EP 4: Occidental and Oriental Ideas
Pathways with Joseph Campbell
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The Mystery of God
In India and in the Far East, the great mystery is the presence of this universal mystery among us all. For us, that's a mystery. No mystery at all from the Orient. Because we're all true God and true man. The only difference between us and Jesus or us and the Buddha or us and Krishna is we don't know it. And we don't act as though we work. But why didn't you listen to the voice of God shouting it from the elephant's head to get out of the way? No, they're both there. Both the true God and the true man. A nice balance that has to be achieved is between these two worlds.
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