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 More Quotes by Carlos Castaneda More Quotes From Carlos Castaneda We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe. Carlos Castaneda known balance universe Nobody knows who I am or what I do. Not even I. Don Juan Matus Carlos Castaneda juan nobody-knows who-i-am The world doesn't yield to us directly, the description of the world stands in between. So, properly speaking, we are always one step removed and our experiences of the world is always a recollection of the experience. We are perennially recollecting the instant that has just happened, just passed. Re recollect, recollect, recollect. Carlos Castaneda yield steps world A warrior must learn to make every act count, since he is going to be here in this world for only a short while, in fact, too short for witnessing all the marvels of it. Carlos Castaneda encouragement spiritual life Warriors do not win victories by beating their heads against walls, but by overtaking the walls. Warriors jump over walls; they don't demolish them. Carlos Castaneda warrior wall spiritual When a man has fulfilled all four of these requisites-to be wide awake, to have fear, respect, and absolute assurance-there are no mistakes for which he will have to account; under such conditions his actions lose the blundering quality of the acts of a fool. If such a man fails, or suffers a defeat, he will have lost only a battle, and there will be no pitiful regrets over that. Carlos Castaneda respect regret courage ...to tune the spirit when someone is trampling on you is called control Carlos Castaneda tunes spirit Our senses perceive the way they do because a specific feature of our awareness forces them to do so...because we learn what to perceive. Carlos Castaneda force awareness way What is a truthful life? A life lived with deliberateness, a good, strong life. Carlos Castaneda truthful strong life Intent is a force that exists in the universe. When sorcerers (those who live of the source) beckon to intent, it comes to them and sets up the path for attainment, which means that sorcerers always accomplish what they set out to do. Carlos Castaneda source path mean 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. Carlos Castaneda mysterious responsibility world Conclusions arrived at through reasoning have very little or no influence in altering the course of our lives. Carlos Castaneda intuition innovation journey It doesn't matter how one was brought up. What determines the way one does anything is personal power. Carlos Castaneda juan motivational reality You see all of us go through the same doubts. We are afraid of being mad; unfortunately for us, of course, all of us are already mad. Carlos Castaneda courses mad doubt A warrior, on the other hand, is a hunter. He calculates everything. That's control. But once his calculations are over he acts. He lets go. That's abandon. Carlos Castaneda warrior letting-go hands Seeing energy as it flows is an imperious need on the path of knowledge. Ultimately, all the effort of sorcerers is guided to that end. It is not enough for a warrior to know that the universe is energy; he has to verify it for himself. Carlos Castaneda warrior effort energy All paths are the same: they lead nowhere. However, a path without a heart is never enjoyable. On the other hand, a path with heart is easy - it does not make a warrior work at liking it; it makes for a joyful journey; as long as a man follows it, he is one with it. Carlos Castaneda spiritual work heart Only as a warrior can one survive the path of knowledge. Carlos Castaneda warrior path spiritual Intent is what sends a shaman through a wall, through space, to infinity. Carlos Castaneda wall infinity space Once it has learned to dream the double, the self arrives at this weird crossroad and a moment comes when one realizes that it is the double who dreams the self. Carlos Castaneda realizing self dream
