Encounters
There comes a moment on the warrior’s path when attention begins to turn inward. The world ceases to be merely what strikes us through the senses — it starts to be perceived as a hall of mirrors, where outer reflections […]
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Daydreaming –When the Intent Speaks in Images
On the Toltec path, what we call devaneio in Portuguese corresponds exactly to what Don Juan called ensueño in Spanish and to what Castaneda’s books translate in some passages into English as daydreaming. Although, in everyday usage, these terms might
Controlled folly
Controlled folly isn’t something a person can practice and learn progressively. In the challenge of learning to control folly, the key point is to understand what folly is, and to discover what controls it. Naturally, it’s not the tonal that
Examining the enemies on the path to knowledge – Part 1: Fear
The path of knowledge IS the path of awareness. Before entering the path, we live in a kind of automatism. And when we choose to take the first conscious step toward knowledge, the first adversary of the path appears: Fear.
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