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The very cave you are afraid to enter turns out to be the source of what you are looking for.

Joseph Campbell

You have to learn to recognize your own depth.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Deep Learning Recognition Yourself
It is the function of art to carry us beyond speech to experience.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Beyond Carry Experience Function
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
Questing… is not an ego trip; it is an adventure to bring into fulfillment your gift to the world, which is yourself.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Adventure Ego Fulfill Gift Mystery Yourself
Life is like arriving late for a movie, having to figure out what was going on without bothering everybody with a lot of questions, and then being unexpectedly called away before you find out how it ends.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

End Expectation Figure Life Movie Question
How do you find the divine power in yourself? The word enthusiasm means ‘filled with a god,’ so what makes you enthusiastic? Follow it. So I have a little word: follow your bliss. The bliss is the message of God to yourself. That’s where your life is.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Divine Follow God Message Power Word Yourself
The myth does not point to a fact; the myth points beyond facts to something that informs the fact.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Beyond Fact Information
It’s only when a man tames his own demons that he becomes the king of himself if not of the world.
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Demon Himself Man Tame World
A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Big Hero Herself Life
No one in the world was ever you before, with your particular gifts and abilities and possibilities.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Ability Inspirational Oneself Possession World
Survival is the second law of life. The first is that we are all one.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Law Life Onself Survive
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.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Life Meaning Question Yourself
Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.
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History Important True Yourself
Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward.
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Devil Encounter God Transformation
You’ve got to find the force inside you.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Force Yourself
The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Goal Heart Broken Life Nature Universe

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