ON THE COMMON GROUND
PATHWAYS BOOKLET
IV. RETURN
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The hero...has been reborn. His second solemn task and
deed. . . is to return then to us, transfigured, and teach
the lesson he has learned of life renewed. . . to complete
[his] adventure, [he] must survive the impact of the world.
. . Powerful. . . calm and free in action. . .[he] is the
conscious vehicle of the terrible, wonderful Law, whether
his work be. . . butcher, jockey, or king.
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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.
Which of my own deepest, most personal qualities as a man link me
with other men and women as we go through life together?
| Friendship with oneself is all-important,...without it one
cannot be friends with anyone else in the world. |
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—Eleanor Roosevelt
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| Friendship and community are, first of all, inner qualities.
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—Henri J.M. Nouwen
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| Compassion is...the way we treat all there is in life-- ourselves,
our bodies, our imaginations and dreams, our neighbors, our
enemies... Compassion is... treating all creation as holy and
as divine. |
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—Matthew Fox
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| Any idea, person or object can be a...mirror for a man. The
tiniest flower can be such...as can a wolf, a story, a touch,
a religion, or a mountaintop. |
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—Hyemeyohsts Storm
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II.
How may I express my genuine qualities as an adult man to nurture
other men, women, children, animals, and the earth? What gifts for
myself and my soul may I in turn receive from other people and from
the earth?
If I am not for myself, who is for me?
And if I am only for myself, What am I?
And if not now, When? |
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—Hillel
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| Despite all my revulsions over its ugliness and injustice,
and my bitterness over defeat at its hands, the world remains
lovable anyway. |
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—James Hillman
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| It takes a Gothic Christ, torn by modern anguish to face the
sufferings of this absurd world; a ridiculous Christ of our
own neighborhood, created by a sorrowful imagination... |
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—Jose Ortega y Gasset tr.
E. Rugg and D. Marin
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When such as I cast out remorse
So great a sweetness flows into the breast
We must laugh and we must sing,
We are blest by every thing,
Every thing we look on is blest. |
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—William Butler Yeats
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III.
Aware that everyone's life expresses his or her truth, what can
I learn about myself, or about the world, from things other people
say or do, that I dislike, don't understand, or disagree with?
| No one can get rid of the spirit of judgment by an effort
of the will |
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—Paul Tournier
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Hatred is never anything but fear--
if you feared no one, you would hate no one. |
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—Hugh Downs
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Only when my heart freezes
do I covet the power
to hurt an enemy |
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—Alden Nowlan
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| It is by experiencing aspects of my friends that are different
from me that I expand my humanity. |
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—John Bradshaw
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