09-11-2011, 12:01 AM
FULL MOON 9/11
INTRODUCTION:
After 'seeing' what Cleargreen has become I am reminded of don Genaro's apprentice Pablito's evaluation of "the little sisters" apprentices of don Juan. He didn't think of them as gorgeous babes or women any sane man would be glad to marry. He called them..."mannish freaks".
It pains me to 'see' this video. I couldn't even watch it through till the end
I can hardly believe that I once was in love with Nyei Murez. She has become a...mannish freak teaching a bunch of women who are also 'mannish freaks'. No titted women who look like men with men who look like no-titted women.
In one of the YouTube comments a person said:
"Is this the Heaven's Gate aerobics workout?"
That is so painfully funny, but it does indeed apply.
If you don't know about the Heaven's Gate UFO cult of people who committed ritual suicide go look it up.
I am developing an aerobics martial arts workout inspired by the Zumba aerobics workout. The Tensegrity instructors should consider calling what they do:
Dork Zumba (the Pee Wee Herman way to fitness)
I used to envision one day helping them, but I now feel it is hopeless. I can't help them and I have to be content being able to help myself
Believe it or not, I'm turning into a bodybuilding, martial arts Tarzan-like superman of the forest while they are turning into. Well, see for yourselves. If you are able to 'see' you will most certainly 'see' that you should NEVER want to become warriors like these. There is only one way to truly evaluate this overly serious, humorless situation and that is to 'see' them directly. No wonder Castaneda was determined to make certain Cleargreen would never become a religion.
I believe Carlos Castaneda dreaded the thought of an erected statue of him somewhere...covered with bird sh*t. He KNEW that if ANYONE erected a statue of him ANYWHERE IN THE, OUTSIDE WITH THE ELEMENTS, WORLD Intent would demand it be covered with pounds and pounds of bird sh*t.
Here's an interesting thing: Since I first watched parts of the video my evaluation of the Cleargreen situation has suddenly changed. Although they are a bunch of wimpy mannish freaks they no longer seem as hopeless to me as they used to. What they need is some powerful bodybuilding, martial arts leadership. I'd much rather volunteer myself for human sacrifice first and this is NO JOKE!
I use some similar movements, but covered with muscles, I look super-cool when doing them not 'dorky'. If you are going to do such movements I say make them multi-purpose. Make them martial arts movements with the Intent to be able to protect yourself from a world of crazy idiots whose personal folly is now more out of control than ever before. Study into Bruce Lee and you will see that, very similar to Fred Astaire, head movement was kept to a minimum in such movements. Novices always seem to be dorking their heads around while doing martial arts movement like these Tensegrity practitioners.
AND GET SOME MUSCLE MASS ON YOU AND SOME SUN, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!
These people look like they sleep in coffins all day every day. I love Sol Invictus and do my best to use the sun's power to my advantage, in moderation. These Cleargreen people obviously hate the sunlight and live like Twilight vampires who are nowhere near as 'cool'. I've never seen those Twilight movies, but the commercials look...well...yuk.
And Cleargreen ladies, if it is your intention to never be sexually attractive ever again in life I'd have to say that you're doing a fantastic job! And who the hell needs laughter, right? Serious all the time is the way to go, right? (blecch)
I'm suddenly remembering don Juan, Genaro and don Vicente being described as thin, wirey and unsuspectedly strong. I sure would not suspect much strength from these guys and the women look like they are from the wimp lesbians for don Juan organization.
Yes, I'd much rather have my still beating heart cut out and offered to the god whatshisface than become the leader of 'mannish freak' dork "warriors" like these wimps. Note the last movement in this video. I call it the 'Scraping off the Dream Sh*t from Your Shoes', movement:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lauKs7tbtV8
Now, this is really friggin weird. It's a CGI movie of a purported interview with Carlos Castaneda after he died:
http://www.youtube.com/wa...n0l4&feature=related
It seems like some sort of joke, but when you continually pause it to read what Carlos Castaneda has to say, as a human projection from beyond the 3rd attention, it rings distressingly true to me. He is the slave of the inorganic beings who are determined to have a continual energetic food source. I believe the reason the Cleargreen people seem so drained of energy is that they are being continually drained by the inorganic beings reaching through Cleargreen into this world. I believe Cleargreen has become a link to the world of the inorganics and are being used to funnel energy into their world; the world of the inorganic beings.
Then again...everything in this post may very well be incorrect.
