You'll find that you will be able to reorder the island of your tonal so that it's in good shape - logical, orderly, neat, and well-defined. Frederick Lenz More Quotes by Frederick Lenz More Quotes From Frederick Lenz The world is always chaos, but we pretend that it's not because it makes us feel better. In doing so we're able to go through it in a specific manner and form: That's the tonal. Frederick Lenz buddhism feel-better world Each one of you has created a sense of self. That's what the tonal does. Each one of you is taught a system of maintenance that has been developed by humankind from your birth till your death. Frederick Lenz taught buddhism self Don Juan speaks of the island of the tonal as something that's in the middle of the ocean ... the nagual. Frederick Lenz buddhism ocean islands The nagual is the unknown. It cannot be talked about, it can only be witnessed. Frederick Lenz buddhism The nagual is the superconscious. It's nirvana. It's the unknown that cannot be explained or reasoned. Frederick Lenz buddhism The nagual gives you the unknown; it gives you reality; it leads you to the totality of yourself. Frederick Lenz buddhism giving reality When we go to the desert, it's pure nagual. There you witness stupendous and incredible acts of power that your reason cannot possibly deal with. Frederick Lenz desert incredibles buddhism The deeper side of the study occurs on levels of attention your mind is not aware of, but that your superconscious mind is - what don Juan calls the nagual. Frederick Lenz buddhism mind attention The tonal is also endless and limitless. We like to think of it as being finite so we feel better. Frederick Lenz buddhism feel-better thinking When one side or the other predominates, there's an imbalance and there's unhappiness. Frederick Lenz imbalance buddhism sides In the world order, if the nagual dominates and not the tonal, then we'll live in times of fear and superstition. Frederick Lenz buddhism order world If the tonal collapses completely, then you're crazy functionally, you're psychotic. Frederick Lenz psychotic buddhism crazy Reason is necessary. It is necessary to deal with the world. Frederick Lenz buddhism reason world A person who is insane has no sense of their place; they've lost that ability, which our friend don Juan describes as the tonal. Frederick Lenz juan buddhism insane You need your reason to pass through the world and also to experience the nagual, because if you become all nagual, we'll lock you away in an institution. Frederick Lenz locks buddhism needs The reason why there's such a rigid repression of the mentally ill is the psyche of humanity senses something. It senses that it doesn't want to deal with the unknown. Frederick Lenz buddhism humanity want Occasionally in my travels I meet people who have pushed too far into the nagual. These individuals are not too balanced but they have made great journeys in the unknown. Frederick Lenz buddhism journey people There are people who just can't handle life because they've thrown away too much of their reason. Frederick Lenz buddhism too-much people Everyone is on the verge of insanity ... insanity meaning on the verge of the unknown. Frederick Lenz verge buddhism insanity Your reason is your friend. It defends the island of your awareness. But you don't want your reason to rule everything. Frederick Lenz buddhism want islands
