A path with heart
Spiritual quotes from Carlos Castaneda’s books, inspired by his time spend as an apprentice to Don Juan, a yaqui Indian and great enlightened teacher. I recommend any of his works. The first book of the 12 is and get ready to have your reality altered. If you’re open, I promise , the energy of the books will change you and give you powerful clarity.
Beyond the actual words and teachings, the books shine a lot of light and a deep subtle knowledge that will raise your awareness to new heights. In the meantime, here are some of my favorite quotes from Don Juan. How do they make you feel? Notice the swirls of energy that are flowing to you as you read. It’s magic.
For me books are alive and the message is vibrant and moving me as I read. Go deep into the words and find yourself as the great shaman that you have always been.
Spiritual quotes from the Teachings of Don Juan
“You have everything needed for the extravagant journey that is your life.”
“We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same”
“A path is only a path, and there is no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you . . . Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself alone, one question . . . Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn’t it is of no use.”
“If one is to succeed in anything, the success must come gently, with a great deal of effort but with no stress or obsession.”
“A man goes to knowledge as he goes to war, wide awake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance.”
“Life in itself is sufficient, self-explanatory and complete.”
“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.”
“Death is the only wise advisor that we have. Whenever you feel, as you always do, that everything is going wrong and you’re about to be annihilated, turn to your death and ask if that is so. Your death will tell you that you’re wrong; that nothing really matters outside its touch. Your death will tell you, ‘I haven’t touched you yet.
We are luminous beings. We are perceivers. We are an awareness; we are not objects; we have no solidity. We are boundless. The world of objects and solidity is a way of making our passage on earth convenient. It is only a description that was created to help us. We, or rather our reason, forget that the description is only a description and thus we entrap the totality of ourselves in a vicious circle from which we rarely emerge in our lifetime.”
“You take yourself too seriously, ” he said slowly. “You are too damn important in your own mind. That must be changed! You are so goddamn important that you feel justified to be annoyed with everything. You’re so damn important that you can afford to leave if things don’t go your way. I suppose you think that shows you have character. That’s nonsense! You’re weak, and conceited!”
“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.”
“The self-confidence of the warrior is not the self-confidence of the average man. The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of the onlooker and calls that self-confidence. The warrior seeks impeccability in his own eyes and calls that humbleness. The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to infinity.”
