Joseph Campbell – Video Notes

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do…4340397209568#

When he is talking about the hero and heroin in stories he states that the hero or heroin is someone who has found, achived or done something beyond the normal range of experience. This is I find relates to the Jedi for 2 reasons. The first reason being is that Jedi study into the Force and developing special skills such as sense and in the world I live in that would not be classed as a normal thing to do but then again what is normal. The second reason being is that Jedi like to descover the mysteries of the Force therefore we may discover something that is not classed as “Normal”.

“A hero properly is someone who has given his life to something bigger than himself”. This relates to the Jedi being of service to others. Jedi will sacrafice things to put others before them as keepers of the peace. Jedi will give up there lives to be of service to their people their community.

When joseph talks about the spiritual side of the hero and that he has achived something outside the normal range of experience this again ties in with the jedi. Being able to feel the force around us, being able to maybe do things through energy work. Being able to interact with the force. This to some would not be inside the normal range of experience.
Joseph talks about someone saying that you are a hero at birth and I agree with that statement.

Everyone has the potiental to be a hero and before birth like he says we go through a huge transfromation. We all have potiental to be something of a hero wether it be Jedi or something else.

Ten minutes into the video I noticed that the hero has to sacrafice and it is mentioned a lot and this I feel ties in with the Jedi. A Jedi tends to sacrafice a lot to be a keeper of the peace.

Joseph talks about the hero he saw in a movie became a role model for him. I think Jedi should be good role models in their deeds etc. Jedi are keepers of the peace and they should be good role models.

Listening to a lot of josephs stories they all have adventure. This is implying to me that a Jedi’s life is a sort of adventure that we must embark on. Maybe a spiritual adventure rather than a hero trying to save the world.

When joseph talks about the dragon representing greed and all. It became clear to me that all people have this dragon we learn to not listen to its temptation etc. The message I got from this is that Jedi do there best not to give into temptation and we keep restraint so we are not tempted by dark things such as greed.

Joseph talkes about the place a hero seeks to be. The buddha being nirvana etc I feel that this is sort of the same with a Jedi but the place that the Jedi seek is the world being in harmoney.

After watching the video till the end what I got into my head what that a Jedi is much like the heros Joseph talks about and that the Jedi will ebark on a journey like the hero maybe not saving lives and all but a spiritual journey and helping people keeping the peace.