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The experience of being alive

Posted in Change, Human Spirit, Life, tagged Changes, Choice, Joseph Campbell, Living, Meaning, Reflection on April 13, 2013 | 11 Comments »

“I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.” Joseph Campbell

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Metaphors

Posted in Change, Time, tagged Discovery, Joseph Campbell, Living, nature, Reflection, Thought on January 15, 2013 | 5 Comments »

“Half the people in the world think that the metaphors of their religious traditions, for example, are facts. And the other half contends that they are not facts at all. As a result we have people who consider themselves believers because they accept metaphors as facts, and we have others who classify themselves as atheists because they think religious metaphors are lies.” ~ Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor

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Transformation

Posted in Change, Human Spirit, Life, Time, tagged Being, Choice, Hope, Joseph Campbell, Living, Reflection on November 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

“If you realize what the real problem is- losing yourself, giving yourself to some higher end or to another- you realize that this itself is the ultimate trial. When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.” – Joseph Campbell

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A shift of perspective

Posted in Change, Life, Time, tagged Free, Joseph Campbell, Joy, Letting-go, Meaning, Optimism on September 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

“We’re in a free fall into the future. We don’t know where we’re going. Things are changing so fast, and always when you’re going through a long tunnel, anxiety comes along. And all you have to do to transform your hell into a paradise is to turn your fall into a voluntary act. It’s a very interesting shift of perspective and that’s all it is… joyful participation in the sorrows and everything changes.” ~ Joseph Campbell, Sukhavati

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Life

Posted in Abundance, tagged common things, Joseph Campbell, Life, Living, Meaning, Reflection on August 14, 2012 | 2 Comments »

“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

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Meaning of life

Posted in Abundance, Life, tagged Flourish, Joseph Campbell, Life, Meaning, Time on July 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

“Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning.” ~ Joseph Campbell

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The life we’ve planned

Posted in Change, Human Spirit, Life, tagged Change, Joseph Campbell, Letting-go, Life, Reflection on June 28, 2012 | 2 Comments »

“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.” ~ Joseph Campbell

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The love of your fate

Posted in Abundance, Change, Life, tagged Fate, Joseph Campbell, Life, Love on June 23, 2012 | 1 Comment »

“Nietzsche was the one who did the job for me. At a certain moment in his life, the idea came to him of what he called ‘the love of your fate.’ Whatever your fate is, whatever the hell happens, you say, ‘This is what I need.’ It may look like a wreck, but go at it as though it were an opportunity, a challenge. If you bring love to that moment—not discouragement—you will find the strength is there.” ~ From “A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living.”