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Joseph Campbell
“We need myths that will identify the individual not with his local group but with the planet.”
Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth

Ram Dass
“Cosmic humor, especially about your own predicament, is an important part of your journey.”
Ram Dass, Be Here Now

Ram Dass
“Once I was chastising Maharajji for giving photos to people who were worldly and didn’t care about him. He said, “You don’t understand me. If I tell a man he is a great bhakta (devotee). I am planting a seed. If a person already has the seed planted and growing, why should I plant another?” I said, “You are telling these drunkards, liars, and dacoits that they are real bhaktas. They will just go home and carry on their old behaviors.” Maharajji said, “Some of them will remember what I said of them, and it will make them want to develop this quality in themselves. If ten out of a hundred are inspired in this way, it is a very good thing.”
Ram Dass, Miracle of Love: Stories about Neem Karoli Baba

Joseph Campbell
“Love is the burning point of life, and since all life is sorrowful, so is love. The stronger the love, the more the pain. Love itself is pain, you might say -the pain of being truly alive. [...] But love bears all things. [...] Love itself is pain, you might say - the pain of being truly alive.”
Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth

George Harrison
“Sometimes I feel like I’m actually on the wrong planet. It’s great when I’m in my garden, but the minute I go out the gate I think, ‘What the hell am I doing here?”
George Harrison

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