The main difference between myself and the Castaneda skeptics of this forum is that I am more than willing to openly admit when proven wrong about ANYTHING I may currently believe. The Castaneda skeptics, like Guy and Jeremy Donovan, will NEVER openly admit if they feel they may have been incorrect on any view they have held.
Fact of the matter is that I have NEVER been inspired by the character of Carlos Castaneda in his books. Although he was indeed great at asking the crucial questions of don Juan that I would have wanted to ask. He seemed to be able to intuit exactly what I wanted to ask of don Juan before I could even think it. I, like supposedly many others, felt I would have made a better apprentice. Glad I was never given the opportunity!!!!!
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PART 1
MY GOOD OL' PAL GUY GARDNER WROTE:
"Tom, are you allowing this lunatic to post here again? Is it because he claims to be sorry for "the way I used to be" and promises that it'll be different this time? And is it because you're fool enough to believe him?
Do you need to persist some more in your folly of letting him post here? Seven years of his ranting here wasn't enough for you? Do you want some more of it?"
-- Guy Gardner
MY RESPONSE:
Am I a "lunatic" compared to you, Guy? Really?? Oh things are different this time around alright. No more beautiful pictures, for one thing. Censored curse words for another. That's very different indeed and you know it! Plus it is obvious that I am now STRONGER than ever before while you create wimpy little comeback posts without addressing any of the issues I have raised. Is it courage that causes you to ignore the truth, Guy? It's COURAGE, that inspires you to create such a response, right Guy?
Like the Jehovah's Witnesses who are dead blind certain there is no other life in the universe because the Bible doesn't say there is, Guy here is convinced I am crazy and doesn't care about ANY EVIDENCE to the contrary of his belief. Fact of the matter is Guy Gardner WANTS me to be crazy and he thinks just by saying I am will make it so.
From my studies, Einstein WANTED the quantum physicists of his day to be crazy. He WANTED them to be totally bonkers nuts in the discoveries they were making. However, Einstein could not pull it off no matter how hard he tried and Einstein (in his wisdom?) wasted precious years of his life trying to prove the discoveries of quantum physicists to be incorrect. It makes one wonder just how wise Einstein was to waste that much of his life fighting against quantum reality. It is fair to say that in most photos of Einstein he appears to be a physical wreck That's what happens when you persistently fight against reality.
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PART 2
Fact of the matter is there is NOTHING CRAZY about what I shared here. However, there is indeed COWARDICE to refuse to address this and blindly call me crazy. How about you show you have some courage and address this, Guy:
Okay, let's try this from a different angle:
Let's say that ALL of Castaneda's books were complete works of fiction just as the works of Mark Twain were. So, let's put them side-by-side. Did Mark Twain create a character who was wiser than don Juan?
NO, HE DIDN'T!
Did Mark Twain create a character who's tremendous wisdom about the true nature of the Universe helped to jumpstart an entire spiritual movement?
NO, HE DIDN'T!!
Did even Shakespeare create a character who was so wise that he helped to jumpstart an entire spiritual movement?
NO, HE DIDN'T!!!
Are you closed-minded people here more qualified than the anthropology experts at UCLA to determine whether or not Castaneda deserved a Ph. D for his book Journey To Ixtlan?
NO, YOU ARE NOT!!!!
Has ANY modern, fully qualified anthropologist found or created a character who is wiser and more interesting than Castaneda's don Juan?
NONE THAT I HAVE SEEN!!!!
If Castaneda was not brutally honest in portraying himself as a bumbling insensitive person who could NEVER create the don Juan philosophy on his own would people who knew him at the time have been screaming (((FRAUD))) from the publishing of his first book?
((( MOST DEFINITELY!!!! )))
Carlos Castaneda Before don Juan:
http://wanderling.tripod.com/castaneda_donjuan.html
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PART 3
Dear Coco,
Any supposed God who demands of His Creation to love Him or else suffer eternal torturous torment is indeed insane! Sorry, but love does not work that way no matter what any book may say.
I say that the Spirit of Nature is the Holy Spirit of God and my Love for Nature is the single most important thing motivating my life. My overall borderline obsession is to 'siphon' the healing energy of the Universe through my being and into Mother Earth in order to do my best to heal Her and cheer Her up. That's the core of what I live for. If that makes me worthy of eternal hell then all I can say is: I forgive you, God!
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PART 4
"Castaneda is judged harshly by failures because these failures created an image of how Castaneda should be, it is the same image that they try to hold themselves too and fail...but it is much easier, and safer, to point at Castaneda like school children and tear him down than realize that they are looking in their own mirror. Just remember, people reap what they sow."
