Carlos Castaneda
Carlos Castaneda
Carlos Castanedawas an American author with a Ph.D. in anthropology...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth25 December 1925
CountryUnited States of America
warrior self juan
Life in itself is sufficient, self-explanatory and complete.
real lying self
That's your doing. Now in order to affect that doing I am going to recommend that you learn another doing... It may hook you to another doing and then you may realize that both doings are lies, unreal, and that to hinge yourself to either one is a waste of time, because the only thing that is real is the being in you that is going to die. To arrive at that being is the note-doing of the self
men self enemy
Self importance is man's greatest enemy.
self investing juan
Self-importance requires spending most of one's life offended by something or someone.
dream self realizing
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.
fear self levels
Forget the self and you will fear nothing, in whatever level or awareness you find yourself to be.
men thinking self
Think about it: what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellow men. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone.
men self dwelling
Dwelling upon the self too much produces terrible fatigue. A man in that position is deaf and blind to everything else. The fatigue itself makes him cease to see the marvels all around.
absolute actions acts conditions fools-and-foolishness four fulfilled lose lost man mistakes pitiful quality regret regrets suffers wide
When a man has fulfilled all four of these requisitesto be wide awake, to have fear, respect, and absolute assurancethere 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.
men
The world around us is a mystery, and men are no better than anything else.
feeling
Feeling important makes one heavy, clumsy, and vain.
examining exploiting men prevents timid
Being timid prevents us from examining and exploiting our lot as men
act convince learn short since
I wanted to convince you that you must learn to make every act count, since you are going to be here for only a short while, in fact, too short for witnessing all the marvels of it.
emptiness filled life
Theres no emptiness in the life of a warrior. Everything is filled to the brim. Everything is filled to the brim, and everything is equal.