"When you realize that eternity is right..." - Quote by Joseph Campbell
When you realize that eternity is right here now, that it is within your possibility to experience the eternity of your own truth and being, then you grasp the following: That which you are was never born and will never die. . . . (90)
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“I always feel uncomfortable when people speak about ordinary mortals because I've never met an ordinary man, woman or child.”
“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.”
“I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave.”
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“True freedom and the end of suffering is living in such a way as if you had completely chosen whatever you feel or experience at this moment. This inner alignment with Now is the end of suffering. Is suffering really necessary? Yes and no. If you had not suffered as you have, there would be no depth to you as a human being, no humility, no compassion. You would not be reading this now. Suffering cracks open the shell of ego, and then comes a point when it has served its purpose. Suffering is necessary until you realize it is unnecessary.”
“The present moment is all you ever have.”
“Whenever you deeply accept this moment as it is - no matter what form it takes - you are still, you are at peace.”