You're in a terrible spot. It's too late for you to retreat but too soon to act. All you can do is witness. You're in the miserable position of an infant who cannot return to the mother's womb, but neither can he run around and act. All an infant can do is witness and listen to the stupendous tales of action being told to him. You are at that precise point now. You cannot go back to the womb of your old world, but you cannot act with power either. For you there is only witnessing acts of power and listening to tales of power.
Discipline, as understood by a warrior, is creative, open, and produces freedom. It is the ability to face the unknown, transforming the feeling of k… - Carlos Castaneda
Discipline, as understood by a warrior, is creative, open, and produces freedom. It is the ability to face the unknown, transforming the feeling of k…
- Carlos Castaneda
We don't need more to be thankful for, we just need to be more thankful. - Carlos Castaneda
We don't need more to be thankful for, we just need to be more thankful.
In the Art of Dreaming Don Juan tells Carlos, "... most of our energy goes into upholding our importance... if we were capable of losing some of that… - Carlos Castaneda
In the Art of Dreaming Don Juan tells Carlos, "... most of our energy goes into upholding our importance... if we were capable of losing some of that…
The self-confidence of the warrior is not the self-confidence of the average man. The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of the onlooker and cal… - Carlos Castaneda
The self-confidence of the warrior is not the self-confidence of the average man. The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of the onlooker and cal…
It is best to erase all personal history because that would make us free from the encumbering thoughts of other people - Carlos Castaneda
It is best to erase all personal history because that would make us free from the encumbering thoughts of other people
Man lives only to learn. And if he learns it is because it is the nature of his lot, for good or bad. - Carlos Castaneda
Man lives only to learn. And if he learns it is because it is the nature of his lot, for good or bad.
You are like you are, because you tell yourself that you are that way. - Carlos Castaneda
You are like you are, because you tell yourself that you are that way.
The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same. - Carlos Castaneda
The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.
Self-importance requires spending most of one's life offended by something or someone. - Carlos Castaneda
Self-importance requires spending most of one's life offended by something or someone.
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