{"id":10533,"date":"2014-01-23T16:14:11","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T15:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/initiation-castaneda-death-as-guide-loosing-importance-notdoing.html"},"modified":"2019-05-06T07:40:04","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T06:40:04","slug":"initiation-castaneda-death-as-guide-loosing-importance-notdoing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/initiation-castaneda-death-as-guide-loosing-importance-notdoing.html","title":{"rendered":"Warrior With No Importance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20010 size-full\" title=\"&quot;Ife sculpture Inv.A96-1-4&quot; by Unknown - Jastrow (2006). Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Ife_sculpture_Inv.A96-1-4.jpg#\/media\/File:Ife_sculpture_Inv.A96-1-4.jpg  --- modified by \/ modifi\u00e9 par Stef Kervor pour Eden Saga\" src=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/masque-yoruba-688po.jpg\" alt=\"masque-yoruba-688po\" width=\"688\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"clear\"><span class=\"chapo\">Each time apprentice sorcerer Carlos Castaneda came to see his guide Nagual Juan Matus, the teacher pointed to his pupil that he still gained weight. Or the sorcerer is spreading sarcasm on his student&#8217;s way of soiling his clothes when the fear is too strong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"clear\">The\u00a0fear, in the practice of Castaneda, is always waiting for him.\u00a0The apprentice Carlos never does anything right in the eyes of his mentor, who pointed out to him at every moment.\u00a0One day the situation became so bloody hilarious that the old master weep with laughter. Distraught, Carlitos takes refuge in his note taking as a studious pupil. The hilarity of Juan Matus doubled. \u00a0Castaneda is eventually upset.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;You call yourself too seriously,&#8221;<\/em> said Don Juan. <em>&#8220;You&#8217;re too damn important, at least according to the idea that you make from yourself. <\/em><em>That&#8217;s what has to change. You&#8217;re so important that you can allow you to leave when things do not go as you please. You&#8217;re so important that you think normal to be upset by it. Maybe you think that this indicates a strong personality. That is\u00a0absurd! You&#8217;re weak, you&#8217;re conceited.&#8221;<\/em> <a href=\"#\">(source)<\/a><span class=\"note\">Carlos Castaneda, Journey to Ixtlan<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"clear\">On several occasions, Juan Matus returns to the obligation of losing one&#8217;s own importance. This is the direct corollary of the previous point. When the warrior has no past, it&#8217;s not too hard loosing his own importance, changing his perspective on himself.<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it &#8211; what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds ans misdeeds or our fellowmen. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone&#8221;<\/em> said Don Juan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px\">When we discover the infinity of possible worlds, our importance is taking a beating. When we discover the complexity of the wonders of the afterlife, how would we puffed up with pride? The next step, moreover, will lead us to humility. No choice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20478 size-full\" title=\"Ruhun Bedenden Ayr\u0131lmas\u0131 | Astral Seyahat Onur Gencoglu  Onur Gencoglu  -- CC BY -- https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TL3oqhUTxM4  --- modifi\u00e9 par Stef kervor pour Eden Saga\" src=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/voyage-astral-pop-688po.jpg\" alt=\"voyage-astral-pop-688po\" width=\"688\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Your Death For Guide<\/h4>\n<p><em>&#8220;Death is our eternal companion. It is always on our left, at arm&#8217;s length.&#8221;<\/em> <a href=\"#\">(source)<\/a><span class=\"note\">Carlos Castaneda, Journey to Ixtlan<\/span>\u00a0Castaneda buys a thrill: he is not at all familiar with these concepts. Suddenly he jumps: he has just seen his death next to\u00a0him. He is such a dramatic guy.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;When you&#8217;re impatient, only turn around to your left and seek advice from your death. All that is pettiness is forgotten at the instant when death moves toward you, when you catch a glance, only when you feel this companion is there ever observing you.&#8221;<\/em> <a href=\"#\">(source)<\/a><span class=\"note\">Carlos Castaneda, Journey to Ixtlan<\/span><\/p>\n<p>From there, you are just <a class=\"link\" href=\"\/en\/initiation-arcanum-thirteen-little-mysteries-clan-of-wolf-stef-kervor-oral-rule-smuggler.html\">passing through<\/a>. You are looking for places of power, the doors to other worlds. Gradually, you become inaccessible, you are fading away to be available to power. You will seek for it in the wilderness at dusk on a friendly hill where the wind blows.\u00a0<em>&#8220;At dusk, there is no wind. At this time of day, there is only power.&#8221;<\/em> <a href=\"#\">(source)<\/a><span class=\"note\">Carlos Castaneda, Journey to Ixtlan, page 70<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Totally Responsible<\/h4>\n<p class=\"clear\">You learn to walk, night vision enables you to run in the dark without tripping over any obstacle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clear\">You assume full responsibility for your actions, what is the minimum. And you also assume full responsibility for everything that happens to you, what characterizes the Nagual sorcerers. They never say: <em>&#8220;Bad luck&#8221;<\/em> but always <em>&#8220;Thanks&#8221;<\/em>. They expect nothing. What happens to them is always the best. They control their lives thus they accept whatever happens. They assume all of the incomprehensible Rule &#8211; the only guide for the warrior in <em>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/this-immensity-out-there.html\">this immensity out there<\/a>.