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In reply to the discussion: Flying like a bird with self built wings [View all]leveymg
(36,418 posts)29. Read Castaneda's "Yaqui Way of Knowledge", and picked up Journey, Tales, and a Separate Reality.
We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.
― Carlos Castaneda
The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.
― Carlos Castaneda
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.
― Carlos Castaneda
Nobody knows who I am or what I do. Not even I."
Don Juan Matus
― Carlos Castaneda, Journey to Ixtlan
Look at every path closely and deliberately, then ask ourselves this crucial question: Does this path have a heart? If it does, then the path is good. If it doesn't then it is of no use to us.
― Carlos Castaneda
To seek freedom is the only driving force I know. Freedom to fly off into that infinity out there. Freedom to dissolve; to lift off; to be like the flame of a candle, which, in spite of being up against the light of a billion stars, remains intact, because it never pretended to be more than what it is: a mere candle.
― Carlos Castaneda, Don Juan: the Sorcerer
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Until I see this from 3 angles, or an independent news video, I have to remain skeptical
leveymg
Mar 2012
#14
Read Castaneda's "Yaqui Way of Knowledge", and picked up Journey, Tales, and a Separate Reality.
leveymg
Mar 2012
#29
I got a lot of them, the only one I didn't finish was the last I heard of
AnotherDreamWeaver
Mar 2012
#30
It was adapted into a very good film about British youth culture in the early '60s.
leveymg
Mar 2012
#39
Yes, called "Festival Express" and we went to the opening at the Castro.
AnotherDreamWeaver
Mar 2012
#40
And like Icarus, he soared and soared, almost to the sun....until he realized he was but a CGI hoax.
Tommy_Carcetti
Mar 2012
#41