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Honoring the Innate Potential

By Joseph Chilton Pearce

Joseph Chilton Pearce, who passed away in August, was a man who spent his entire life searching for the innate potential in mankind — which he found, as all great adventurers do, residing in the heart. This heart, a universal heart, was the focus of Joseph’s work, and it was illuminated when, in a Jesuit cabin house devoid of electricity and in the depths of despair trying to understand and complete his book Magical Child, he discovered that play is the purpose of life.

"You can play in the world rather than having to fit in, worrying about it, and so on. You can just play."