Jim Henson has long been an inspiration to me for what he was able to achieve in the world of film, television, and puppetry...literally treading where no man had gone before, and succeeding against what the average person would deem "extraordinary" odds. His philosophical approach always seemed to have been a sophisticated one, as evinced by the following quotes:

A driver was talking to me today asking, “Did you ever, in your wildest dreams, think you would have success like this?” The honest answer to this, which I do occasionally admit, is that yes, I’ve always known I would be very successful in anything I decided to do—and it turned out to be puppetry.

and

I believe that life is basically a process of growth—that we go through many lives, choosing those situations and problems that we will learn through. I believe that we form our own lives, that we create our own reality, and that everything works out for the best. I know that I drive some people crazy with what seems to be ridiculous optimism, but it has always worked for me. I believe in taking a positive attitude toward the world, toward people, and toward my work. I think I'm here for a purpose. I think it's likely that we all are, but I'm only sure about myself.

In the book "The World of the Dark Crystal," which was compiled from Henson's notes, it is also written, somewhat enigmatically:

There is power in the Universe that is there to be used by those who dare control and shape their destiny.

Now, recently I was surprised to read the following article, published a few months ago by the screenwriter who collaborated with Jim on The Dark Crystal:

He [Henson] was also a spiritual searcher. He had developed his own ideas that seemed to combine a little bit of theosophy, Hinduism, Taoism, and various new age philosophies. Before we started work on The Dark Crystal, he insisted I read a book called Seth Speaks. He had a lot of copies of this book and gave them away to people. (He also gave a copy to Brian Froud.) I was flattered that Jim wanted me to understand his spiritual insights before we collaborated. The book was written by Jane Roberts, a science fiction writer, who one day began channeling "Seth." Seth was a multi-dimensional male being, outside time and space, who dictated monologues on metaphysics through her when she was in a trance, while her husband wrote them down in shorthand. One of Jim's favorite lines that I wrote in The Dark Crystal script was when Aughra asks Jen where his master is, and Jen says he's dead. Aughra looks around suspiciously and mutters "He could be anywhere then." I couldn't have written that if I hadn't read the Seth book.

http://io9.com/dark-crystal/

In a 1982 interview, Henson also said,

A number of years ago I became quite interested in Seth, if you know anything about Jane Roberts' books. Jane Roberts wrote a series of books from an entity called Seth. Those are the Seth books, which I particularly love and enjoy all the concepts in those.

This has got me interested in reading the Seth books, which I rememer being mentioned in the introduction to one of the Abraham Hicks books (Ask & It Is Given, I think).

Does anyone else know of any high-profile individuals, any big "success stories" that were inspired by channeled teachings (besides our own personal "success stories" here at IQ, which we already know about :) ).

Thanks to all.