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A Voice for Bliss
By T.A.
Frozen Bliss
By Joe
I was first acquainted with Joseph Campbell's work through Bill Moyers' PBS special in 1990. The anecdote Joe told about following one's bliss--the young boy being admonished to eat his peas and the father saying, "I have NEVER done anything I wanted to do--" that resonated with me. I knew there were things I could do better than a lot of people, and time disappeared when I did them. Somehow, those things were never in the path of the career I had fallen into that paid the bills, fed my family.
To me, it seemed the hardest thing to determine was what my "bliss" was. And I suppose it is the same for many others. So let's start here... I have always wanted to go to Antarctica. Read More...
Bliss and all that Jazz
By Don J. (Apple Valley, California, USA)
My bliss story began in 1989 when by chance I was tuning into the San Francisco PBS TV station one evening during their pledge drive when the Moyers/Campbell The Power of Myth series was first being shown to the world. After watching the entire series with the intensity of a man with his hair on fire, I purchased the videos and later the Transformation of Myth Through Time video series.
I was at the time 56-years-old and in my first year as a member of Alcoholics Anonymous in Sonoma county Calif. attempting to recover from my alcoholism, an ex-Catholic and former seminarian, in search of a higher power, when I found Joseph Campbell. Read More...
Producing Bliss
By Matthew Burton (London, UK)
As a moody London schoolboy of fifteen I discovered acting through the mentoring of an inspirational English teacher, himself a former actor. I began going to the theatre, and saw a play by Harold Pinter called NO MAN’S LAND, acted by Sir John Gielgud and Sir Ralph Richardson. The play left me disturbed, thrilled, baffled and hungry for more.
I followed the bliss of theatre and the mystery of the ritual of storytelling. I acted, sang, and went to drama school. I was also a keen sportsman and one summer’s day the year I began studying, a friend asked if I could deputise for him in a game of cricket. I said ‘no’. Then he said: “Harold Pinter will be there. It’s his team you’ll be playing for.” Read More...
The Power of Bliss
By DP (St. Paul, MN, USA)
Bliss is an interesting thing. Mine has been very hard to discover, and though I thought I had found it many times before, it wasn’t until recently that I discovered where my true bliss lies.
I think it’s important to give some personal background before telling how I found my path. In 1998 I was hit with a terminally degenerative disease, Multiple Sclerosis. While it is still rare to hear a medical professional or insurance company who will admit this disease is fatal, I have known several people now who have died as a result of an MS “attack” on lungs, heart, and more-so on the mind. Suicide is a very appealing option to many of us who suffer every day. When you see no end to the suffering, and in fact only see it worsening in the future. Sometimes death looks like the only way to find any sort of bliss. For me this was not a solution, as I am a single mom and could never leave my daughter alone. At least not while she’s so young. I had to stop working, give up driving, give up just about everything that I had worked so hard for. I gave up my independence, or MS took it away, but either way, I lost it. Read More...
Summits of Bliss
By Erden Eruç
I am following my bliss as we speak after years of living a schizophrenic life tied to a desk in a cubicle while all of my being wanted to be outdoors. You see: I was "following my career" instead of my bliss. After years invested in degrees and training to become a better engineer, I was laid off in 2001. Finding a new job proved to be impossible with the downturn in the Seattle economy. I eventually came to realize that when one does not have control over the next step in one's employment, an upward trend or a positive change in one's suggested career becomes a pipe dream - my career was no more. Read More...
Blissful directions
By Sharon Clarke (North Vancouver, BC, Canada)
From the time I was small, I always knew I wanted to do something that would help others but what that was going to look like and how I would most aptly accomplish this task was a complete mystery to me.
As a youngster I loved to create art, make costumes, dance and pretend to do a variety of jobs from police officer to fashion designer, to teacher to chef. By the time I was 9, I had explored over 30 occupations, and thanks to my easy going Mother, our basement had been crudely rennovated by a couple of kids every other week! Read More...
Cookin' up some bliss
By Lauri Grizzle
I followed my bliss by really thinking of what my God given talents are and how I could use these talents to be fulfilled and to support myself and my daughter. My talents are gardening, cooking and art. I decided to become a chef and restaurateur. I apprenticed for three years through The American Culinary Federation. It was very hard work and many long hours of studying. I loved it. A few months after finishing my apprenticeship, I opened a restaurant of my own. That was in November 1998 and five years later I still own the restaurant. After years of working for someone else, I finally decided to follow my bliss and take a chance on myself. It was the best decision I ever made. I feel very satisfied with my life.
Thank you for letting me share my story with you.
Healing Bliss
By Krista Gorman, PA-C (Venice, Florida, USA)
What a joy it has been finding Joseph Campbell! I pledged to PBS over a year ago because I was watching Bill Moyers interview Joseph Campbell and was transfixed. I hung onto every word and found myself hooked. I received his 6 CD set Power of Myth and have listened to it over and over and over and over again, ad infinitum.
When reflecting upon my own life, I began to see how I had followed my bliss and didn't know it. I was a graduate of Psychology, working for an East Coast based company on the West Coast, feeling unfulfilled and lost. Deciding to nurture an interest in the "hard" sciences, I began to read high school chemistry text and found myself heading toward medical school. Read More...
By T.A.
All that I have ever wanted, I have received. All that I have ever sought, I have attained. All I have ever needed, I have.
