive watched this talk more than 10 times still cant comprehend

[@candidx7057]

In my 20s I knew myself. In my 40s I knew God. In my 70s I realize that all this while Self knows me better than I know myself.

[@sebastiansalvador9374]

I'd love to hear more!

[@chrislaro1396]

some books to be put on your wish to read list: hero of a thousand faces, rumi's poetry, thomas merton and black elk speaks. Start there folks. Peace, aho.

[@whitenightf3]

Man and his symbols Jung Totem and Taboo Freud, because that is what they control people with, has Confusious told us long ago.

[@hang-sangitch]

Thanks Mateys. Big ups

[@heartwisdomlove]

i met Black Elk , he referred to Jesus as the hippie guy ...

[@lotharlamurtra7924]

Beautiful moment, beautiful reflexion

[@CosmosPrivateer]

Who today is teaching this knowledge??? Powers are colliding as we sit here the truth must be told.

[@GregoryWonderwheel]

At 1:32: to have "noble heart powers" is a great phrase. Nobility comes from the heart, not from one's heredity, family, clan, tribe, or nation.

[@maxstirner777]

A truly beautiful man.

[@LucOfTheBind]

I feel I have finally found a worth teacher. Too bad I was 7 when he died. Thank you internet, your not all bad.

[@DoloresKostic]

"We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget that the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it's all about."

[@lighthouse3043]

All those politicians that are in their late 60's to 80's never grew up. That is why we're falling apart as a society. Makes so much sense.

[@jessegandy4510]

Enjoying the present moment w/o considering the future is bliss. And attainable to anyone anywhere anytime.

[@manthasagittarius1]

The title of this video doesn't especially suggest it, but this is marvelously resonant with Erik Erikson's stage theory. well worth looking at in comparison.

[@BennyOcean]

This is really good stuff. Brilliant indeed.

[@seventy9819]

LOVE this man!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thatgurlcarolyn]

I felt the same way when I found Carl Sagan's Cosmos series as I did when I found Joseph Campbell. :-)

[@HEADSUPBERKELEY]

Brilliant guy and big scholar glad you noticed

[@hudman1]

such a great man

[@venkatakrishnabhaskargadda924]

Instead of they saying “I did not realize that”,, they would have said we realized atleast now!l and new life begins ❤ 🙏

[@from-Texas]

Love all that Campell talks about. I'm now writing a short story about my 35 minutes of being dead and being held in suspense by a ECMO machine until my heart.was operated on.. ime titling this story " The empty Tomb, the fields of green and the pretty ponies." If you're interested in proof reading my writing please respond to this comment

[@blaked.valentine6882]

Hi, From Texas. I am in fact a freelance writer and editor. I do charge, of course, but if you'd like me to be your proofreader or to do anything else for you, send me a message. I would love to read your story!

[@raulventura7295]

This guy here is my dude!

[@Josh26_99]

You are the Hero Campbell

[@mace9930]

As I understand it, there is the undifferentiated and the differentiated. The undifferentiated is the spirit of connection and unity, the comprehensive spiritual realm in totality. I began to wonder today if the ego is a measuring device. If this is so, then all measurements taken by the body, through the 5 senses, the brain, or even the mind's eye, pertain to measurement. Measurement creates differentiation, measurements are discrete snapshots of quanta of reality. Furthermore, machines may use differentiation too. This means that ANY measuring device may be a reflection of Ego. Science, with its emphasis on measurement, may also be of the Ego. By tapping into the field of differentiation, we strengthen and reinforce the Ego. Attachment and transactional relationships also refer to the process of the Ego attempting to measure out conclusions in advance. Measurement taking may also exist in the measurement of quantum states, as performed in Scientific experiments (the collapsing of the waveform). Hence, it is probable that the Universe itself responds to our ego, and may act according to what the ego deems. By letting go OF MEASUREMENT we avail ourselves to the spiritual field of undifferentiated energy. The ego is thus a tool for living in the physical world, but it may subsume character, personality and ethics if one overindulges on a frequent basis. Treating reality as a measurement problem with a solution creates a mindset that is simply delusional. It is a mindset that is tense, enclosed, discrete and narrow. Certainty, proof and linear thinking are thus aspects of the Ego. Measurement cannot solve all of life's problems, one must surrender to the greater field of formless, undifferentiated energy.

