Change the focus of the eye. When you have done that, then the end of the world as you formerly knew it will have occurred, and you will experience the radiance of the divine presence everywhere, here and now.
Joseph CampbellWhat am I? Am I the bulb that carries the light, or am I the light of which the bulb is a vehicle?
Joseph CampbellThis, I believe, is the great Western truth: that each of us is a completely unique creature and that, if we are ever to give any gift to the world, it will have to come out of our own experience and fulfillment of our own potentialities, not someone else's.
Joseph CampbellGod is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.
Joseph Campbell