A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLThe goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.
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The best things cannot be told, the second best are misunderstood. After that comes civilized conversation; after that, mass indoctrination; after that, intercultural exchange.
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Myth is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into human manifestation.
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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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At the darkest moment comes the light.
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We’re not on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves. But in doing that you save the world. The influence of a vital person vitalizes.
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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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The hero journey is inside of you; tear off the veils and open the mystery of your self.
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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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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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If there were already a path, it would have to be someone else’s; the whole point is to find your own way.
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We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.
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The myth does not point to a fact; the myth points beyond facts to something that informs the fact.
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The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
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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.
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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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