[@nofurtherwest3474]

Looks good for 78 yrs old

[@bull1234]

The 1st 30 yrs we learn about life. The next 30 yrs you live life and the last 30 yrs we talk about life....

[@RetakeRemakeAlanSmithee]

Well what if you're a pop star who dies at 27?

[@oliverwoodyful]

you are incredible, but you're voice sounded so much better when I was reading your book

[@CosmosPrivateer]

Not sad but it is the only way we can truly learn. Seek and learn Peace

[@thefourthway]

For everyone capable of going beyond.

[@WillWise]

Where do I sign up for the Cult of Joseph Campbell?

[@dancingday9009]

Hi William, you can sign up for our cult! Film is retelling the Hero's Journey from the point of spiritual guru who is more lost than his followers. Fear is the First Step: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpDbk62vbbqoqM0

[@elvisdumbledore1571]

Does somebody know what the word myth does mean in that context? Thanks

[@OneConsciousnessBH]

On the money. Well said.

[@satanscrow8016]

They didn't realize! Good lord! How sad is that?

[@TheCapBerry]

@lukee1111 it's him and Carl Sagan for me.

[@danielsun7815]

Would everyone gain the sense of nobility which Campbell talked about here? Or some people simply just don’t have the nobility in their nature?

[@TaylorReynolds221]

Joseph Campbell is one of the most amazing people I've heard speak. I recently saw the movie Finding Joe, a beautiful documentary that inspires us to follow our dreams. findingjoethemoviedotcom/

[@kalidane1]

my god people nothing to gain nothing to loose that's the way it's been for well ages

[@skipgap]

Belief systems. Someone who would be traumatized as if they had PTSD would let go of them, discard them and might not look back.

[@keviniverson2835]

Yep 👍🏻

[@anasalsubhi1355]

indeed . he's almost 80 years old and he looks as if he's in his forties !

[@anasalsubhi1355]

well , he was .lol

[@Knaeben]

You are joking, right?

[@anonymouseve]

62 on here. Still pretty good.

[@doggy255]

I'm confused on what exactly he was trying to express here

[@JohnWilliams-km4hx]

@doggy255:[I'm confused on what exactly he was trying to express here]  Joseph Campbell dedicated his life in deciphering the mythological origins that mankind's religions are rooted in and discovered to his surprise that there are central themes that are consistent throughout. Not only recognized religions, but the mythology of ancient as well as contemporary cultures as well...this is very interesting from an anthropological as well as historical perspective because it would suggest that all religions "dip from the same well" so to speak, and that these central themes have remained intact despite isolation suggests that they are deeply rooted within the subconscious mind...as if man was 'hard-wired' to use these 'themes' as some sort of "operating system" to process data. What this particular clip is expressing is the internal "mechanics" of how myths can aide one's transcend beyond the shallows of ego and open the doors of a much more meaningful existence (the same objective for all religions)...kinda like a way of looking at life through an 'internal' set of eyes. What was not covered here is that although the themes are consistent, many modern-day religions have outdated "operating systems" and have fell out of harmony with the world-view we have today, rendering the process moot...This condition goes far deeper than the superficial contradictions of, say, modern science telling us that the world was not built in seven days...in fact, its not even the contradictions that conflict, its the fact these themes are taken as literal fact as opposed to myth...bottom-line, I think it was J.C.'s intent to pull these hidden connections man has with his past out for all to see & examine and, because it is clear it is a fundamental function of our species; reintroduce these themes into the mainstream so that they might become redefined in modern context and relevant in today's society. ...hope that helped.

[@Crashbanksbuysilver]

Thanks, I wish more people could understand this but they get angry at you if you tell them its not true and I know it for sure. This is why my vision for an afterlife as I put it to them, will be different thank you think...we are energy with conscience who chooses to take physical form. At least that is the conclusion I am coming to in my mind. Varg says we are suppose to remember ourselves from previous lives to "win the game" to paraphrase what I think he means on some of his video's. Maybe our next lives could be better or worst depending on how we act in this one and the next..if somehow or when we remember ourselves we will finally "move on" or be at peace maybe? Or we could be AI's, living in a very realistic computer for all we know, if google says it can predict what you will do with some very high accuracy from what I hear, maybe we are not so free as we think we are to make decisions. Like an unlimited choose your own life game but with real, accidental and all kinds of consequences.

[@lillysnet9345]

You are chandelier.

