The Navajo have that wonderful image of what they call the pollen path. The Navajo say, ‘Oh, beauty before me, beauty behind me, beauty to the right of me, beauty to the left of me, beauty above me, beauty below me, I’m on the pollen path.’
Joseph Campbell
Beauty In Life, Navajo Wisdom, Beauty, Life, Wisdom, Path
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“Where you stumble and fall, there you will find gold.” Joseph Campbell
Failure, Growth, Transformation, Opportunity, Resilience, Wisdom
Joseph Campbell Failure, Growth, Transformation, Opportunity, Resilience, Wisdom“The black moment is the moment when the real message of transformation is going to come. At the darkest moment comes the light.” Joseph Campbell
Transformation, Dark Moment, Light Emergence, Personal Growth, Change, Hope
Joseph Campbell Transformation, Dark Moment, Light Emergence, Personal Growth, Change, Hope“It’s characteristic of democracy that majority rule is understood as being effective not only in politics but also in thinking. In thinking, of course, the majority is always wrong.” Joseph Campbell
Democratic Thought, Independent Thinking, Majority Rule, Critical Thinking, Politics, Wisdom
Joseph Campbell Democratic Thought, Independent Thinking, Majority Rule, Critical Thinking, Politics, Wisdom“The call to adventure signifies that destiny has summoned the hero.” Joseph Campbell
Hero’s Summons, Adventure Call, Destiny Path, Personal Courage, Life Journey, Mythical Start
Joseph Campbell Hero’s Summons, Adventure Call, Destiny Path, Personal Courage, Life Journey, Mythical Start“And that Aha! that you get when you see an artwork that really hits you is, ‘I am that.’ I am the very radiance of energy that is talking to me through this painting.” Joseph Campbell
Art Connection, Energy Resonance, Self-Reflection, Aha Moment, Radiance, Appreciation
Joseph Campbell Art Connection, Energy Resonance, Self-Reflection, Aha Moment, Radiance, Appreciation“But the makers of legend have seldom rested content to regard the world’s great heroes as mere human beings who broke past the horizons that limited their fellows and returned such boons as any man with equal faith and courage might have found.” Joseph Campbell
Legendary Heroes, Courage, Mythic Journey, Human Potential, Faith, Bravery
Joseph Campbell Legendary Heroes, Courage, Mythic Journey, Human Potential, Faith, Bravery“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
Life Lessons, Experience, Uncertainty, Change, Journey, Philosophy
Joseph Campbell Life Lessons, Experience, Uncertainty, Change, Journey, Philosophy“A hero is not a champion of things become, but of things becoming; the dragon to be slain by him is precisely the monster of the status quo.” Joseph Campbell
Hero, Change, Transformation, Challenge, Status Quo, Growth
Joseph Campbell Hero, Change, Transformation, Challenge, Status Quo, Growth“Preachers err by trying to talk people into belief; better they reveal the radiance of their own discovery.” Joseph Campbell
Preacher Wisdom, Belief Revelation, Inspirational Discovery, Religion, Belief, Truth
Joseph Campbell Preacher Wisdom, Belief Revelation, Inspirational Discovery, Religion, Belief, Truth“A woman is a vehicle of life. Life has overtaken her. Woman is what it is all about-the giving of birth and the giving of nourishment.” Joseph Campbell
Womanhood, Life, Birth, Nourishment, Femininity, Empowerment
Joseph Campbell Womanhood, Life, Birth, Nourishment, Femininity, Empowerment“I don't have to have faith, I have experience.” Joseph Campbell
Lived Experience, Faith Contrast, Practical Wisdom, Personal Knowledge, Inner Confidence, Reality Check
Joseph Campbell Lived Experience, Faith Contrast, Practical Wisdom, Personal Knowledge, Inner Confidence, Reality Check“You don’t understand death, you learn to acquiesce in death.” Joseph Campbell
Death Acceptance, Life Philosophy, Spiritual Peace, Death, Understanding, Philosophy
Joseph Campbell Death Acceptance, Life Philosophy, Spiritual Peace, Death, Understanding, Philosophy“Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.” Joseph Campbell
Joy In Sorrow, Living Positively, Joy, Sorrow, Living, Positively
Joseph Campbell Joy In Sorrow, Living Positively, Joy, Sorrow, Living, Positively“Such an image of one’s god becomes a final obstruction, one’s ultimate barrier. You hold on to your own ideology, your own little manner of thinking, and when a larger experience of God approaches, an experience greater than you are prepared to receive, you take flight from it by clinging to the image in your mind. This is known as preserving your faith.” Joseph Campbell
Faith, Personal Ideology, Religious Limitations, Divine Experience, Spiritual Growth, Ego Struggle
Joseph Campbell Faith, Personal Ideology, Religious Limitations, Divine Experience, Spiritual Growth, Ego Struggle“The unpardonable sin, in Campbell’s book, was the sin of inadvertence, of not being alert, not quite awake.” Joseph Campbell
Sin Of Inadvertence, Personal Awareness, Alertness, Mindfulness, Self-growth, Awakening
Joseph Campbell Sin Of Inadvertence, Personal Awareness, Alertness, Mindfulness, Self-growth, Awakening“The mind of man, cleansed of secondary and merely temporal concerns, beholds with the radiance of a cleansed mirror a reflection of the rational mind of God.” Joseph Campbell
Mental Clarity, Spiritual Vision, Divine Understanding, Inner Peace, Pure Thoughts, Enlightenment
Joseph Campbell Mental Clarity, Spiritual Vision, Divine Understanding, Inner Peace, Pure Thoughts, Enlightenment“Through dreams a door is opened to mythology, since myths are of the nature of dreams, and that, as dreams arise from an inward world unknown to waking consciousness, so do myths: so, indeed, does life.” Joseph Campbell
Dreams, Mythology, Consciousness, Self-Discovery, Philosophy, Unconscious
Joseph Campbell Dreams, Mythology, Consciousness, Self-Discovery, Philosophy, Unconscious“Every religion, every mythology is true in this sense: It is true as metaphorical of the human and cosmic mystery.” Joseph Campbell
Religion, Mythology, Truth, Symbolism, Spirituality, Philosophy
Joseph Campbell Religion, Mythology, Truth, Symbolism, Spirituality, Philosophy