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"clear\">\u00a0<blockquote class=\"perfect-quotes\"><p>There is only one thing\u00a0bad in you: you think you have\u00a0eternity before you.<\/p><footer class=\"blockquote-footer\">Carlos Castaneda<\/footer><\/blockquote><\/p>\n<p>Castaneda is not an easy learner. Suddenly, Juan Matus should make him suffer all kinds of exercises that are for the reader, wonderful instructions, accurate and reproducible. So for him to learn to practice the <em>&#8220;do-not-do&#8221;,<\/em> he shows how to get on a mound, a <em>bed of strings<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Those who have tried it will tell you the most good. Experiencing is better than any drug. You floats, all the sensations and perceptions are incredibly sharp.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18537 size-full\" title=\"Forget what sucks -- En premier plan :  Coeur en mains, auteur inconnu  -   Fond : Eddy Van 3000, Flash! https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/e3000\/211592000  -  modifi\u00e9s par Stef Kevor pour Eden Saga\" src=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/eclairs-mains-coeur-688po.jpg\" alt=\"eclairs-mains-coeur-688po\" width=\"688\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And the body remembers this old technique that Juan Matus called:<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Do-not-do<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">&#8220;Do-not-do\u00a0<em>is very simple but extremely difficult. The point is not to understand but to control it. Seeing is of course the crowning finale of a man of knowledge, and seeing is only obtained when you stopped the world by the technique of <\/em>do-not-do.&#8221; <a href=\"#\">(source)<\/a><span class=\"note\">Carlos Castaneda, Journey to Ixtlan<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Of course, Castaneda doesn&#8217;t get a thing, neither do we. Understanding is useless. Just do it. Your body knows better, let it go. Ignore your mind, always wanting to explain, willing to understand all!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">What a pride in <a class=\"link\" href=\"\/en\/initiation-medieval-tradition-templars-companions-builders-tarot-of-marseilles.html\">this little kinglet<\/a>! Since our childhood we were taught to do. It is the doing of all humans, placed end to end, which assembles the narrow plan that we call the world.\u00a0Narrow world, presented as\u00a0the only horizon, when there are infinities of parallel universes and we all know it.<\/p>\n<p>Do not be a believer, do not swallow all, resist, doubt, think, open your mind and your eyes to the new world that is coming. And the best way to be oneself, to finally be pure, it is the diligent practice of <em>do-not-do<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Do-not-do<\/em> means you stop considering <a class=\"link\" href=\"\/en\/initiation-buddha-belief-castaneda-controlled-madness-believe-it-and-not.html\">anything for granted<\/a>, as you were taught to do. You must undo\u00a0your sensations, undo\u00a0the familiar objects, undo these illusions that constitute the world of doing. Then, suddenly, this ready-made world collapses. The warrior stopped the world. Now he can <em>see.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Now he needs to tighten his life, make it compact.<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Then he can\u00a0<\/em><a class=\"link\" href=\"\/en\/initiation-castaneda-seeing-your-own-hands-bilocation-nagual-s-trick-art-of-dreaming.html\">dream<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"perfect-quotes\"><p>A warrior treats the world as an infinite mystery,and what people do as an unlimited folly.<\/p><footer class=\"blockquote-footer\">Carlos Castaneda<\/footer><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24273 size-full\" title=\"Sorcier, on l'est ou on ne l'est pas. Suffit pas de faire le sorcier aux heures de bureau. C'est du plein-temps. ---- sorcier et chef de clan, Lesotho, Afrique - domaine public\" src=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sorcier-lesotho-chef-de-clan-688po.jpg\" alt=\"sorcier-lesotho-chef-de-clan-688po\" width=\"688\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"clear\">Never forget this fact:<em> &#8220;Sorcerers can never build a bridge to reach people of this world, but if people want to, they must build a bridge to join the sorcerers.&#8221;<\/em> <a href=\"#\">(source)<\/a><span class=\"note\">Carlos Castaneda, The Power Of Silence<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A warrior treats the world as an infinite mystery, and what people do as an unlimited folly<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18823,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2224],"tags":[33,2378,24,2379,2432],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10533"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10533"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27734,"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10533\/revisions\/27734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}