Whatever the hell happens, say, ‘This is what I need.’
JOSEPH CAMPBELLChange 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.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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The hero journey is inside of you; tear off the veils and open the mystery of your self.
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Let the world be as it is and learn to rock with the waves.
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The god you worship is the one you’re capable of becoming.
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All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.
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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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What we are really living for is the experience of life, both the pain and the pleasure.
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Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.
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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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It is within you that the divine lives.
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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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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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The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.
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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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Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward.
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If you are on the right path you will find that invisible hands are helping.
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