-- Barefoot in the Sand
MY RESPONSE:
I do appreciate intelligent commentary as I am ALWAYS looking to improve upon what I currently believe. However, let me begin by saying that YOUR avatar photo is the scariest avatar photo of ANYONE who I have seen currently post in the SR forum. If I were to use such an avatar photo it would be the equivalent of saying to the Universe that I want to be a homeless bum. That's what your photo makes you appear to be: a homeless bum. I suggest you see yourself in a better light. There is NOTHING funny about your avatar photo. You want change and you want someone else to do all the work. Not going to happen, dude. Except "change" for the worse.
Keeping this in mind I was quite surprised to read the intelligence and wisdom in your post. Failures and losers always want to blame others for their bad decisions and actions. The loser does not want to take responsibility for his or her life. They were made miserable and it was all Castaneda's fault. Or, they are miserable and it's all James Arthur Ray's fault. Or blame it on Obama. Of blame it on anyone! The **** losers always want a scapegoat. They refuse to take responsibility for the lives they themselves have created and manifested by the way they live their lives. That's just the way it is. Oh well... Thank the entire Universe as a whole that their misery is THEIRS and not mine. Yes, that is indeed a lot to be thankful for.
Amen!
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PART 5
Please also address this that I wrote:
The core of the people who post here are certain Castaneda was a fraud and made don Juan up. Really now! So, Castaneda was able to trick the EXPERTS in the UCLA anthropology department into giving him a Ph. D, with his third book: Journey To Ixtlan? Really now! YOU know better than the anthropology experts at UCLA about such things? What are your credentials? Are you even officially qualified enough to officially judge how many legs there are on a cockroach? I doubt it. Two bestselling books were published before Castaneda's third book Journey To Ixtlan. There was plenty of time for detractors to say that Castaneda was telling don Juan philosophy before he purportedly met the shaman. Plenty of time indeed! I've read someone here sharing some hearsay about Castaneda making up some sort of Tonto character in order to try and pick up chicks. Why should anyone believe this story to be true? Convincing YOU hack wannabe anthropologists is one thing. Successfully convincing the anthropology experts at UCLA is something else entirely. I would imagine we should have no argument about this fact. Am I correct? I mean, compared to the anthropology department experts of UCLA you people don't know sh*t about anthropology and should not consider yourselves to be greater experts in such matters, right? RIGHT!
COMMENTARY:
It seems that the staunch, blind Castaneda skeptics are determined to ignore all truth that goes contrary to their beliefs and there is nothing I can do to make them address the truth. Oh well.... It's not my problem. If Guy wants to remain a miserable, narrow-minded person who always wants to put people down that is indeed his right and none or my business. If Barefoot in the Sand want to sport the avatar photo of a loser who wants change and doesn't want to do any work to make it happen that is his choice as well and none of my business.
It seems obvious to me that Jeremy Donovan TBD will remain in Greece until my return has blown over and he also will only comment by saying that I am crazy. That is how he essentially commented to me in his only PM response to me before he blocked my ability to send him PMs. I don't foresee it will be any different when he returns. Like Guy Gardner, the best I can expect from him is to not read my posts and say I am crazy.
Don Juan was right in that you cannot successfully make bones for a jellyfish. Or a spine for intellectually spineless cowards
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PART 6
Jeremy is convinced that "they can't all be right, but they can all be wrong". That's what he "always says" and I have little doubt that he will ALWAYS say that til the day he dies. Guy Gardner has a similar saying, "Many more people have been hurt being gullible than being skeptical." Like Jeremy, Guy feels there are only two option in life. Either be skeptical or be gullible. Either all right or all wrong. There is no middle way for these ignorant, close-minded skeptics. Don Juan advocated 'believing without believing'. That is the right way to live. Fluidly believing things at face value while all the time instantly ready to not believe if truth proves your belief defective.
Like the Jehovah's Witnesses or the Mormons, it doesn't matter what evidence to the contrary I, or anyone else, may present. Staunch, blind, narrow-minded, ignorant, cynical skeptics are much more similar to the blind religious than they would ever want to admit. They have already made up their minds and nothing, but death, will change their minds!
