The hero journey is inside of you; tear off the veils and open the mystery of your self.
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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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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Eternity is not future or past. Eternity is a dimension of now.
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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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Follow your bliss. The heroic life is living the individual adventure. There is no security in following the call to adventure. Nothing is exciting if you know what the outcome is going to be.
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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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Let the world be as it is and learn to rock with the waves.
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It is the function of art to carry us beyond speech to experience.
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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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At the darkest moment comes the light.
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Whatever the hell happens, say, ‘This is what I need.’
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It is within you that the divine lives.
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The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
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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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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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A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
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