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Old 01-22-2008, 08:38 PM   #29 (permalink)
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Disappointed nobody nibbled at this thought by Joseph Campbell......... Pathways to Bliss, about story of the fall of man
Anybody, any thoughts?
Thought I'd give this a nudge again.
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Adam and Eve got kicked out of Eden for disobeying god and 'getting' the knowledge of good and evil.

To get back into Eden, we, man, anybody who wants to, have (has) to unlearn that particular bit of knowledge.
Yeah, Campbell wrote a lot about following your bliss. But his most important message was about avoiding duplicity, i.e. shades of black and white at the expense of shades of gray. If you don't get that essential principle, then nothing else matters all that much.
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