03-20-2012, 12:00 AM
"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."
Everything at all times? TheAverageMan reading de Mille's book sits in a chair surrounded by - what - an engineer would answer - electromagnetic fields, and the atomic physicist would say - atoms, and on and on, - in each and every case whatever he is surrounded by is whatever he thinks it should be. The Sorcerer in sitting and reading the book is "keenly aware that we are perceivers and that perception has more possibilities than the mind can conceive"(pos.c).
The statement or principle begets perhaps many questions, one that come to my mind is how do I know if I am keenly aware that .. . . Dot de Dot Dee Dot. POS more later . . .
"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
Well if you want to be a Sorcerer you have to have a Sorcerers experience. One requirement seems to be the experience of something outlandish. What is outlandish sitting around and reading a book the debunks Castaneda? idk - however, what about the link Sorcerers are supposed to have with Intent? Is it in their intentionality? I could test it and see.
With every flip of the page does the AverageMan Perhaps do something with his intentionality? Does he think - 'oh good point and then turn the page" - or does he think - 'i've got to check on dinner in 10 minutes and then turn the page? idk - however, the sorcerer intends something with his or her intent every time he or she turns a page. He or she is interested in testing their individual link to Intent - just to see if they can fulfill the intellectual exercise. On the one hand it is an intellectual exercise being able to remember to intend to turn the page with the intention to ______- what ever you like - (find hands in dreams, journey to atlantis, experience the heart of dying son). Even conceiving of having such an intention in first place advances the requirement that a sorcerers experience is constitutionally outlandish.
Now with every turn of the page the Sorcerer must intentionally intend to be aware of going lucid at lucid any moment or experiencing something more outlandish. If the Sorcerer succeeds in reading an entire book flipping the page with whatever experience one chooses they will have realized that
" . . . the very act he is performing now may well be his last battle on earth. I call it a battle because it is a struggle. Most people move from act to act without any struggle or thought. A hunter, on the contrary, assesses every act; and since he has an intimate knowledge of his death, he proceeds judiciously, as if every act were his last battle. Only a fool would fail to notice the advantage a hunter has over his fellow men. A hunter gives his last battle its due respect. It’s only natural that his last act on earth should be the best of himself. It’s pleasurable that way. It dulls the edge of his fright.
"Acts have power. Especially when the person acting knows that those acts are his last battle. There is a strange consuming happiness in acting with the full knowledge that whatever one is doing may very well be one’s last act on earth. I recommend that you reconsider your life and bring your acts into that light."
What is the Averageman doing reading de Mille's book?
"Our fellow men are black magicians. If you remain with them, your thoughts and actions are forever fixed in their terms. That is slavery. So, fear your captors, your masters. Don’t waste your time and power fearing freedom."
Perhaps the Averageman fixes his own spirit - his own thoughts and actions - in de Mille's terms. Since the Averageman does not know how to think about complexities of the Sorcerer's world the Averageman would rather go to someone who can simplify the problem of the Sorcery's theory for them. Perhaps the Averagman thinks - that way it will not longer bother him that he's seen something about Castaneda's work but, he is glad and thanks goodness that it's not worth more of his efforts.
When the Sorcerer Succeeds in turning every page of de Mille's book with an outlandish intention she or he 'perceives a possibility that the mind cannot conceive of. And the sorcerer because of her persistence knows that: "Sorcery is the act of reaching the place of silent knowledge, and silent knowledge can't be reasoned out. It can only be experienced."
You can't go around telling people - Hey I'm intending to jump into another world. Or - Hey hi - yeah i'm intending to experience the first three-minutes of time. Wherever you go can't be reasoned out - you witness the culmination of your intentions no matter if you are an Averagman or a Sorcerer is aware this happens and redoubles his or her efforst by hunting his intention and not losing sight of it. In this way as the Theory of Sorcerers prescribes i've notice it my intention directly effecting my dreaming attention for sure.
UnknownPoet008
"At a certain stage, an apprentice enters into heightened awareness all by himself. Heightened awareness is a mystery only for our reason. In practice, it's very simple. As with everything else, we complicate matters by trying to make the immensity that surrounds us reasonable."