It is because of too many people like this that the human race is not fit to survive. There are too many blind gullible people and too many blind skeptics. Properly balanced people are much too rare in this deranged modern society. I have shared something incredible here and I might as well have shared it with pigs for all the good it will do you Castaneda skeptics:
EMAIL TO A FRIEND
JUXTAPOSITION:
The Kindle makes it EASY to juxtapose different philosophical beliefs. It holds your place as you switch from book to book and when you come back to the first book you continue right from the point you left off. This is turning my studies into an adventure as I like to play a game in which I turn on the Kindle and try to guess what book I am reading just by reading a few pages of text. The name of the book is not at the top or bottom of the screen so this is proving to be a fun game for me!
Yes there are limitations with the Kindle. It's best for reading a book from beginning to end in sequence. Zapping a book open to any page is just not a happening thing with the Kindle. So far not a single book I have ordered has page numbers as you read, but you can create book-markers wherever you like, and everything is in black and white. However, in spite of its limitations the Kindle is the coolest reading device I have ever used! I like enlarging the type so that I can read in bed without needing glasses. It's so friggin cool and giving television such a run for its money I just have to send you one. It is, without a doubt, the most fun educational tool I have EVER purchased!
Love it, love it, love it!!!!
So, here is a basic summary of my new conclusions:
Castaneda's don Juan was a shaman of a lineage who learned lessons directly from the universe through nature. Lessons about living the most effectively efficient life possible through impeccable thoughts, words, actions and reactions to the world they were perceiving. Castaneda came from the UCLA world who, at the time, didn't have a clue just how wrong their dead, 'clock-like' view of the universe actually was. I believe Castaneda was torn apart between the opposing paradigm views of reality. I'll do my best to quickly sum it up as I now understand it:
What don Juan called "The Tonal" is everything WE THINK we know about reality. What don Juan called "The Nagual" are the mysterious aspects of infinity all around us that cannot be perceived with the five-senses. The nagual can be alluded to, but cannot be talked about. The only way to even come close to understanding it is to experience it directly through states of inner-silence. So, I believe that the "tonal" is like the tip of the iceberg of what is actually going on around us. It is the aspect of 'the nagual' that we can hang a label on. Science has created their Newtonian physics theories on the blind acceptance that the 'tonal' is all there is to reality and it is nonsense to believe that humans have anything more than five-senses. This defective view of reality has led to treating the Earth as though it is some dead thing and it doesn't matter how we abuse the Earth because it's just a dead, clocklike thing.
((( A DEADLY INCORRECT PREMISE AND LIVING MOTHER NATURE IS PISSED!!! )))
Getting to the point: Reality changes depending upon how you choose to view the world. I believe each and every one of us assembles a world that is unique. The person who Intends a world filled with ever unfolding possibilities for health, strength, happiness and overflowing prosperity is assembling a completely different world from the person who Intends a world where his best days are behind him and there is nothing worthwhile left to discover in life. These two people may think they are in the same world, but they are in two completely different worlds; even if they live next door to each other!
So, I suggest you make your choice to assemble a world of limitless possibilities. A world were there is always some exciting new thing awaiting you around every corner. A world where any and all misfortunes are turned around and transformed into incredible successes!
Your body is your temple and your mind is the treasure room of your temple
I'm certain Castaneda's don Juan would agree with me in that true success in life is only for those who are determined to consistently treat themselves and the world around them with tremendously grateful respect.
Take care!
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PART 7
There are really no more points for me to make about this matter. Jeremy will stay gone until I give up trying to get him to respond. That's his idea of 'courage'. When the truth is not to your liking disappear and stay gone or don't bother to read what I write and just say I am crazy. That's the ****'s idea of wisdom. Don't tell me they have no computers in Greece, Tracker, because I don't believe it!
So, I've gotten my 'rocks' off and I KNOW that there is no way you can logically convince a dog not to lick his butt. You Castaneda skeptics will continue on in the same old rut that will eventually become your unwitting graves. Nothing I can write will convince you of anything other than what you currently believe. I can write till the world ends and you will remain stuck in your respective mud. So, is there any point in my continuing to raise the same points over and over and over with no response from the coward Jeremy Donovan TBD? Spineless intellectual coward that he is!
No, the coward will not come out of hiding. In his hole he will stay until I am gone. Hmmmmmmmm. Maybe it will be fun to keep him in his coward hole. Or I may choose to just post in the forum you can find in the About Me section of my YUKU profile. Decisions, decisions. Well, all the best posts I create here are shared there. Just in case you're not interested.
BTW: Borders books is going out of business thanks to electronic reading devices like the amazon.com Kindle. I looked through the window and I could see a whole shelf filled with 'How To Go Out Of Business For Dummies' books selling at 70% off. Wonder why no one's buying them? 90% off is the way to go if they want to be successful at selling them, right dummies?
