Transformation Quotes

“Later I inquired into the origin of the word happy and found that it derives from the verb to happen. In other words, happiness is to be found simply from observing what happens. If you cannot be happy at the prospect of lunch, you are not likely to find happiness anywhere. What happens is happiness.”
― Robert A. Johnson, Transformation: Understanding the Three Levels of Mascul – How Classical Literature Reveals the Path to Consciousness and Self-Mastery

“Proverbs in many languages point out these three levels of consciousness. One story, for instance, relates that the simple man comes home in the evening wondering what’s for dinner, the complex man comes home pondering the imponderables of fate, and the enlightened man comes home wondering what’s for dinner.”
― Robert A. Johnson, Transformation: Understanding the Three Levels of Mascul – How Classical Literature Reveals the Path to Consciousness and Self-Mastery