Many of you may only know the funny and silly side of Jim Carrey. I’ve seen a few of his interviews and been amazed by how deep and spiritual he actually is. He gave a profound commencement speech to the 2014 graduating class of Maharishi University which I watched for the first time last night. His message was powerful and deeply spiritual… and of course funny too. Here are a few lines from his speech, but I encourage you to watch the entire video, by following this link:
Full Commencement Address by Jim Carrey on Maharishi University website
“Fear is going to be a player in your life, but you get to decide how much. You can spend your whole life imagining ghosts, worrying about your pathway to the future, but all there will ever be is what’s happening here, and the decisions we make in this moment, which are based in either love or fear.
So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality. What we really want seems impossibly out of reach and ridiculous to expect, so we never dare to ask the universe for it. I’m saying, I’m the proof that you can ask the universe for it…
…I learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which was that you can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.”
-Jim Carrey
