We’re so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLAnd 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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All we really want to do is dance.
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You have to learn to recognize your own depth.
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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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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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Wisdom and foolishness are practically the same. Both are indifferent to the opinions of the world.
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No one in the world was ever you before, with your particular gifts and abilities and possibilities.
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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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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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Vegetarians are people who cannot hear tomatos screaming.
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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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The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
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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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When we talk about settling the world’s problems, we’re barking up the wrong tree. The world is perfect. It’s a mess. It has always been a mess. We’re not going to change it. Our job is to straighten out our own lives.
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Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.
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Respect your curses, for they are the instruments of your destiny.
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