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I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.

Joseph Campbell

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
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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Alive God Inspirational Life Pain Suffering
At the darkest moment comes the light.
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Darkness Inspirational Light Moments
You’ve got to find the force inside you.
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Force Yourself
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
Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward.
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Devil Encounter God Transformation
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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Life Meaning Question Yourself
It is not society which is to guide and save the creative hero, but precisely the reverse.
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Creativity Guide Heart Save Society
You become mature when you become the authority of your own life.
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Authority Life Maturity Yourself
Where you stumble and fall, there you will find gold.
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Fall Gold Inspirational Perspective Yourself
I have found that you have only to take that one step toward the gods, and they will then take ten steps toward you. That step, the heroic first step of the journey, is out of, or over the edge of, your boundaries, and it often must be taken before you know that you will.
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Boundary God Hero Journey Step Yourself
You don’t ask what a dance means. You enjoy it. You don’t ask what the world means. You enjoy it. You don’t ask what you mean. You enjoy it.
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Dance Enjoyment Meaning Yourself
The Fates guide those who will and drag those who won’t!
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Fate Guide Journey Path
I think of compassion as the fundamental religious experience and, unless that is there, you have nothing.
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Compassionate Fundamental Religious Thinking Yourself
If you are to advance, all fixed ideas must go.
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Ideas Innovation Spontaneous Yourself
Whatever the hell happens, say, ‘This is what I need.’
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Hell Myself Need

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