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Man lives only to learn. And if he learns it is because it is the nature of his lot, for good or bad.
Carlos Castaneda
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Carlos Castaneda
Age: 72 †
Born: 1925
Born: December 25
Died: 1998
Died: April 27
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Inner silence works from the moment you begin to accrue it. What the old sorcerers were after was the final dramatic, end result of reaching that individual threshold of silence.
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It takes all the time and all the energy we have to conquer the idiocy in us
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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
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...one should never turn to one's left when facing the nagual.
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The hardest thing in the world is for a warrior to let others be.
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When you need an answer, look over your left shoulder and ask your death.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Only as a warrior can one survive the path of knowledge.
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Your problems is that you think you have time.
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It is best to erase all personal history because that would make us free from the encumbering thoughts of other people
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Crows are not always available to give warning.
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...to tune the spirit when someone is trampling on you is called control
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When nothing is for sure, we remain alert, perennially on our toes. It is more exciting not to know which bush the rabbit is hiding behind than to behave as though we knew everything.
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Heightened awareness is a mystery only for a reason.
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One can say that the nagual accounts for creativity. The nagual is the only part of us that can create.
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The secret is not in what you do to yourself but rather in what you don't do.
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A man of knowledge chooses a path with a heart and follows it and then he looks and rejoices and laughs and then he sees and knows.
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When a warrior learns to stop the internal dialogue, everything becomes possible the most far-fetched schemes become attainable.
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