“We’re not on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves. But in doing that, you save the world. The influence of a vital person vitalizes.”
—Joseph Campbell
Opportunities to find deeper powers come when life seems most challenging. Negativism to the pain and ferocity of life is negativism to life. We are not there until we can say "yea" to it all. To take a righteous attitude toward anything is to denigrate it. Awe is what moves us forward. As you proceed through life, following your own path, birds will shit on you. Don't bother to brush it off. Getting a comedic view of your situation gives you spritual distance. Having a sense of humor saves you. The goal is to live with godlike composure on the full rush of energy, like Dionysus riding the leopard, without being torn to pieces. A bit of advice given to a young Native American at the time of his initiation: "As you go the way of life, your will see a great chasm. Jump. It is not as wide as you think."
You can find this passage in Joseph Campbell’s fantastic book — Reflections on the Art of Living.
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