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.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLAll the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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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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You’ve got to find the force inside you.
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The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others.
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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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Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived. Follow the path that is no path, follow your bliss.
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I always tell my students, go where your body and soul want to go. When you have the feeling, then stay with it, and don’t let anyone throw you off.
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Let the world be as it is and learn to rock with the waves.
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Art is the set of wings to carry you out of your own entanglement.
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All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.
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Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.
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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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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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The conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure– fearlessness and achievement.
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We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come. –
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When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.
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