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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Neocon who wrote (72258)8/11/2003 8:01:27 PM
From: Rambi  Read Replies (2) of 82486
 
Joeseph Campbell coined the phrase, "Follow your bliss" and it had nothing to do with narcissism, or becoming this selfish ME at all costs type person, but about being in touch with our true selves. In a way, for all the Greek admirers here, it's maybe a bit like Socrates' "Know thyself".

Campbell believed that bliss is "the thing that really gets you deep in your gut and that you feel is your life". It was an admonition to us not to get sucked into the material world, into the world of others' expectations, but to find what makes our lives meaningful. As I understood it, this doesn't mean some selfish pursuit, but the more Buddhist definition of knowing.

Of course, when you get a catchy phrase like "Follow Your Bliss", it's inevitable that it get picked up without the context and used to mean whatever people decide they want it to.
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