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INTRODUCTION:
After 'seeing' what Cleargreen has become I am reminded of don Genaro's apprentice Pablito's evaluation of "the little sisters" apprentices of don Juan. He didn't think of them as gorgeous babes or women any sane man would be glad to marry. He called them..."mannish freaks".
It pains me to 'see' this video. I couldn't even watch it through till the end
I can hardly believe that I once was in love with Nyei Murez. She has become a...mannish freak teaching a bunch of women who are also 'mannish freaks'. No titted women who look like men with men who look like no-titted women.
In one of the YouTube comments a person said:
"Is this the Heaven's Gate aerobics workout?"
That is so painfully funny, but it does indeed apply.
If you don't know about the Heaven's Gate UFO cult of people who committed ritual suicide go look it up.
I am developing an aerobics martial arts workout inspired by the Zumba aerobics workout. The Tensegrity instructors should consider calling what they do:
Dork Zumba (the Pee Wee Herman way to fitness)
I used to envision one day helping them, but I now feel it is hopeless. I can't help them and I have to be content being able to help myself
Believe it or not, I'm turning into a bodybuilding, martial arts Tarzan-like superman of the forest while they are turning into. Well, see for yourselves. If you are able to 'see' you will most certainly 'see' that you should NEVER want to become warriors like these. There is only one way to truly evaluate this overly serious, humorless situation and that is to 'see' them directly. No wonder Castaneda was determined to make certain Cleargreen would never become a religion.
I believe Carlos Castaneda dreaded the thought of an erected statue of him somewhere...covered with bird sh*t. He KNEW that if ANYONE erected a statue of him ANYWHERE IN THE, OUTSIDE WITH THE ELEMENTS, WORLD Intent would demand it be covered with pounds and pounds of bird sh*t.
Here's an interesting thing: Since I first watched parts of the video my evaluation of the Cleargreen situation has suddenly changed. Although they are a bunch of wimpy mannish freaks they no longer seem as hopeless to me as they used to. What they need is some powerful bodybuilding, martial arts leadership. I'd much rather volunteer myself for human sacrifice first and this is NO JOKE!
I use some similar movements, but covered with muscles, I look super-cool when doing them not 'dorky'. If you are going to do such movements I say make them multi-purpose. Make them martial arts movements with the Intent to be able to protect yourself from a world of crazy idiots whose personal folly is now more out of control than ever before. Study into Bruce Lee and you will see that, very similar to Fred Astaire, head movement was kept to a minimum in such movements. Novices always seem to be dorking their heads around while doing martial arts movement like these Tensegrity practitioners.
AND GET SOME MUSCLE MASS ON YOU AND SOME SUN, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!
These people look like they sleep in coffins all day every day. I love Sol Invictus and do my best to use the sun's power to my advantage, in moderation. These Cleargreen people obviously hate the sunlight and live like Twilight vampires who are nowhere near as 'cool'. I've never seen those Twilight movies, but the commercials look...well...yuk.
And Cleargreen ladies, if it is your intention to never be sexually attractive ever again in life I'd have to say that you're doing a fantastic job! And who the hell needs laughter, right? Serious all the time is the way to go, right? (blecch)
I'm suddenly remembering don Juan, Genaro and don Vicente being described as thin, wirey and unsuspectedly strong. I sure would not suspect much strength from these guys and the women look like they are from the wimp lesbians for don Juan organization.
Yes, I'd much rather have my still beating heart cut out and offered to the god whatshisface than become the leader of 'mannish freak' dork "warriors" like these wimps. Note the last movement in this video. I call it the 'Scraping off the Dream Sh*t from Your Shoes', movement:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lauKs7tbtV8
Now, this is really friggin weird. It's a CGI movie of a purported interview with Carlos Castaneda after he died:
http://www.youtube.com/wa...n0l4&feature=related
It seems like some sort of joke, but when you continually pause it to read what Carlos Castaneda has to say, as a human projection from beyond the 3rd attention, it rings distressingly true to me. He is the slave of the inorganic beings who are determined to have a continual energetic food source. I believe the reason the Cleargreen people seem so drained of energy is that they are being continually drained by the inorganic beings reaching through Cleargreen into this world. I believe Cleargreen has become a link to the world of the inorganics and are being used to funnel energy into their world; the world of the inorganic beings.
Then again...everything in this post may very well be incorrect.
