When 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)
JOSEPH CAMPBELLThere 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.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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Apocalypse does not point to a fiery Armageddon but to the fact that our ignorance and our complacency are coming to an end.
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You must have a place to which you can go in your heart, your mind, or your house, almost every day, where you do not owe anyone and where no one owes you – a place that simply allows for the blossoming of something new and promising.
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I think of compassion as the fundamental religious experience and, unless that is there, you have nothing.
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You have to learn to recognize your own depth.
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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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All we really want to do is dance.
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Change the focus of the eye. When you have done that, then the end of the world as you formerly knew it will have occurred, and you will experience the radiance of the divine presence everywhere, here and now.
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It is not society which is to guide and save the creative hero, but precisely the reverse.
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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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The hero journey is inside of you; tear off the veils and open the mystery of your self.
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You become mature when you become the authority of your own life.
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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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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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People forget facts, but they remember stories.
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If you want the whole thing, the gods will give it to you. But you must be ready for it.
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