But is the thing you want what you really want? Think hard about the regret that weighs tons we considered from the Rohn quote or the lousy bargain Kipling speaks of. It might not be what it seems on the surface: a possession, a title or career, or a specific relationship. It may not be a physique that you neglected to strive enough for or a face or a talent you weren’t born with. Maybe it’s something else. It might be that this quote from Joseph Campbell summarizes it:
I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances with our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive.
Joseph Cambell
I think that’s good news. This is always within our grasp.
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[…] some stupid and superficial things, nonetheless, Taleb’s remark just might capture one aspect of the feeling of aliveness that Joseph Campbell speaks of in a way that is very tangible for most of us. It’s in his use of the word corruption and the […]
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