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All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.

Joseph Campbell

Respect your curses, for they are the instruments of your destiny.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Curse Inspirational Instrument Perspective Respect
There’s nothing you can do that’s more important than being fulfilled. You become a sign, you become a signal, transparent to transcendence; in this way, you will find, live, and become a realization of your own personal myth.
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Fulfill Important Personal Realization Transcendence 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
Regrets are illuminations come too late.
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Illumination Late Regret
Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.
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Sacred Space Yourself
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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Life Meaning Question Yourself
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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Change Divine End Experience Focus Presence Radiant World Yourself
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.
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Achievement Alive Association Engagement Purpose
When everything is lost, and all seems darkness, then comes the new life and all that is needed.
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Darkness Life Lost Need
The quest for fire occurred not because anyone knew what the practical uses for fire would be, but because it was fascinating.
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Fascination Fire Interest Mystery
The psychotic drowns in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight.
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Delight Psycology Water
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
Whatever the hell happens, say, ‘This is what I need.’
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Hell Myself Need
All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

God Hell Philosophy Yourself
Where you stumble and fall, there you will find gold.
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Fall Gold Inspirational Perspective Yourself
A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder. Fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won.
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Day Decision Victory Win World

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