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Things don't change, only the way you look at them.

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Carlos Castaneda
Age: 72 †
Born: 1925
Born: December 25
Died: 1998
Died: April 27
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Heightened awareness is a mystery only for a reason.
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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.
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One ,must have something to die for in order to have something to live for
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The only thing that is real is the being in you that is going to die.
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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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The things shamans deal with are extremely practical. They break down parameters of normal historical reality. Magical passes are just one aspect of that.
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When one has nothing to lose, one becomes courageous. We are timid only when there is something we can still cling to.
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The dying sun will glow on you without burning, as it has done today.
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Nothing in this world is a gift. Whatever must be learned must be learned the hard way.
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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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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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Personal history must be constantly renewed by telling parents, relatives, and friends everything one does. On the other hand, for the warrior who has no personal history, no explanations are needed nobody is angry or disillusioned with his acts. And above all, no one pins him down with their thoughts and their expectations.
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Sorcerers are convinced that all of us are a bunch of nincompoops. We can never relinquish our crummy control voluntarily, thus we have to be tricked
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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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