[@Justintime246]

Just live it up?

[@jjayneartworkx]

November 2024 😊

[@sebastiankoehns]

Great

[@wanderliscious]

@TheCapBerry Joseph Campbell for the Soul, Carl Sagan for the Spirit and James Burke for Everything Else. :)

[@jasminegao4833]

what did he say about the person who is at 80? godscore?

[@drewnibrow]

Golf score, I think.

[@jamesroberts2282]

“After a certain age there’s no future.” Well that’s a jolly outlook on getting older.

[@weegledorfer]

It’s called freedom

[@jamesroberts2282]

@@weegledorfer having no future doesn’t sound like the kind of freedom I’m interested in.

[@1997residente]

Riam johnson brought me here...You may not respect his vision...but i do

[@marleycrow6988]

Word

[@edgewaterz]

Apparently I was never prepared because the richness has never manifested. It's embarrassing being old and not knowing how to fix it.

[@brandi...]

Are you prepared now? Do you have expectation(s) of what richness is or looks like? Old as compared to what? 😊✨🌲🌞

[@edgewaterz]

@@brandi... No. If you've seen the movie A Serious Man, that's me. I worked hard and thought everything I was doing was right only to wake up one day to nothing.

[@IAmNoOne281]

I love this man. It seems that he had had a stroke at this time.

[@dason5408]

So what is he saying that we should ask our concept of society who we are?

[@seid8536]

Dason Greaves exactly. ask yourself. but you wont know what to really say. because your not true to yourself. remember why you woke up in the morning. is it positive? it should be...because your alive. its thst simple....easy. I may be the ghost od Joseph Campbell typing to you right now. but that's for you to decide. I'm just a 30 year old man in South Texas. what do I know? I know that I am the Hero of a Thousand faces.

[@julianblake8385]

No. Pay attention. Not "society", but the wisdom of the ages that has been taught through mythology. A society can absolutely corrupt. The wisdom remains in the myths.

[@dason5408]

@@julianblake8385 I think I know what you mean but just to expound your statement a little I have to ask aren't the myths a product of society?

[@julianblake8385]

@@dason5408 "a" society, and from the past. Or more specifically, some specific (hopefuly) wise members of "a" past society.

[@katiec3935]

great video - but whats that in his mouth?

[@OrangeUp]

It is called teeth.

[@dmitryandreyev8579]

"How's my..." What word does Joe use here?

[@penzotoko6619]

golf score

[@littlebulldog2010]

wow

[@cmccarreiro]

@lukee1111 lot's of brilliant minds, look up J.Krishnamurti, Isaac Asimov, Jordan Maxwell, then check back with tell me what you think.

[@frankieberry]

He was 79 here😳

[@regardedvelociraptor]

There is a third option to the supposed inherent genetic recollection of myth, objective meaning through subjective chromosomal programming, and the adherence to observation through our five senses. Nostalgia, faith, and doubt aren't it.

[@user-fj8xc4vc6g]

What about the first people who had no myths to reflect upon? Zen masters say to make your understanding before the primordial Buddha, calling it the shortcut to enlightenment. What happens when you do that? There's no comparison anymore, nothing and no one to measure up to. Freedom. Why should 80 year olds have the freedom of the moment while younger people have to be driven? Leads to more mistakes seems to me. Freedom now sounds like a better proposal. THEN act. Be free first. I wish Joseph could answer me.

[@samcross7881]

All I got from this is that I should let reconceived ideas of what I should think and act like dictated who I am. No thanks: It sounds like the psychologist Ericson revampt.

[@samcross7881]

***** Because your an idiot?

[@biggori]

sam cross Because many have come before you and walked the path you are walking now, there are lessons to be learned and u are a fool for not seeing it

[@kansasisaband]

biggori it's not his time. The myth of the Bible presents options and most people like the choices they've made already. Programmed to fail by their own design.

[@phjmez]

If he is doing well by decisions of his own making why should he need to bend to the ideas laid out through myths

[@kakakakaciee]

wtf, can someone please explain this to me?

