"The ground of being is the ground..." - Quote by Joseph Campbell
The ground of being is the ground of our being, and when we simply turn outward, we see all of these little problems here and there. But, if we look inward, we see that we are the source of them all.
More by Joseph Campbell
“When people find out what it is that's ticking in them, they get straightened out.”
“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.”
“You enter the forest at the darkest point, where there is no path. Where there is a way or path, it is someone else's path. You are not on your own path. If you follow someone else's way, you are not going to realize your potential.”
More on Self Awareness
“Conscience makes egotists of us all.”
“The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.”
“What is really important in Man is the part of him that we do not understand. Of much of it we are not even conscious, just as we are not normally conscious of keeping up our circulation by our heart-pump, though if we neglect it we die.”
More on Inner Work
“Get the inside right, and the outside will take care of itself.”
“Vigilance in oneself is very important. Vigilance means to be alert to what happens inside, so you can catch an old, collective habit pattern.”
“Instead of always asking yourself why so-and-so acts this or that way, learn to ask: "What's inside of me that wants to hurt itself over how anyone else acts?"”