The main difference between myself and the Castaneda skeptics of this forum is that I am more than willing to openly admit when proven wrong about ANYTHING I may currently believe. The Castaneda skeptics, like Guy and Jeremy Donovan, will NEVER openly admit if they feel they may have been incorrect on any view they have held.
Fact of the matter is that I have NEVER been inspired by the character of Carlos Castaneda in his books. Although he was indeed great at asking the crucial questions of don Juan that I would have wanted to ask. He seemed to be able to intuit exactly what I wanted to ask of don Juan before I could even think it. I, like supposedly many others, felt I would have made a better apprentice. Glad I was never given the opportunity!!!!!
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PART 1
MY GOOD OL' PAL GUY GARDNER WROTE:
"Tom, are you allowing this lunatic to post here again? Is it because he claims to be sorry for "the way I used to be" and promises that it'll be different this time? And is it because you're fool enough to believe him?
Do you need to persist some more in your folly of letting him post here? Seven years of his ranting here wasn't enough for you? Do you want some more of it?"
-- Guy Gardner
MY RESPONSE:
Am I a "lunatic" compared to you, Guy? Really?? Oh things are different this time around alright. No more beautiful pictures, for one thing. Censored curse words for another. That's very different indeed and you know it! Plus it is obvious that I am now STRONGER than ever before while you create wimpy little comeback posts without addressing any of the issues I have raised. Is it courage that causes you to ignore the truth, Guy? It's COURAGE, that inspires you to create such a response, right Guy?
Like the Jehovah's Witnesses who are dead blind certain there is no other life in the universe because the Bible doesn't say there is, Guy here is convinced I am crazy and doesn't care about ANY EVIDENCE to the contrary of his belief. Fact of the matter is Guy Gardner WANTS me to be crazy and he thinks just by saying I am will make it so.
From my studies, Einstein WANTED the quantum physicists of his day to be crazy. He WANTED them to be totally bonkers nuts in the discoveries they were making. However, Einstein could not pull it off no matter how hard he tried and Einstein (in his wisdom?) wasted precious years of his life trying to prove the discoveries of quantum physicists to be incorrect. It makes one wonder just how wise Einstein was to waste that much of his life fighting against quantum reality. It is fair to say that in most photos of Einstein he appears to be a physical wreck That's what happens when you persistently fight against reality.
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PART 2
Fact of the matter is there is NOTHING CRAZY about what I shared here. However, there is indeed COWARDICE to refuse to address this and blindly call me crazy. How about you show you have some courage and address this, Guy:
Okay, let's try this from a different angle:
Let's say that ALL of Castaneda's books were complete works of fiction just as the works of Mark Twain were. So, let's put them side-by-side. Did Mark Twain create a character who was wiser than don Juan?
NO, HE DIDN'T!
Did Mark Twain create a character who's tremendous wisdom about the true nature of the Universe helped to jumpstart an entire spiritual movement?
NO, HE DIDN'T!!
Did even Shakespeare create a character who was so wise that he helped to jumpstart an entire spiritual movement?
NO, HE DIDN'T!!!
Are you closed-minded people here more qualified than the anthropology experts at UCLA to determine whether or not Castaneda deserved a Ph. D for his book Journey To Ixtlan?
NO, YOU ARE NOT!!!!
Has ANY modern, fully qualified anthropologist found or created a character who is wiser and more interesting than Castaneda's don Juan?
NONE THAT I HAVE SEEN!!!!
If Castaneda was not brutally honest in portraying himself as a bumbling insensitive person who could NEVER create the don Juan philosophy on his own would people who knew him at the time have been screaming (((FRAUD))) from the publishing of his first book?
((( MOST DEFINITELY!!!! )))
Carlos Castaneda Before don Juan:
http://wanderling.tripod.com/castaneda_donjuan.html
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PART 3
Dear Coco,
Any supposed God who demands of His Creation to love Him or else suffer eternal torturous torment is indeed insane! Sorry, but love does not work that way no matter what any book may say.
I say that the Spirit of Nature is the Holy Spirit of God and my Love for Nature is the single most important thing motivating my life. My overall borderline obsession is to 'siphon' the healing energy of the Universe through my being and into Mother Earth in order to do my best to heal Her and cheer Her up. That's the core of what I live for. If that makes me worthy of eternal hell then all I can say is: I forgive you, God!
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PART 4
"Castaneda is judged harshly by failures because these failures created an image of how Castaneda should be, it is the same image that they try to hold themselves too and fail...but it is much easier, and safer, to point at Castaneda like school children and tear him down than realize that they are looking in their own mirror. Just remember, people reap what they sow."
