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We're going to be talking about a very famous idea from Joseph Campbell, which is follow your bliss. You probably have heard this. It's like one of those famous quotes that just permeates all culture. But what does it actually mean and how does one actually follow their bliss?
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My whole reason for turning this into a live stream that we're going to discuss is that I think we're getting worse at following our bliss. And that's no good because following your bliss just sounds like a thing that you would want to do, you know, just on principle in that way. But also,
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I think it's important for a healthy culture that people be aligned with what they actually genuinely care about in the positive sense, not just what you dislike, what you hate. And considering that now we have this whole phenomenon where people hate follow someone or they hate watch something follow your bliss has never been a

"Follow Your Bliss" Was Actually A Warning | The Black Sheep LIVE

Are you too distracted to live a fulfilling life?

Joseph Campbell answered the age-old question "What's the meaning of life" when he said "follow your bliss." Yet, it's not obvious what your “bliss" actually is or how to follow it.

With a 24-hour news cycle and distraction device always by our side, it's even harder to figure this out. It's not that you don't know what you care about most, but that you're so busy and distracted you often forget to care about it. You end up living a half-life, going through the motions and only realizing you've forgotten to focus on what you love in the rare times when you aren't distracted.

We know what happens to an individual who lets their life become a long series of unsatisfying patterns, but what happens to a community or an entire culture disconnected from what matters most?

In this livestream I'll explain Joseph Campbell's famous command to "follow you bliss," how we're uniquely blocked from doing this today, and how to overcome those blocks. We'll also discuss:

  • The cost of not following your bliss

  • How to identify what your bliss is

  • The secular spirituality that following your bliss can offer

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I think it's important for a healthy culture that people be aligned with what they actually genuinely care about in the positive sense, not just what you dislike, what you hate. And considering that now we have this whole phenomenon where people hate follow someone or they hate watch something follow your bliss has never been a