Everything at all times? TheAverageMan reading de Mille's book sits in a chair surrounded by - what - an engineer would answer - electromagnetic fields, and the atomic physicist would say - atoms, and on and on, - in each and every case whatever he is surrounded by is whatever he thinks it should be. The Sorcerer in sitting and reading the book is "keenly aware that we are perceivers and that perception has more possibilities than the mind can conceive"(pos.c).
The statement or principle begets perhaps many questions, one that come to my mind is how do I know if I am keenly aware that .. . . Dot de Dot Dee Dot. POS more later . . .
"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
Well if you want to be a Sorcerer you have to have a Sorcerers experience. One requirement seems to be the experience of something outlandish. What is outlandish sitting around and reading a book the debunks Castaneda? idk - however, what about the link Sorcerers are supposed to have with Intent? Is it in their intentionality? I could test it and see.
With every flip of the page does the AverageMan Perhaps do something with his intentionality? Does he think - 'oh good point and then turn the page" - or does he think - 'i've got to check on dinner in 10 minutes and then turn the page? idk - however, the sorcerer intends something with his or her intent every time he or she turns a page. He or she is interested in testing their individual link to Intent - just to see if they can fulfill the intellectual exercise. On the one hand it is an intellectual exercise being able to remember to intend to turn the page with the intention to ______- what ever you like - (find hands in dreams, journey to atlantis, experience the heart of dying son). Even conceiving of having such an intention in first place advances the requirement that a sorcerers experience is constitutionally outlandish.
Now with every turn of the page the Sorcerer must intentionally intend to be aware of going lucid at lucid any moment or experiencing something more outlandish. If the Sorcerer succeeds in reading an entire book flipping the page with whatever experience one chooses they will have realized that
" . . . the very act he is performing now may well be his last battle on earth. I call it a battle because it is a struggle. Most people move from act to act without any struggle or thought. A hunter, on the contrary, assesses every act; and since he has an intimate knowledge of his death, he proceeds judiciously, as if every act were his last battle. Only a fool would fail to notice the advantage a hunter has over his fellow men. A hunter gives his last battle its due respect. It’s only natural that his last act on earth should be the best of himself. It’s pleasurable that way. It dulls the edge of his fright.
"Acts have power. Especially when the person acting knows that those acts are his last battle. There is a strange consuming happiness in acting with the full knowledge that whatever one is doing may very well be one’s last act on earth. I recommend that you reconsider your life and bring your acts into that light."
What is the Averageman doing reading de Mille's book?
"Our fellow men are black magicians. If you remain with them, your thoughts and actions are forever fixed in their terms. That is slavery. So, fear your captors, your masters. Don’t waste your time and power fearing freedom."
Perhaps the Averageman fixes his own spirit - his own thoughts and actions - in de Mille's terms. Since the Averageman does not know how to think about complexities of the Sorcerer's world the Averageman would rather go to someone who can simplify the problem of the Sorcery's theory for them. Perhaps the Averagman thinks - that way it will not longer bother him that he's seen something about Castaneda's work but, he is glad and thanks goodness that it's not worth more of his efforts.
When the Sorcerer Succeeds in turning every page of de Mille's book with an outlandish intention she or he 'perceives a possibility that the mind cannot conceive of. And the sorcerer because of her persistence knows that: "Sorcery is the act of reaching the place of silent knowledge, and silent knowledge can't be reasoned out. It can only be experienced."
You can't go around telling people - Hey I'm intending to jump into another world. Or - Hey hi - yeah i'm intending to experience the first three-minutes of time. Wherever you go can't be reasoned out - you witness the culmination of your intentions no matter if you are an Averagman or a Sorcerer is aware this happens and redoubles his or her efforst by hunting his intention and not losing sight of it. In this way as the Theory of Sorcerers prescribes i've notice it my intention directly effecting my dreaming attention for sure.
UnknownPoet008
"At a certain stage, an apprentice enters into heightened awareness all by himself. Heightened awareness is a mystery only for our reason. In practice, it's very simple. As with everything else, we complicate matters by trying to make the immensity that surrounds us reasonable."