ON THE COMMON GROUND
PATHWAYS BOOKLET
VII. HOME
| Full circle, from the tomb of the womb to the womb of the
tomb, we come: an ambiguous, enigmatical incursion into a
world of solid matter that is soon to melt from us, like the
substance of a dream. And, looking back at what had promised
to be our own unique, unpredictable, and dangerous adventure,
all we find in the end is such a series of standard metamorphoses
as men and women have undergone in every quarter of the world,
in all recorded centuries, and under every odd disguise of
civilization. |
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—Joseph Campbell
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THE SEVEN
PATHWAYS
I.
The Call
II.
Departure/Entry
III.
The One Guide
IV. Trial
V.
Passage
VI.
Return
VII. Home
THE PATHWAYS
BOOKLET
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I.
Recognizing it as the voice of what I really feel in my body as
a man, how does my awakening spirituality connect me with the earth
and with the ground of my being, however I understand that?
In what ways am I learning to fully walk my own soul's story?
There is nothing but water in the holy pools.
I know, I have been swimming in them.
All the gods sculpted of wood or ivory can't say a word.
I know, I have been crying out to them.
The Sacred Books...are nothing but words...
What Kabir talks of is only what he has lived through.
If you have not lived through something, it is not true.
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—Kabir
version R. Bly
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| Soul sticks to the realm of experience and reflection within
experience. |
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—James Hillman
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| ...there is only one inevitable duty--the duty of prayer--
the daily recognition of the unseen and eternal...no need for...one
day in seven as a holy day,...all days are God's. |
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—Ohiyesa, Santee Dakota
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If the only prayer you say
in your whole life is "thank you",
that would be enough.
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—Meister Eckhart
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II.
Do I accept my certain death as the limit against which I may measure
the real size of what I feel, say, and do each day?
Some future day in the heat of noon,
I shall be carried shoulder high
Through the village of the dead. |
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—Kuba, Zaire
tr. U. Beier
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...where...
Shall Time's best jewel from Time's chest lie hid?
Or what strong hand can hold his swift foot back?
Or who his spoil of beauty can forbid? |
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—William Shakespeare
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| Not to be attached to something is to be aware of its infinite
value. |
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—Shunryu Suziki
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Granted that I must die,
how shall I live? |
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—Michael Novack
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III.
Knowing life can always come up with at least one more way of showing
itself that I don't yet know about or understand, in what ways can
I respect the uncertainty of every day, without having all the answers?
--Do I know any good jokes?
Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart
And try to love the questions themselves. |
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—Rainer Maria Rilke
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| I am still learning. |
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—Michelangelo's Motto
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The man who never alters his opinion
is like standing water,
and breeds reptiles of the mind. |
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—William Blake
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God respects me when I work,
but he loves me when I sing. |
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—Rabindranath Tagore
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| Who's on first...? |
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—Abbott & Costello
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