[@rantym35]

Myths are not mere stories; they are structures of power that shape societies, create hierarchies, enforce social control, and dictate rules of behavior. Throughout history, myths have legitimized authority, but they also carry within them the seeds of their own destruction. One of the most striking dynamics of myths is their tendency to produce messianic figures, individuals who embody the values and missions of the myth. However, these messianic figures often radicalize their power, ultimately destroying not only their followers but the very society they claim to save. This has repeated across history, from the fall of Rome and Greece to more recent examples like Hitler, Mussolini, and, in modern times, figures like Donald Trump. Capitalism, as a contemporary myth, has crafted a cynical narrative that justifies inequality through promises of individual success and progress. This myth produces its own heroes: messianic figures of capital who perpetuate the illusion of salvation through consumption, technology, and economic growth. Yet, as with myths of the past, these figures magnify the contradictions of the system. Trump, for instance, embodies the myth of the “self-made man” but has exacerbated social division and weakened democratic structures. In parallel, we are experiencing a new Dark Age, where knowledge is fragmented and controlled by social media and technological systems that prioritize spectacle over depth. Humanity is left vulnerable, lacking the critical tools to question the myths that dominate us. Ignorance, much like in historical Dark Ages, becomes the fertile ground for myths to thrive unchallenged. However, myths are not eternal. They inevitably collapse under the weight of their own contradictions. My observation is not about seeking solutions, dialogue, or confrontation; it is about recognizing the patterns and exposing the inherent dynamics. The practical side of solving these issues is, in my view, complex, often misguided, and beyond what I aim to address. I simply observe-nothing more. The history of myths shows us that their cycles of creation, rise, and destruction are unavoidable. Perhaps we are witnessing the peak of a myth that will eventually dismantle itself. Until then, I remain a witness to the patterns that unfold before us. By Jordan, G

[@videosnovaro]

what is god's scar?

[@rgcwow]

Disjointed, hacked up, out of context bits and pieces of Campbell"s message? The world needs, for example, the full Moyer / Campbell interviews uncut, But this foumdation is instead hacking Campbell's core messages up into tiny little disjointed hacked up bits and pieces. They are doing that as teasers to commercially monetize Campbel's work. The very nature of Campell's works must remain freely available, intact, in context, and sui- generis on a "giving foot forward" monetization model, which primarily is not the JC Foundation monetization model. Does this greedy foundation have copyrights on these works? Why can't anyone post these works up on IE. You Tube etc. free uncut unedited? For instance the full uncut Campbel / Moyers series. Why is Moyer not acting to counter this outrage? How to obtain these works intact & unedited now like when Campbell was alive without profiteering? That would be Campbell's will. The Campbell Foundation, in the guise of proliferating Campbell's body of work, is instead fragmenting it for commercial monetary motives. So aggravating! Seriously any effort to keep Campbell's work free, and free of being hacked up, and free of being exploited by the world system, then count us in. Metaphorically speaking: God was out for a stroll one day with the devil following along & imitating God. God was carrying something "he" had picked up along the way. The devil runs up and asks. "whatcha got there God?" God replies, "I got the truth." The devil then says," give it to me & I will organize it for you!". JC Foundation you need to stop "money changing on the temple steps".

[@RAevenman]

Russell Brand brought me here...

[@WillWise]

If I spout this shit like Russel Brand do you think I would marry a supermodel too?

[@tombrown988]

Raeven Brough

[@benjaminr8961]

Russell Brand is insane.

[@WillWise]

I think he means when you're 40 then you're old enough to drop acid

[@bogusmcbogus2637]

I didn't know myself until my son created me

[@Eli_pl4yz]

0:23 start

[@OfficialAndies]

@TheCapBerry Agreed, both men influence me so much

[@NoName-up5kw]

Ego

[@ramaraksha01]

As a Hindu makes me proud that he talks so much about what my faith gave this world But what if Hinduism has started in some western or Muslim lands? Would not these books have been burned, their teachers killed off? We know so little about the Mayans because all their books were burnt, temples destroyed, teachers murdered! Such ideas come from Master/Slave religions - only our master is the right master, all other masters are evil and must be destroyed! Master will give us the good life but we have to swear our loyalty to him(belief - only the believers will get heaven). Those that do not kneel to our master are evil and must be cast out(Hell) No wonder Mr.Campbell did not talk much of these religions - very primitive, tribal ideas

[@NeterRafi77]

Who is your master BUT yourself?

