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We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.
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confidence
inspirational
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A path is only a path, and there is no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you . . . Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself alone, one question . . . Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn't it is of no use.
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inspirational
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Carlos Castaneda |
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In a world where death is the hunter, my friend, there is no time for regrets or doubts. There is only time for decisions.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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For me there is only the traveling on paths that have heart, on any path that may have heart, and the only worthwhile challenge is to traverse its full length--and there I travel looking, looking breathlessly.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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For me the world is weird because it is stupendous, awesome, mysterious, unfathomable; my interest has been to convince you that you must assume responsibility for being here, in this marvelous world, in this marvelous desert, in this marvelous time. I want to convince you that you must learn to make every act count, since you are going to be here for only a short while, in fact, too short for witnessing all the marvels of it.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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To seek freedom is the only driving force I know. Freedom to fly off into that infinity out there. Freedom to dissolve; to lift off; to be like the flame of a candle, which, in spite of being up against the light of a billion stars, remains intact, because it never pretended to be more than what it is: a mere candle.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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Death is the only wise advisor that we have. Whenever you feel, as you always do, that everything is going wrong and you're about to be annihilated, turn to your death and ask if that is so. Your death will tell you that you're wrong; that nothing really matters outside its touch. Your death will tell you, 'I haven't touched you yet.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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Anything is one of a million paths. Therefore you must always keep in mind that a path is only a path; if you feel you should not follow it, you must not stay with it under any conditions. To have such clarity you must lead a disciplined life. Only then will you know that any path is only a path and there is no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you to do. But your decision to keep on the path ..
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Carlos Castaneda |
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A man goes to knowledge as he goes to war: wide-awake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance. Going to knowledge or going to war in any other manner is a mistake, and whoever makes it might never live to regret it
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Carlos Castaneda |
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Forget the self and you will fear nothing, in whatever level or awareness you find yourself to be.
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fear
fearless
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Carlos Castaneda |
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Nobody knows who I am or what I do. Not even I. Don Juan Matus
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Carlos Castaneda |
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Think about it: what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellow men. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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You say you need help. Help for what? You have everything needed for the extravagant journey that is your life.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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All paths are the same: they lead nowhere. ... Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn't, it is of no use. Both paths lead nowhere; but one has a heart, the other doesn't. One makes for a joyful journey; as long as you follow it, you are one with it. The other will make you curse your life. One makes you strong; the other weakens you.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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Seek and see all the marvels around you. You will get tired of looking at yourself alone, and that fatigue will make you deaf and blind to everything else. - Don Juan
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wisdom
mindfulness
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Carlos Castaneda |
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Life in itself is sufficient, self-explanatory and complete.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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For an instant I think I saw. I saw the loneliness of man as a gigantic wave which had been frozen in front of me, held back by the invisible wall of a metaphor.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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Anything is one of a million paths. Therefore you must always keep in mind that a path is only a path; if you feel you should not follow, you must not stay with it under any circumstances.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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We are men and our lot in life is to learn and to be hurled into inconceivable new worlds.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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I have no routines or personal history. One day I found out that they were no longer necessary for me and, like drinking, I dropped them. One must have the desire to drop them and then one must proceed harmoniously to chop them off, little by little. If you have no personal history, no explanations are needed; nobody is angry or disillusioned with your acts. And above all no one pins you down with their thoughts. It is best to erase all per..
