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Wed, Nov 26 01:32 AM

Feeling Afraid, or Like You're at a Chasm? Jump!

 "A bit of advice given to a young Native American at the time of his initiation: "As you go the way of life, you will see a great chasm. Jump. It's not as wide as you think."" ~ Joseph Campbell from A Joseph Campbell Companion As we all know (!), the hallmark of the»

 
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Wed, Apr 01 04:31 PM

Sat, Chit, Ananda

  “Now, I came to this idea of bliss because in Sanskrit, which is the great spiritual language of the world, there are three terms that represent the brink, the jumping-off place to the ocean of transcendence: Sat, Chit, Ananda. The word “Sat” means being. “Ch»

 
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Fri, Apr 03 01:43 PM

Sit in a Room and Read--and Read and Read!

  Moyers: “How do we know these things [how experience bliss]?”  Campbell: “I’ll tell you a way, a very nice way. Sit in a room and read--and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a »

 
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Mon, Apr 06 04:29 PM

Do You Think I Can Do That?

  “When I taught in a boy’s prep school, I used to talk to the boys who were trying to make up their minds as to what their careers were going to be. A boy would come to me and ask, “Do you think I can do this? Do you think I can do that? Do you think I can be a writ»

 
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Wed, Apr 08 10:44 PM

Being Helped by Hidden Hands

  Moyers: “Do you ever have this sense when you are following your bliss, as I have at moments, of being helped by hidden hands?”  Campbell: “All the time. It is miraculous. I even have a superstition that has grown on me as a result of invisible hands coming al»

 
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Fri, Apr 10 03:35 PM

Everyone Can Become Great

  “It is within the power of every man to become great.” ~ Wallace D. Wattles from The Science of Being Great  Do you think you can become great? Coupla things on that: 1) EVERYONE can become great; and, 2) As per Ford, “Whether you think you can or you think yo»

 
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Mon, Apr 13 04:00 PM

Close Your Ears & Dream On!

  “Close your ears to all adverse suggestions. Never mind if people call you a fool and a dreamer. Dream on.” ~ Wallace D. Wattles from The Science of Being Great  Did you know the guy who invented the radio (Marconi) was thrown into an insane asylum when he told his »