It's not about the body; you are consciousness. That's what you are. Your consciousness is already out of your body. You don't need to get out of your body, you just need to get into your consciousness.
Thomas CampbellWho hath not own'd, with rapture-smitten frame, The power of grace, the magic of a name.
Thomas CampbellThe meteor flag of England Shall yet terrific burn, Till danger's troubled night depart, And the star of peace return.
Thomas CampbellOn the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh, No blithe Irish lad was so happy as I, No harp like my own could so cheerily play, And wherever I went was my poor dog Tray.
Thomas CampbellBeauty's witching sway is now to me a star that's fallen-a dream that's passed away.
Thomas CampbellFundamental assumptions in general and scientific assumptions in particular are so hard to overturn because they are based on belief. Beliefs are so hard to overcome because they are irrational and therefore do not yield to logical argument.
Thomas CampbellThe popularity of that baby-faced boy, who possessed not even the elements of a good actor, was a hallucination in the public mind, and a disgrace to our theatrical history.
Thomas CampbellUnited States, your banner wears Two emblems--one of fame; Alas! the other that it bears Reminds us of your shame. Your banner's constellation types White freedom with its stars, But what's the meaning of the stripes? They mean your negroes' scars.
Thomas CampbellTruth ever lovely - since the world began, The foe of tyrants, and the friend of man.
Thomas CampbellNever wedding, ever wooing, Still a lovelorn heart pursuing, Read you not the wrong you're doing In my cheek's pale hue? All my life with sorrow strewing; Wed or cease to woo.
Thomas CampbellFor there no yew nor cypress spread their glom But roses blossom'd each rustic tomb.
Thomas CampbellThe prophet's mantle, ere his flight began, Dropt on the world--a sacred gift to man.
Thomas CampbellYe mariners of England! That guard our native seas; Whose flag has braved a thousand years, The battle and the breeze!
Thomas CampbellThe combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory or the grave! Wave, Munich! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry!
Thomas CampbellA man who will not leave his room because he does not know how, or is afraid to open the door, is trapped just the same whether or not the door is locked.
Thomas CampbellWhere the Scriptures speak, we speak; where the Scriptures are silent, we are silent.
Thomas CampbellTis distance lends enchantment to the view, and robes the mountain in its azure hue.
Thomas CampbellThe only thing that is fundamental (real) is consciousness itself; all else is virtual- i.e., a result of an exchange of information within consciousness.
Thomas CampbellOur land, the first garden of liberty's tree-- It has been, and shall be, the land of the free.
Thomas CampbellThe being level speaks the language of art, music, color shape and pattern directly -- a language that requires no words -- is not limited by words -- nor does it have the specificity of words and thus cannot be broken onto parts that can be manipulated or analyzed by the intellect. It must be swallowed, whole not parsed, sorted and justified.
Thomas CampbellThe proud, the cold untroubled heart of stone, that never mused on sorrow but its own.
Thomas CampbellBritannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep; Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is on the deep.
Thomas CampbellWhat though my winged hours of bliss have been, Like angel visits, few and far between.
Thomas CampbellAn original something, dear maid, you would wish me to write; but how shall I begin? For I'm sure I have not original in me, Excepting Original Sin.
Thomas Campbell