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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.

Joseph Campbell

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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Alive Believe Experience Life Meaning Myself People
The problem of making the inner meet the outer of today is, of course, the function of the artist.
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Artist Function Problem Spiritual
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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End Fact Ignorance Ourselves
At the darkest moment comes the light.
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Darkness Inspirational Light Moments
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)
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Experience Forever Possible Truth Yourself
Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.
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Dreams Myth Privacy Public
Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.
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Sacred Space Yourself
If you are on the right path you will find that invisible hands are helping.
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Hands Path Right Yourself
If you want the whole thing, the gods will give it to you. But you must be ready for it.
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God Inspirational Patience Yourself
The Fates guide those who will and drag those who won’t!
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Fate Guide Journey Path
You become mature when you become the authority of your own life.
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Authority Life Maturity Yourself
I have found that you have only to take that one step toward the gods, and they will then take ten steps toward you. That step, the heroic first step of the journey, is out of, or over the edge of, your boundaries, and it often must be taken before you know that you will.
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Boundary God Hero Journey Step Yourself
The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.
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Old Oneself Proverb Skin
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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Acceptance Let Go Oneself Planning Wait
If you are to advance, all fixed ideas must go.
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Ideas Innovation Spontaneous Yourself
It is the function of art to carry us beyond speech to experience.
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Beyond Carry Experience Function

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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