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“… flare up like flame and make big shadows I can move in …” ~ Rilke I was noticing that trust and truth share the first three letters “tru”.  I went searching for the origins and etymology of both words, trust and truth, and found that they share in common one word — faithful.  I [...]

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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. You can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs. Destruction before creation. * * * Follow your bliss. * * * The heroic life is living the individual adventure. Nothing is exciting if [...]

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Image Locale Follow your bliss, those were the immortal words of Joseph Campbell and oft quoted by Abraham Hicks.  I love its simple message coupled with Abraham’s message that appreciation is what brings us closest to our true nature and Source Energy.   G.K. Chesterton also said: “praise should be the permanent pulsation of the soul”.  [...]

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[Maxfield Parrish "Ecstacy"] People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking. I think what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive… so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive. ~Joseph Campbell~

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“We have not even to risk the adventure alone, for the heroes of all time have gone before us.  The labyrinth is thoroughly known.  We have only to follow the thread of the hero path, and where we had thought to find an abomination, we shall find a god…Where we had thought to travel outward, [...]

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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. ~Reflections on the Art of Living~ A Joseph Campbell Companion

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