For the bliss of the deep abode is not lightly abandoned in favor of the self-scattering of the wakened state.
Joseph CampbellI donโt think people are really seeking the meaning of Life. I think weโre seeking an experience of being aliveโฆwe want to feel the rapture of being alive
Joseph CampbellHalf the people in the world think that the metaphors of their religious traditions, for example, are facts. And the other half contends that they are not facts at all. As a result we have people who consider themselves believers because they accept metaphors as facts, and we have others who classify themselves as atheists because they think religious metaphors are lies.
Joseph Campbell