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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, May 19th, 2014 by Joseph Campbell in REFLECTIONS ON THE ART OF LIVING BY DIANE K. OSBON

“There are two approaches to choosing a profession. One is to study the statistics on the number of jobs that are going to be available in this or that category in the next ten years and base your life on … Continue reading

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, April 1st, 2013 by Joseph Campbell in REFLECTIONS ON THE ART OF LIVING BY DIANE K. OSBON

“If what you are following is your true adventure, if it is something appropriate to you deep spiritual need or readiness, then magical guides will appear to help you. If you say, “Everyone’s going on this trip this year, and … Continue reading

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, February 25th, 2013 by Joseph Campbell in REFLECTIONS ON THE ART OF LIVING BY DIANE K. OSBON

“If what you are following is your true adventure, if it is something appropriate to you deep spiritual need or readiness, then magical guides will appear to help you. If you say, “Everyone’s going on this trip this year, and … Continue reading

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, December 24th, 2012 by Joseph Campbell in REFLECTIONS ON THE ART OF LIVING BY DIANE K. OSBON

“When we talk about settling the world’s problems, we’re barking up the wrong tree. The world is perfect. It’s a mess. It has always been a mess. We are not going to change it. Our job is to straighten out … Continue reading

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, June 13th, 2012 by Joseph Campbell in REFLECTIONS ON THE ART OF LIVING BY DIANE K. OSBON

“Every moment is utterly unique and will not be continued in eternity. This fact gives life its poignancy and should concentrate your attention on what you are experiencing now. I think that’s washed out a bit by the notion that … Continue reading

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, May 21st, 2012 by Neale Donald Walsch in FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD

“You have come to a “knowingness” that the perfect thing is going to occur. Not that a particular thing is going to occur, but that the “perfect” thing is going to occur. Not that what you prefer is going to … Continue reading

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, February 27th, 2012 by Joseph Campbell in REFLECTIONS ON THE ART OF LIVING BY DIANE K. OSBON

“As Schopenhauer says, “When you look back on your life, it looks as though it were a plot, but when you are into it, it’s a mess: just one surprise after another. Then, later, you see it was perfect.”  So, … Continue reading

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday December 26th, 2011 by Joseph Campbell in REFLECTIONS ON THE ART OF LIVING BY DIANE K. OSBON

“Get pressure ideas out of your system, and then you can find, like a ball on a roulette wheel, where you are going to land. The roulette ball doesn’t say, “Well, people will think better of me over here than … Continue reading

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, August 22nd, 2011 by John Krishnamurti in THINK ON THESE THINGS

“To love is the most important thing in life. But what do we mean by love? When you love someone because that person loves you in return, surely that is not love. To love is to have that extraordinary feeling … Continue reading

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, June 8th, 2011 by Joseph Campbell in REFLECTIONS ON THE ART OF LIVING BY DIANE K. OSBON

“I find working for money to be the wasteland – doing something that somebody else wants instead of the thing that is my next step. I have been guided all along by a strong revulsion from any sort of action … Continue reading

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, April 6th, 2011 by Joseph Campbell in REFLECTIONS ON THE ART OF LIVING BY DIANE K. OSBON

“There is no security in following the call to adventure, nothing is exciting if you know what the outcome is going to be. To refuse the call means stagnation. You enter the forest at the darkest point, where there is … Continue reading

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, October 26th, 2010 by Alan Cohen in WHY YOUR LIFE SUCKS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT

“Be emotionally supportive to your friends, loved ones, and clients, but stop when you start to feel drained. Some people will take as much time and energy as you are willing to give (like all of it). Be present and … Continue reading

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 by Diane K. Osbon in REFLECTIONS ON THE ART OF LIVING: A JOSEPH CAMPBELL COMPANION

“Heaven and hell are psychological definitions. The Catholic definition of mortal sin should relieve you of the thought that you have committed one. As a Catholic, you learn that for a sin to be mortal, the kind that condemns you … Continue reading

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 by Diane K. Osbon in REFLECTIONS ON THE ART OF LIVING: A JOSEPH CAMPBELL COMPANION

“I am more convinced that there is a plane of consciousness that we are all sharing, and that the brain is a limiting machine that pulls it in. It is possible to sink back, lose this definition, and participate in … Continue reading

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 by Diane K. Osbon in REFLECTIONS ON THE ART OF LIVING: A JOSEPH CAMPBELL COMPANION

“The hero’s journey always begins with the call. One way or another, a guide must come to say, “Look, you’re in Sleepy Land. Wake. Come on a trip. There is a whole aspect of your consciousness, your being, that’s been touched. … Continue reading

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