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"We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same."
Carlos Castaneda
posted by erraberra @ 8:03 AM
So, this is what it's all about?
Random thoughts...that's all.
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Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Carlos Castaneda
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So is it extra work if you work at being strong, fighting off being miserable?
And where do you stand in this?
Nope. It's a wash.
I'm busy making myself strong. Thankyouverymuch. :-)
"Inside every human being is a gigantic, dark lake of silent knowledge
which each of us can intuit. Sorcerers deliberately go beyond the
intuitive level by training themselves to conceive the existence of
the assemblage point, and to make that assemblage point move." [POS]
"The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warri
warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinar
everything either as a blessing or as a curse." [TOP]
"Your reason cannot fight the physical knowledge that you are a namel
cluster of feelings. Your reason at this point might even admit that
there is another center of assemblage, the will, through which it is
possible to judge or assess and use the extraordinary effects of the
nagual. It has finally dawned on your reason that one can reflect th
nagual through the will, although one can never explain it." [TOP]
"Sorcerers know that as soon as their assemblage points move, their
self-importance crumbles. Without the customary position of their
assemblage points, their self-image can no longer be sustained.
And without the heavy focus on that self-image, they lose their
self-compassion, and with it their self-importance. Sorcerers are
right, therefore, in saying that self-importance is merely self-pity
in disguise." [POS]
"There are three types of attention for human beings. But the three are
not just types of attention, they are rather three levels of attainment.
They are the first, second, and third attention, each of them an
independent domain, complete in itself." [FFW]
"In the universe there is an unmeasurable, indescribable force which
sorcerers call intent, and absolutely everything that exists in the
entire cosmos is attached to intent by a connecting link. Sorcerers,
or warriors, are concerned with discussing, understanding, and employing
that connecting link. They are especially concerned with cleaning it
of the numbing effects brought about by the ordinary concerns of their
everyday lives. Sorcery at this level could be defined as the procedure
of cleaning one's connecting link to intent." [POS]
"He touched my head and said that that was the center of "reason"
and "talking." The tip of my sternum was the center of "feeling."
The area below the navel was "will." "Dreaming" was on the right side
against the ribs. "Seeing" on the left. He said that sometimes in some
warriors "seeing" and "dreaming" were on the right side." [TOP]
"Our assemblage points are constantly shifting, imperceptible shifts.
Sorcerers believe that in order to make their assemblage points shift
to precise spots we must engage intent. Since there is no way of knowing
what intent is, sorcerers let their eyes beckon it. The reason sorcerers
put so much emphasis on their eyes and on their gaze is because the eyes
are directly connected to intent. Contradictory as it might sound, the
truth is that the eyes are only superficially connected to the world
of everyday life. Their deeper connection is to the abstract." [POS]
"Once the assemblage point has moved, the movement itself entails
moving from self-reflection, and this, in turn, assures a clear
connecting link with the spirit. After all, it was self-reflection
that had disconnected man from the spirit in the first place." [POS]
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those are more quotes from carlos castaneda btw
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:)
Sorry I'm late to the commenting party!
I was busy making others stronger by feeling miserable. It was hard work.
Just kidding! Yay for getting stronger!
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