Where You Stumble, There Lies Your Treasure

By: Joseph Campbell

Eternity
is a dimension
of here and now. 

The divine lives within you. 

Live from your own center.

Your real duty
is to go away from the community
to find your bliss.

The society is the enemy
when it imposes its structures
on the individual.

On the dragon there are many scales.
Every one of them says "Thou Shalt."

Kill the dragon "Thou Shalt."

When one has killed that dragon, 
one has become The Child. 

Breaking out
is following your bliss pattern,
quitting the old place,
starting your hero journey,
following your bliss.

You throw off yesterday
as the snake sheds its skin. 

It is by going down into the abyss
that we recover the treasures of life. 

Where you stumble, 
there lies your treasure. 

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You can find this passage in Joseph Campbell’s fantastic book — Reflections on the Art of Living.