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Carlos Castaneda |
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Beware of those who weep with realization, for they have realized nothing.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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The internal dialogue is what grounds people in the daily world. The world is such and such or so and so, only because we talk to ourselves about its being such and such and so and so. The passageway into the world of shamans opens up after the warrior has learned to shut off his internal dialogue
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Carlos Castaneda |
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The dying sun will glow on you without burning, as it has done today. The wind will be soft and mellow and your hilltop will tremble. As you reach the end of your dance you will look at the sun, for you will never see it again in waking or in dreaming, and then your death will point to the south. To the vastness.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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To worry is to become accessible, unwittingly accessible. And once you worry you cling to anything out of desperation; and once you cling you are bound to get exhausted or to exhaust whoever or whatever you are clinging to.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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A warrior takes his lot, whatever it may be, and accepts it in ultimate humbleness. He accepts in humbleness what he is, not as a grounds for regret but as a living challenge.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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If one is to succeed in anything, the success must come gently, with a great deal of effort but with no stress or obsession.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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The hardest thing in the world is for a warrior to let others be.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same
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Carlos Castaneda |
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To be a warrior a man has to be, first of all, and rightfully so, keenly aware of his own death. But to be concerned with death would force any one of us to focus on the self and that would be debilitating. So the next thing one needs to be a warrior is detachment. The idea of imminent death, instead of becoming an obsession, becomes an indifference. Now you must detach yourself; detach yourself from everything. Only the idea of death makes..
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Carlos Castaneda |
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Nothing can temper the spirit of a warrior as much as the challenge of dealing with impossible people in positions of power. Only under those conditions can warriors acquire the sobriety and serenity to withstand the pressure of the unknowable.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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Once you decide something put all your petty fears away. Your decision should vanquish them. I will tell you time and time again, the most effective way to live is as a warrior. Worry and think before you make any decision, but once you make it, be on your way free from worries or thoughts; there will be a million other decisions still awaiting you. That's the warrior's way. A warrior thinks of his death when things become unclear. The idea..
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Carlos Castaneda |
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My benefactor told me that my father and mother had lived and died just to have me, and that their own parents had done the same for them. He said that warriors were different in that they shift their assemblage points enough to realize the tremendous price that has been paid for their lives. This shift gives them the respect and awe that their parents never felt for life in general, or for being alive in particular.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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that was the way human beings are; they love to be told what to do, but they love even more to fight and not do what they are told, and thus they get entangled in hating the one who told them in the first place.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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To seek the perfection of the warrior's spirit is the only task worthy of our temporariness, our manhood.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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There are lots of things a warrior can do at a certain time which he couldn't do years before. Those things themselves did not change; what changed was his idea of himself.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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A warrior must cultivate the feeling that he has everything needed for the extravagant journey that is his life. What counts for a warrior is being alive. Life in itself is sufficient, self-explanatory and complete.
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warrior
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Carlos Castaneda |
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Don't try to hurry," he said. "You'll know in due time and then you will be on your own, by yourself." "Do you mean that I won't see you any more, don Juan?" "Not ever again," he said. "Genaro and I will be then what we always have been, dust on the road." I had a jolt in the pit of my stomach. "What are you saying, don Juan?" "I'm saying that we all are unfathomable beings, luminous and boundless. You, Genaro and I are stuck together by a ..
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Carlos Castaneda |
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A warrior, or any man for that matter, cannot possibly wish he were somewhere else; a warrior because he lives by challenge, an ordinary man because he doesn't know where his death is going to find him.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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A warrior must focus his attention on the link between himself and his death . . .. He must let each of his acts be his last battle on earth. Only under those conditions will his acts have their rightful power.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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Anadio que nada en este mundo era un regalo: todo cuanto hubiera que aprender debia aprenderse por el camino dificil.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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You take yourself too seriously, " he said slowly. "You are too damn important in your own mind. That must be changed! You are so goddamn important that you feel justified to be annoyed with everything. You're so damn important that you can afford to leave if things don't go your way. I suppose you think that shows you have character. That's nonsense! You're weak, and conceited!" - Dom Juan"
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Carlos Castaneda |
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The average man is either victorious or defeated and, depending on that, he becomes a persecutor or a victim. These two conditions are prevalent as long as one does not see. Seeing dispels the illusion of victory, or defeat, or suffering.
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Carlos Castaneda |
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The diagram in the ashes had two epicenters; one he called "reason," the other, "will." "Reason" was interconnected directly with a point he called "talking." Through "talking," "reason" was indirectly connected to three other points, "feeling," "dreaming," and "seeing." The other epicenter, "will," was directly connected to "feeling," "dreaming," and "seeing"; but only indirectly to "reason" and "talking." I remarked that the diagram was d..
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