Something stirred in me and found some much needed understanding and peace from this:
"The mind has to do with meaning. What's the meaning of a flower? There's a Zen story about a sermon of the Buddha in which he simply lifted a flower. There was only one man who gave him a sign with his eyes that he understood what was said. Now, the Buddha himself is called "the one thus come". There's no meaning. What's the meaning of the Universe? What's the meaning of a flea? It's just there. That's it. And your own meaning is that you're there. We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being, is what it's all about."
-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
It's been an interesting read so far... quite different from what I originally anticipated. It's forcing me to think a little differently on many things. Not sure if I'll abandon my hardened ways of thinking, questioning, and analyzing, but it's helpful to tuck in such different points of view into one's thought process.
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Glad you're finally reading and enjoying it.. And I'm wondering what you were expecting it to be like :)
I didn't expect a dialogue/interview format, and not this level of spirituality in the discussion--- I thought it would be more sociological/psychological.
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