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God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It’s as simple as that.

Joseph Campbell

If you are on the right path you will find that invisible hands are helping.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Hands Path Right Yourself
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.
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Alone Darkness Decision Grace Journey
The very cave you are afraid to enter turns out to be the source of what you are looking for.
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Afraid Yourself
We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come. –
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Life Old Oneself Planning Skin Willing
The problem of making the inner meet the outer of today is, of course, the function of the artist.
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Artist Function Problem Spiritual
Where you stumble and fall, there you will find gold.
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Fall Gold Inspirational Perspective Yourself
It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.
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Life Lying Recovery Treasure Yourself
The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.
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Goal Heart Broken Life Nature Universe
The myth does not point to a fact; the myth points beyond facts to something that informs the fact.
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Beyond Fact Information
The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
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Ability Adventure Heart Inspirational Yourself
Questing… is not an ego trip; it is an adventure to bring into fulfillment your gift to the world, which is yourself.
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Adventure Ego Fulfill Gift Mystery Yourself
People forget facts, but they remember stories.
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Fact Forget People Remember Story
There are something like 18 billion cells in the brain alone. There are no two brains alike; there are no two hands alike; there are no two human beings alike. You can take your instructions and your guidance from others, but you must find your own path.
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Divine Live
It is the function of art to carry us beyond speech to experience.
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Beyond Carry Experience Function
When everything is lost, and all seems darkness, then comes the new life and all that is needed.
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Darkness Life Lost Need
You have to learn to recognize your own depth.
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Deep Learning Recognition Yourself

God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It’s as simple as that.

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