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... the daily world exists because we know how to hold its images consequently, if one drops the attention needed to maintain those images, the world collapses
Carlos Castaneda
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Carlos Castaneda
Age: 72 †
Born: 1925
Born: December 25
Died: 1998
Died: April 27
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The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing or a curse.
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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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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
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If his spirit is distorted he should simply fix it-purge it, make it perfect-because there is no other task in our entire lives which is more worthwhile...To seek the perfection of the warrior's spirit is the only task worthy of our temporariness, our manhood.
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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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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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Dreaming is the vehicle that brings dreamers to this world, the emissary said, and everything sorcerers know about dreaming was taught to them by us. Our world is connected to yours by a door called dreams. We know how to go through that door, but men don't. They have to learn it.
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Conclusions arrived at through reasoning have very little or no influence in altering the course of our lives.
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We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye.
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Burn your bridges every 2 years.
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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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One cannot enter don Juan's world intellectually, like a dilettante seeking fast and fleeting knowledge. Nor, in don Juan's world, can anything be verified absolutely. The only thing we can do is arrive at a state of increased awareness that allows us to perceive the world around us in a more inclusive manner.
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Beware of those who weep with realization, for they have realized nothing.
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A warrior never worries about his fear.
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If your tendency is to make sense out of chaos, start chaos.
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Life in itself is sufficient, self-explanatory and complete.
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Self importance is man's greatest enemy.
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A warrior seeks to act rather than talk.
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Heightened awareness is a mystery only for a reason.
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There is nothing more lonely than eternity. And nothing is more cozy for us than to be a human being. This indeed is another contradiction-how can we keep the bonds of our humanness and still venture gladly and purposefully into the absolute loneliness of eternity?
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