[@ramaraksha01]

@@NeterRafi77 Exactly that is the basic Namaste - "I greet the God within you" - we have the light of God within us or even the Devil within us - it is up to us to bring God forward Both the Greek and Hindu religions were saying the same thing, that WE are the Gods - unfortunately things got lost in all the magic & miracle stories Christians do this wonderful thing - at dinner time they hold hands and thank God for the bounty they are about to eat. A Christian shopkeeper might be doing well, selling lots of goods in his shop & then Covid hits - suddenly customers no longer show up He quickly realizes who the real "Gods" are - the real Gods who are putting food on his table, not the invisible one in the sky but the ordinary men and women who walk thru his door daily Hence the millions of Gods in Hinduism

[@matthewkopp2391]

In Christianity Jesus is designated as „the Logos“ (Truth) and in Judaism God calls himself „I am“ meaning „being itself“. All religions can be tribal and chauvinistic, I don’t think Hinduism is spared chauvinism when it has held to a caste system or when some believe that Muslims should not be in India. But in all highly developed religions, a depth is preserved. Don’t worship Jesus, or Krishna worship the truth and goodness and you will find the message of Jesus and Krishna.

[@ramaraksha01]

@@matthewkopp2391 Somehow other religions don't get this hate - jews are the "lower castes" in Christianity- hunted to the point of extinction Islam has lower castes as well - hazaras, ahmadiyas - hated & discriminated . But your post is interesting - your first paragraph is the opposite of the last - the first one says the man is imp not the message, the last one says it is the message Of all religions Buddhism stresses the latter the best - do not follow the Buddha, follow his message . The contradiction in your post is all about what you desire, your goal - many see God as their savior, their ticket to an everlasting life of ease & comfort - pleasures of the flesh - easy lazy retired life I truly doubt that God is running a Charity Retirement Home in the sky for billions of these shameless people to just sit about doing nothing But if your goal is enlightenment, knowledge then you seek teachers, plural - the buddha is one, Jesus, Muhammed, Rama God Rama is Jesus is the Buddha is Allah is Yahweh & so on Sadly. Only Hindus are able to say such words Doesn't say much about us as human beings

[@cbriggs132]

Not interested in arguing the irrelevancy of Jung's theories. Nor am I interested in making an impact. I'm just another dog barking when it recognizes simply, that an intruder has entered a building. People can hear the bark, and deduce themselves the threat to them. In other words, I am not intetested in persuading others. Just interested in showing others there are those who find men like this a threat to human development. The breadth and width of that threat is only.for those who desire to know it. And if they do, they will search. I am not the end, nor even tge begnning of this search. Just a dog pointing there.

[@NeterRafi77]

Are you a dog or a god? Make up your mind

[@WillWise]

If I spout this shit like Russel Brand do you think I would marry a supermodel too?

[@michellelekas211]

This is Freud-lite

[@notinterested1536]

79????!!!!!!

[@atheistickhan7216]

Maybe Joseph Campbell , it's a sorts unique way of looking at thing and tolerating bullshit ... Myths are created by people to explain things around them but they couldn't be more wrong ; they made stories and apply human emotions ( they're only lens) to non human , emotionless and non sentient things that existed . All bullshit must be destroy or atleast keep out of other people who wants to connect to reality ; this is how religious ppl justify their existence .

[@julianblake8385]

Well, you sound like a mad fundamentalist religious person. You seem to be as poisoned as the people you pretend to criticize. And are being as ignorant as them, by pretending you understand everything in the life on earth, Mr Atheist Blunt. (please, change the BL for a C)

[@adolphsanchez1429]

I can't believe his wife cheated on him with John Steinbeck. I need to reread The Hero with a Thousand Faces. In fact, I need to get off here and read.

[@nutfilmsuk]

god's score i think

[@cbriggs132]

No such thing as ego.

[@bootyman234]

+cbriggs132 If you believe that there is a "YOU" then the ego thrives.

[@Borntolive19]

Likewise haha

[@Swansen03]

search adampants

[@dusandragovic09srb]

Earth isn't an object. Change that intro ;)

[@tclutter1]

Copyright thieves: You believe everything should be free if you want it. No regard for the Foundation needs to keep employees paid and the lights on, so they can distribute the man's works at a fair return for their worth. People in this discussion are thieves, and would have artists and others make not a dime for their life labors, nor all the other folks involved in the creative process to bring a product to them. Final thought: If you want to be taken seriously, learn to spell and punctuate.

[@lxmoya11]

I would like to befriend you for this comment.

[@Cantcrossrasta]

Slurrin like a mawfuka...