03-18-2012, 12:00 AM
The following post was deleted and banned over in the Sustained Reaction forum. Looks like good meaty stuff for those who want to *see*
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The human condition is so fascinating! And the theory presented by the Sorcerers of Don Juan's Lineage is incredible. I really enjoyed reading the thread on 'Richard de Mille Books'. Just the idea of someone sitting down to read these for the first time presents a perfect way to illustrate the Theory of Sorcerers.
Of course in order to illustrate or show the depth and the power of anything 1 thing it has to be contrasted with it's complete opposite hence the name of this thread. The AverageMan is going to sit down and read de Mille's books. Why is he doing this? He probably want's to expand his knowledge of the Castaneda or he wants to gain the conviction that all that Castaneda talked about was rubbish. In any case this person is wanting to read de Mille's books for a sense of power - the power of learning, the power of knowing the truth, the power of ______. - whatever it is.
The theory of sorcerers state:
"Power rests on the kind of knowledge that one holds. What is the sense of knowing things that are useless? They will not prepare us for our unavoidable encounter with the unknown."
Using this statement as a tenet (A tenet is one of the principles on which a belief or theory is based) I can test it against the actions of the Averageman on his way to power by reading de Mille's books. If one is in control of their reasoning and logic capabilities lots of questions should pop up in this exercise (most Averagemen do not know how to use logic and reasoning and have to rely upon experts or outside sources to 'tell them what to think).
Questions: What kind of power is gained in reading de Mille's books? After reading these books what kind of knowledge will the reader hold? It is usefull knowledge (depends upon what kind of power the reader is after) or it is useless knowledge? Is it for the reader to decide if the knoweldge gained is useful or useless? Luckily, this basic principle in the Theory or Sorcerers presents us with a rule of thumb, a way to measure the usefulness or the uselessness of knowldege gained by reading de Mille's books. If the knowledge gained is usefull then it will aid in the unavoidable encounter with the unknown. If the knowledge is useless then it wont.
It's easy enough to imagine the scenario whereby one has read de Mille's books and is stuffed and filled with knowledge and upon the day they die or even less so dramatic - upon falling asleep at night and encountering the unknown of the dream world - does the person have chance to survive their encounter with the unknown? Are they going to stop their death or raise their awareness (same thing) by the power gained from the knowledge found in the de Mille books?
Reading the de Mille books is a useless act. Further evidence of this acts uselessness can be gained by employing another principle from the Theory of Sorcerers:
"A warrior takes responsibility for his acts, for the most trivial of his acts. An average man acts out his thoughts, and never takes responsibility for what he does."
The reader of the de Mille books probably just wants to read the books cuz it'd be a cool thing to do. He or she will feel more informed and perhaps even feel some kind of expertise on all things Castaneda - in effect he will be able to de-brain wash himself from the fact that he will and does have unavoidable encounters with the unknown all the time. And in reading the de Mille books the person will succeed in brainwashing himself into the more than common, everyday AverageMan bliss wherein he can blame everyone else for his boredom, for the lack of mystery in his life and for being duped by Castaneda. When he's done with the de Mille books his thoughts will be complete on the matter. And he won't have to worry about taking responsibility for using his own reason, logic and intuition because he's heard it from an expert who has schooled him in the correct ways to use logic and reasoning when conversing upon or thinking of/and/or about the works of Castaneda.
But of course, the Theory of Sorcerers is all encompassing and there is a way the person reading the de Mille books could turn his act into a power. This can be done by understanding and employing the following principle in the Theory of Sorcerers:
"The average man is aware of everything only when he thinks he should be; the condition of a warrior, however, is to be aware of everything at all times."
more later . . .
The UnknownPoet
"The sorcerers' experience is so outlandish that sorcerers consider it an intellectual exercise, and use it to stalk themselves with. Their trump card as stalkers , though, is that they remain keenly aware that we are perceivers and that perception has more possibilities than the mind can conceive." POS
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The human condition is so fascinating! And the theory presented by the Sorcerers of Don Juan's Lineage is incredible. I really enjoyed reading the thread on 'Richard de Mille Books'. Just the idea of someone sitting down to read these for the first time presents a perfect way to illustrate the Theory of Sorcerers.
Of course in order to illustrate or show the depth and the power of anything 1 thing it has to be contrasted with it's complete opposite hence the name of this thread. The AverageMan is going to sit down and read de Mille's books. Why is he doing this? He probably want's to expand his knowledge of the Castaneda or he wants to gain the conviction that all that Castaneda talked about was rubbish. In any case this person is wanting to read de Mille's books for a sense of power - the power of learning, the power of knowing the truth, the power of ______. - whatever it is.
The theory of sorcerers state:
"Power rests on the kind of knowledge that one holds. What is the sense of knowing things that are useless? They will not prepare us for our unavoidable encounter with the unknown."
Using this statement as a tenet (A tenet is one of the principles on which a belief or theory is based) I can test it against the actions of the Averageman on his way to power by reading de Mille's books. If one is in control of their reasoning and logic capabilities lots of questions should pop up in this exercise (most Averagemen do not know how to use logic and reasoning and have to rely upon experts or outside sources to 'tell them what to think).
Questions: What kind of power is gained in reading de Mille's books? After reading these books what kind of knowledge will the reader hold? It is usefull knowledge (depends upon what kind of power the reader is after) or it is useless knowledge? Is it for the reader to decide if the knoweldge gained is useful or useless? Luckily, this basic principle in the Theory or Sorcerers presents us with a rule of thumb, a way to measure the usefulness or the uselessness of knowldege gained by reading de Mille's books. If the knowledge gained is usefull then it will aid in the unavoidable encounter with the unknown. If the knowledge is useless then it wont.
It's easy enough to imagine the scenario whereby one has read de Mille's books and is stuffed and filled with knowledge and upon the day they die or even less so dramatic - upon falling asleep at night and encountering the unknown of the dream world - does the person have chance to survive their encounter with the unknown? Are they going to stop their death or raise their awareness (same thing) by the power gained from the knowledge found in the de Mille books?
Reading the de Mille books is a useless act. Further evidence of this acts uselessness can be gained by employing another principle from the Theory of Sorcerers:
"A warrior takes responsibility for his acts, for the most trivial of his acts. An average man acts out his thoughts, and never takes responsibility for what he does."
The reader of the de Mille books probably just wants to read the books cuz it'd be a cool thing to do. He or she will feel more informed and perhaps even feel some kind of expertise on all things Castaneda - in effect he will be able to de-brain wash himself from the fact that he will and does have unavoidable encounters with the unknown all the time. And in reading the de Mille books the person will succeed in brainwashing himself into the more than common, everyday AverageMan bliss wherein he can blame everyone else for his boredom, for the lack of mystery in his life and for being duped by Castaneda. When he's done with the de Mille books his thoughts will be complete on the matter. And he won't have to worry about taking responsibility for using his own reason, logic and intuition because he's heard it from an expert who has schooled him in the correct ways to use logic and reasoning when conversing upon or thinking of/and/or about the works of Castaneda.
But of course, the Theory of Sorcerers is all encompassing and there is a way the person reading the de Mille books could turn his act into a power. This can be done by understanding and employing the following principle in the Theory of Sorcerers:
"The average man is aware of everything only when he thinks he should be; the condition of a warrior, however, is to be aware of everything at all times."
more later . . .
The UnknownPoet
"The sorcerers' experience is so outlandish that sorcerers consider it an intellectual exercise, and use it to stalk themselves with. Their trump card as stalkers , though, is that they remain keenly aware that we are perceivers and that perception has more possibilities than the mind can conceive." POS