-- Barefoot in the Sand
MY RESPONSE:
I do appreciate intelligent commentary as I am ALWAYS looking to improve upon what I currently believe. However, let me begin by saying that YOUR avatar photo is the scariest avatar photo of ANYONE who I have seen currently post in the SR forum. If I were to use such an avatar photo it would be the equivalent of saying to the Universe that I want to be a homeless bum. That's what your photo makes you appear to be: a homeless bum. I suggest you see yourself in a better light. There is NOTHING funny about your avatar photo. You want change and you want someone else to do all the work. Not going to happen, dude. Except "change" for the worse.
Keeping this in mind I was quite surprised to read the intelligence and wisdom in your post. Failures and losers always want to blame others for their bad decisions and actions. The loser does not want to take responsibility for his or her life. They were made miserable and it was all Castaneda's fault. Or, they are miserable and it's all James Arthur Ray's fault. Or blame it on Obama. Of blame it on anyone! The **** losers always want a scapegoat. They refuse to take responsibility for the lives they themselves have created and manifested by the way they live their lives. That's just the way it is. Oh well... Thank the entire Universe as a whole that their misery is THEIRS and not mine. Yes, that is indeed a lot to be thankful for.
Amen!
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PART 5
Please also address this that I wrote:
The core of the people who post here are certain Castaneda was a fraud and made don Juan up. Really now! So, Castaneda was able to trick the EXPERTS in the UCLA anthropology department into giving him a Ph. D, with his third book: Journey To Ixtlan? Really now! YOU know better than the anthropology experts at UCLA about such things? What are your credentials? Are you even officially qualified enough to officially judge how many legs there are on a cockroach? I doubt it. Two bestselling books were published before Castaneda's third book Journey To Ixtlan. There was plenty of time for detractors to say that Castaneda was telling don Juan philosophy before he purportedly met the shaman. Plenty of time indeed! I've read someone here sharing some hearsay about Castaneda making up some sort of Tonto character in order to try and pick up chicks. Why should anyone believe this story to be true? Convincing YOU hack wannabe anthropologists is one thing. Successfully convincing the anthropology experts at UCLA is something else entirely. I would imagine we should have no argument about this fact. Am I correct? I mean, compared to the anthropology department experts of UCLA you people don't know sh*t about anthropology and should not consider yourselves to be greater experts in such matters, right? RIGHT!
COMMENTARY:
It seems that the staunch, blind Castaneda skeptics are determined to ignore all truth that goes contrary to their beliefs and there is nothing I can do to make them address the truth. Oh well.... It's not my problem. If Guy wants to remain a miserable, narrow-minded person who always wants to put people down that is indeed his right and none or my business. If Barefoot in the Sand want to sport the avatar photo of a loser who wants change and doesn't want to do any work to make it happen that is his choice as well and none of my business.
It seems obvious to me that Jeremy Donovan TBD will remain in Greece until my return has blown over and he also will only comment by saying that I am crazy. That is how he essentially commented to me in his only PM response to me before he blocked my ability to send him PMs. I don't foresee it will be any different when he returns. Like Guy Gardner, the best I can expect from him is to not read my posts and say I am crazy.
Don Juan was right in that you cannot successfully make bones for a jellyfish. Or a spine for intellectually spineless cowards
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PART 6
Jeremy is convinced that "they can't all be right, but they can all be wrong". That's what he "always says" and I have little doubt that he will ALWAYS say that til the day he dies. Guy Gardner has a similar saying, "Many more people have been hurt being gullible than being skeptical." Like Jeremy, Guy feels there are only two option in life. Either be skeptical or be gullible. Either all right or all wrong. There is no middle way for these ignorant, close-minded skeptics. Don Juan advocated 'believing without believing'. That is the right way to live. Fluidly believing things at face value while all the time instantly ready to not believe if truth proves your belief defective.
Like the Jehovah's Witnesses or the Mormons, it doesn't matter what evidence to the contrary I, or anyone else, may present. Staunch, blind, narrow-minded, ignorant, cynical skeptics are much more similar to the blind religious than they would ever want to admit. They have already made up their minds and nothing, but death, will change their minds!
It is because of too many people like this that the human race is not fit to survive. There are too many blind gullible people and too many blind skeptics. Properly balanced people are much too rare in this deranged modern society. I have shared something incredible here and I might as well have shared it with pigs for all the good it will do you Castaneda skeptics:
EMAIL TO A FRIEND
JUXTAPOSITION:
The Kindle makes it EASY to juxtapose different philosophical beliefs. It holds your place as you switch from book to book and when you come back to the first book you continue right from the point you left off. This is turning my studies into an adventure as I like to play a game in which I turn on the Kindle and try to guess what book I am reading just by reading a few pages of text. The name of the book is not at the top or bottom of the screen so this is proving to be a fun game for me!
