In a world where death is the hunter, my friend, there is no time for regrets or doubts. There is only time for decisions. Carlos Castaneda More Quotes by Carlos Castaneda More Quotes From Carlos Castaneda A warrior chooses a path with heart, any path with heart, and follows it; and then he rejoices and laughs. He knows because he sees that his life will be over altogether too soon. He sees that nothing is more important than anything else. Carlos Castaneda spiritual heart life Power rests on the kind of knowledge one holds. What is the sense of knowing things that are useless? Carlos Castaneda useless kind knowing Whenever you are in the world of the tonal, you should be an impeccable tonal; no time for irrational crap. But whenever you are in the world of the nagual, you should also be impeccable; no time for rational crap. For the warrior intent is the gate in between. It closes completely behind him when he goes either way Carlos Castaneda warrior way world For my teachers, unfortunately, certain things were, as they are for you, only tales of power Carlos Castaneda tales certain teacher The warrior: silent in his struggle, undetainable because he has nothing to lose, functional and efficacious because he has everything to gain. Carlos Castaneda warrior silence struggle My worrying, for instance, was a scene in which I looked at myself while I had the sensation of being boxed in. I call that worrying, It has happened to me a number of times after that first time. Carlos Castaneda worry numbers firsts 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. Carlos Castaneda warrior mother father It is important to have a perspective then only through seeing the world is it possible to transcend ideas such as the Flyers, and other aberrant thought forms. With ruthlessness, cunning patience and sweetness, it can be cracked. Carlos Castaneda perspective important ideas The body must be perfection before the will is a functioning unit Carlos Castaneda units body perfection If you were a warrior, you would know that the worst thing one can do is confront human beings directly. Carlos Castaneda warrior worst ghouls Human beings are on a journey of awareness, which has momentarily been interrupted by extraneous forces. Carlos Castaneda force awareness journey ...the spirit reveals itself to everyone with the same intensity and consistency, but only warriors are consistently attuned to such revelations. Carlos Castaneda consistency warrior spirit It is best to erase all personal history because that would make us free from the encumbering thoughts of other people Carlos Castaneda personal-history historical people There's no way to put a limit on what one may accomplish individually if the intent is an impeccable intent. Don Juan's teachings are not spiritual. I repeat this because the question has come to the surface over and over. The idea of spirituality doesn't fit with the iron discipline of a warrior. The most important thing for a shaman like don Juan is the idea of pragmatism. Carlos Castaneda warrior teaching spiritual My benefactor said that when a man embarks on the paths of sorcery he becomes aware, in a gradual manner, that ordinary life has been forever left behind; that knowledge is indeed a frightening affair; that the means of the ordinary world are no longer a buffer for him; and that he must adopt a new way of life if he is going to survive. The first thing he ought to do, at that point, is to want to become a warrior. Carlos Castaneda warrior men mean Heightened awareness is a mystery only for a reason. Carlos Castaneda mystery awareness reason The hardest thing in the world is for a warrior to let others be. Carlos Castaneda warrior hardest world The only thing that is real is the being in you that is going to die. Carlos Castaneda don-juan real reality One can say that the nagual accounts for creativity. The nagual is the only part of us that can create. Carlos Castaneda accounts creativity To compare Tensegrity with yoga or t'ai chi is not possible. It has a different origin and a different purpose. The origin is shamanic, the purpose is shamanic. Carlos Castaneda yoga different purpose