My bliss has left me with spiritual blisters from traversing into the deepest and darkest depths, searching for my crown jewel. A road less traveled and a path not yet beaten forever pulling me toward my desires. Everything has a cost or price. I often wonder what a fine line must exist between enlightenment and insanity. I wanted to travel in order to discover and learn. I did and I found myself far from home planting roots, becoming like Socrates having all that I desired within the walls of my fair city.
Read More...Frozen Bliss
By Joe
I was first acquainted with Joseph Campbell's work through Bill Moyers' PBS special in 1990. The anecdote Joe told about following one's bliss--the young boy being admonished to eat his peas and the father saying, "I have NEVER done anything I wanted to do--" that resonated with me. I knew there were things I could do better than a lot of people, and time disappeared when I did them. Somehow, those things were never in the path of the career I had fallen into that paid the bills, fed my family.
To me, it seemed the hardest thing to determine was what my "bliss" was. And I suppose it is the same for many others. So let's start here... I have always wanted to go to Antarctica. Read More...
Bliss and all that Jazz
By Don J. (Apple Valley, California, USA)
My bliss story began in 1989 when by chance I was tuning into the San Francisco PBS TV station one evening during their pledge drive when the Moyers/Campbell The Power of Myth series was first being shown to the world. After watching the entire series with the intensity of a man with his hair on fire, I purchased the videos and later the Transformation of Myth Through Time video series.
I was at the time 56-years-old and in my first year as a member of Alcoholics Anonymous in Sonoma county Calif. attempting to recover from my alcoholism, an ex-Catholic and former seminarian, in search of a higher power, when I found Joseph Campbell. Read More...
Producing Bliss
By Matthew Burton (London, UK)
As a moody London schoolboy of fifteen I discovered acting through the mentoring of an inspirational English teacher, himself a former actor. I began going to the theatre, and saw a play by Harold Pinter called NO MAN’S LAND, acted by Sir John Gielgud and Sir Ralph Richardson. The play left me disturbed, thrilled, baffled and hungry for more.
I followed the bliss of theatre and the mystery of the ritual of storytelling. I acted, sang, and went to drama school. I was also a keen sportsman and one summer’s day the year I began studying, a friend asked if I could deputise for him in a game of cricket. I said ‘no’. Then he said: “Harold Pinter will be there. It’s his team you’ll be playing for.” Read More...
The Power of Bliss
By DP (St. Paul, MN, USA)
Bliss is an interesting thing. Mine has been very hard to discover, and though I thought I had found it many times before, it wasn’t until recently that I discovered where my true bliss lies.
I think it’s important to give some personal background before telling how I found my path. In 1998 I was hit with a terminally degenerative disease, Multiple Sclerosis. While it is still rare to hear a medical professional or insurance company who will admit this disease is fatal, I have known several people now who have died as a result of an MS “attack” on lungs, heart, and more-so on the mind. Suicide is a very appealing option to many of us who suffer every day. When you see no end to the suffering, and in fact only see it worsening in the future. Sometimes death looks like the only way to find any sort of bliss. For me this was not a solution, as I am a single mom and could never leave my daughter alone. At least not while she’s so young. I had to stop working, give up driving, give up just about everything that I had worked so hard for. I gave up my independence, or MS took it away, but either way, I lost it. Read More...
Summits of Bliss
By Erden Eruç
I am following my bliss as we speak after years of living a schizophrenic life tied to a desk in a cubicle while all of my being wanted to be outdoors. You see: I was "following my career" instead of my bliss. After years invested in degrees and training to become a better engineer, I was laid off in 2001. Finding a new job proved to be impossible with the downturn in the Seattle economy. I eventually came to realize that when one does not have control over the next step in one's employment, an upward trend or a positive change in one's suggested career becomes a pipe dream - my career was no more. Read More...
Blissful directions
By Sharon Clarke (North Vancouver, BC, Canada)
From the time I was small, I always knew I wanted to do something that would help others but what that was going to look like and how I would most aptly accomplish this task was a complete mystery to me.
As a youngster I loved to create art, make costumes, dance and pretend to do a variety of jobs from police officer to fashion designer, to teacher to chef. By the time I was 9, I had explored over 30 occupations, and thanks to my easy going Mother, our basement had been crudely rennovated by a couple of kids every other week! Read More...
Cookin' up some bliss
By Lauri Grizzle
I followed my bliss by really thinking of what my God given talents are and how I could use these talents to be fulfilled and to support myself and my daughter. My talents are gardening, cooking and art. I decided to become a chef and restaurateur. I apprenticed for three years through The American Culinary Federation. It was very hard work and many long hours of studying. I loved it. A few months after finishing my apprenticeship, I opened a restaurant of my own. That was in November 1998 and five years later I still own the restaurant. After years of working for someone else, I finally decided to follow my bliss and take a chance on myself. It was the best decision I ever made. I feel very satisfied with my life.
Thank you for letting me share my story with you.
Healing Bliss
By Krista Gorman, PA-C (Venice, Florida, USA)
What a joy it has been finding Joseph Campbell! I pledged to PBS over a year ago because I was watching Bill Moyers interview Joseph Campbell and was transfixed. I hung onto every word and found myself hooked. I received his 6 CD set Power of Myth and have listened to it over and over and over and over again, ad infinitum.
When reflecting upon my own life, I began to see how I had followed my bliss and didn't know it. I was a graduate of Psychology, working for an East Coast based company on the West Coast, feeling unfulfilled and lost. Deciding to nurture an interest in the "hard" sciences, I began to read high school chemistry text and found myself heading toward medical school. Read More...
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