Joy, courage, and the Tigress Jataka

About this episode

Catherine Svehla explores the themes of joy and courage in the context of engaging with the world's sorrows, inspired by Joseph Campbell's philosophy.

Send Catherine a text Message "Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy. The warrior's approach is to say 'yes' to life: 'yea' to it all."-- Joseph Campbell How do you stay engaged with the creative potential of this time? How can you participate to bring something positive, necessary, unprecedented, into our constantly evolving world? These questions are in the forefront of my mind. I'm intrigued by Campbell's emp...

People in this episode

Host: Catherine Svehla

Topics covered

• joy
• courage
• sorrow
• creative potential
• engagement
• life

Keywords

• joy
• sorrow
• Joseph Campbell
• creative potential
• engagement
• life

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