When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLQuesting… is not an ego trip; it is an adventure to bring into fulfillment your gift to the world, which is yourself.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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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’ve got to find the force inside you.
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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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The Fates guide those who will and drag those who won’t!
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All we really want to do is dance.
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When you follow your bliss, you begin to meet people who are in the field of your bliss, and they open the doors to you.
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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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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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If you want the whole thing, the gods will give it to you. But you must be ready for it.
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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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If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
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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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The myth does not point to a fact; the myth points beyond facts to something that informs the fact.
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The problem of making the inner meet the outer of today is, of course, the function of the artist.
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If you are to advance, all fixed ideas must go.
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