Influence + Serendipity

“The influence of a vital person, vitalizes. There’s no doubt about it. The world is a wasteland. People have the notion of saving the world by shifting it around and changing the rules and so forth. No, any world is a living world if it’s alive. The thing is to bring it to life. The way to bring it to life is to find in your own case where your life is and to be alive yourself.” - Joseph Campbell

Do you know where the word serendipity comes from?

”Well, a serendipitous adventure can take place, also, You know, what the word serendipity comes from? Comes from the Sanskrit Swarandwipa, the Isle of Silk, which was formerly the name of Ceylon, And it’s a story about a family that’s just rambling on it’s way to Ceylon, and all these adventures take place. And so you can have the serendipitous adventure as well.”

Is the adventurer who takes that kind of trip a hero?

“He is ready for it (sparkling voice). This is a very interesting thing about these mythological themes. The achievement of the hero is one that he is ready for. And it’s really a manifestation of his character. Its amusing in which the landscape and the conditions of the environment match the readiness of the hero.”

“The adventure that he is ready for is the one that he gets.”

Source: https://billmoyers.com/content/ep-1-joseph-campbell-and-the-power-of-myth-the-hero%E2%80%99s-adventure-audio/