Yes there are limitations with the Kindle. It's best for reading a book from beginning to end in sequence. Zapping a book open to any page is just not a happening thing with the Kindle. So far not a single book I have ordered has page numbers as you read, but you can create book-markers wherever you like, and everything is in black and white. However, in spite of its limitations the Kindle is the coolest reading device I have ever used! I like enlarging the type so that I can read in bed without needing glasses. It's so friggin cool and giving television such a run for its money I just have to send you one. It is, without a doubt, the most fun educational tool I have EVER purchased!
Love it, love it, love it!!!!
So, here is a basic summary of my new conclusions:
Castaneda's don Juan was a shaman of a lineage who learned lessons directly from the universe through nature. Lessons about living the most effectively efficient life possible through impeccable thoughts, words, actions and reactions to the world they were perceiving. Castaneda came from the UCLA world who, at the time, didn't have a clue just how wrong their dead, 'clock-like' view of the universe actually was. I believe Castaneda was torn apart between the opposing paradigm views of reality. I'll do my best to quickly sum it up as I now understand it:
What don Juan called "The Tonal" is everything WE THINK we know about reality. What don Juan called "The Nagual" are the mysterious aspects of infinity all around us that cannot be perceived with the five-senses. The nagual can be alluded to, but cannot be talked about. The only way to even come close to understanding it is to experience it directly through states of inner-silence. So, I believe that the "tonal" is like the tip of the iceberg of what is actually going on around us. It is the aspect of 'the nagual' that we can hang a label on. Science has created their Newtonian physics theories on the blind acceptance that the 'tonal' is all there is to reality and it is nonsense to believe that humans have anything more than five-senses. This defective view of reality has led to treating the Earth as though it is some dead thing and it doesn't matter how we abuse the Earth because it's just a dead, clocklike thing.
((( A DEADLY INCORRECT PREMISE AND LIVING MOTHER NATURE IS PISSED!!! )))
Getting to the point: Reality changes depending upon how you choose to view the world. I believe each and every one of us assembles a world that is unique. The person who Intends a world filled with ever unfolding possibilities for health, strength, happiness and overflowing prosperity is assembling a completely different world from the person who Intends a world where his best days are behind him and there is nothing worthwhile left to discover in life. These two people may think they are in the same world, but they are in two completely different worlds; even if they live next door to each other!
So, I suggest you make your choice to assemble a world of limitless possibilities. A world were there is always some exciting new thing awaiting you around every corner. A world where any and all misfortunes are turned around and transformed into incredible successes!
Your body is your temple and your mind is the treasure room of your temple
I'm certain Castaneda's don Juan would agree with me in that true success in life is only for those who are determined to consistently treat themselves and the world around them with tremendously grateful respect.
Take care!
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PART 7
There are really no more points for me to make about this matter. Jeremy will stay gone until I give up trying to get him to respond. That's his idea of 'courage'. When the truth is not to your liking disappear and stay gone or don't bother to read what I write and just say I am crazy. That's the ****'s idea of wisdom. Don't tell me they have no computers in Greece, Tracker, because I don't believe it!
So, I've gotten my 'rocks' off and I KNOW that there is no way you can logically convince a dog not to lick his butt. You Castaneda skeptics will continue on in the same old rut that will eventually become your unwitting graves. Nothing I can write will convince you of anything other than what you currently believe. I can write till the world ends and you will remain stuck in your respective mud. So, is there any point in my continuing to raise the same points over and over and over with no response from the coward Jeremy Donovan TBD? Spineless intellectual coward that he is!
No, the coward will not come out of hiding. In his hole he will stay until I am gone. Hmmmmmmmm. Maybe it will be fun to keep him in his coward hole. Or I may choose to just post in the forum you can find in the About Me section of my YUKU profile. Decisions, decisions. Well, all the best posts I create here are shared there. Just in case you're not interested.
BTW: Borders books is going out of business thanks to electronic reading devices like the amazon.com Kindle. I looked through the window and I could see a whole shelf filled with 'How To Go Out Of Business For Dummies' books selling at 70% off. Wonder why no one's buying them? 90% off is the way to go if they want to be successful at selling them, right dummies?
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