Finding Joe
- 2. • Mythology expert • Philosopher • Native american mythology • Aboriginal cultures • Greek mythology: Arthurian legend • Philosophies • Mythic stories • Movies • Novels • Romances • Religion Once upon a time… The Hero with a Thousand Faces - 1949
- 3. What is the Hero’s Journey?
- 4. The greatest crisis in which you find your true self • Heroes • Villains • Gods • Goddesses • Fantastic creatures • Star Wars • The Matrix • Harry Potter • Wizard of Oz • Alice in Wonderland • Batman Begins • The Lord of the Rings • Superman • Iron Man It’s time for you to do that ! Mythology = metaphor for human existence
- 5. a call to adventure
- 6. We are all golden Buddhas!
- 7. • High • Knowing • Connected to our bliss • Knowing truth • Knowing everything that every great spiritual master has ever said • Injury • Divorce • Financial setbacks • Governmental change
- 8. Why isn’t it that everybody is living it?
- 9. • Trance of comfort • Trance of not sticking your hand up above the crowd very much
- 10. • “I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive” • “The universe will open doors where there were only walls” • “The function of mythological symbols is to give you a sense of Aha! Yes. I know what it is, it’s myself” • “We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us” • “Follow your bliss” • “Opportunities to find deeper power within ourselves come when life seems most challenging” • “It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.” • “Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself” Joseph Campbell Let’s debate!
- 11. Inspiration