And so Galahad decided that it would be a disgrace to set off on a quest with the other knights. Alone he would enter the dark forest where there was no path. This is the myth of The Hero’s Journey.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLWhen you realize that eternity is right here now, that it is within your possibility to experience the eternity of your own truth and being, then you grasp the following: That which you are was never born and will never die. . . . (90)
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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I always tell my students, go where your body and soul want to go. When you have the feeling, then stay with it, and don’t let anyone throw you off.
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Eternity is not future or past. Eternity is a dimension of now.
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The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
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The god you worship is the one you’re capable of becoming.
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When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.
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The psychotic drowns in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight.
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No one in the world was ever you before, with your particular gifts and abilities and possibilities.
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The goal of life is rapture. Art is the way we experience it.
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When you are on your path, and it is truly your path, doors will open for you where there were no doors for someone else.
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Suddenly you’re ripped into being alive. And life is pain, and life is suffering, and life is horror, but my god you’re alive and its spectacular.
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Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.
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You’ve got to find the force inside you.
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You become mature when you become the authority of your own life.
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At the darkest moment comes the light.
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Art is the set of wings to carry you out of your own entanglement.
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