A couple of things that really stuck in my head was his views on cancer foundations and the money that they make. Think about all the high priced pink items you buy. It's a money making business, he challenged us to think if they are really out there to cure cancer or to make a profit.
He also informed "me" that political leaders are intelligent, in fact more intelligent than the general public. It's how they got into power. It's what they do with that power that makes them look dumb.
His sexist remarks would challenge my brain to think about my own fundamental rights as a woman. In many aspects this radio host really altered my perspective on life.
Aside from all the political talk and daily antics, Mr. Muller had a spiritual side. He turned me onto Joseph Campbell, the great mythologist. Campbell also studied religion as being a great myth. His opinion was that religion was not to be taken literally or factually but instead to be used as a guide to life, simple stories on what is right or what is wrong. All religions have this sort of communal basis in their belief system, an agreement, it's the story of the hero whether it be Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha or Moses.
But that's not to say that Campbell himself was not spiritual, in fact, he believed that there was some unknown force that guides us. He prophetically believed that we should "follow our bliss" and once we do that "doors will open where we thought no door existed".
That statement always moved me. When I think about the people who just do what they love to do, the world just seems to shift and well, doors open for them. Campbell, himself, loved to study Native American folklore as a young boy. This love bridged into his adulthood and expanded to other cultures and religions. He was able to make a livelihood out of it.
I ask myself the big question, how would my life change if I just did what I loved to do? What doors that seemed to be dead bolted shut right now open up? How would my life expand?
How would your life change, if you just did what you were passionate about?
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