09-21-2011, 12:03 AM
The Teachings of don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge - 1968 by Carlos Castaneda Intro
Acknowledgements
"I wish to express profound gratitude to Professor Clement Meighan, who started and set the course of my anthropological fieldwork; to Professor Harold Garfinkel, who gave me the model and the spirit of exhaustive inquiry; to Professor Robert Edgerton, who criticized my work from its beginning; to Professors William Bright and Pedro Carrasco for their criticisms and encouragement; and to Professor Lawrence Watson for his invaluable help in the clarification of my analysis. Finally, I am grateful to Mrs Grace Stimson and Mr F. A. Guilford for their assistance in preparing the manuscript."
- Carlos Castaneda
MY COMMENT:
So Jeremy. All these other people must have been in on the scam as well right, O Great One? Thou knowest all!
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Para mi solo recorrer
los caminos que tienen corazon,
cualquier camino que tenga corazon.
Por ahi yo recorro,
y la unica prueba que vale es
atravesar todo su largo.
Y por ahi yo recorro mirando,
mirando, sin aliento.
* * *
(For me there is only the travelling
on paths that have heart,
on any path that may have heart.
There I travel,
and the only worth-while challenge is
to traverse its full length.
And there I travel looking,
looking, breathlessly.)
- Don Juan Matus
MY COMMENT:
If Carlos Castaneda made just THIS up, on his own, he was quite the literary master, don't you all agree? I mean it's quite beautiful, right?
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AMAZON.COM REVIEWS:
http://www.amazon.com/Teachings-Don-Jua ... ewpoints=1
MY COMMENT:
The book got more fantastic reviews than lame ones. I studied into the lame reviews and, from what I read, most of them give the book a bad review because they feel it is a hoax and a con job. I can't help but wonder if they feel the teachings of Jesus or Krishna or the Buddha are hoaxes and con jobs as well.
Personally, if I find something useful then whatever philosophy proves itself useful to me in my life is true enough and I will adopt it whether it is encased in a fictional story or not. The good and wonderful teachings of ANYONE are still good and wonderful even if the story encasing the wise sayings is eventually proven to be fiction.
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THE WAYS OF WINNERS AND LOSERS
Those who care nothing about bettering their lives always seem to be chiefly concerned with whether or not don Juan actually existed. Winners adopt the best they can find to better their lives. Losers always look for the perceived bad to criticize so that they can have a cheap excuse for not bettering their lives. Such are the general ways of winners and losers.
Winners are always reaching for the most wonderful in life
Losers are always negatively criticizing and using this as an excuse for being failures. "It's all his, hers or THEIR fault" This is the age old rallying cry of the losers.
'I've been hurt and it's all Castaneda's fault'. Such is the cry of the suckers who took Carlos Castaneda as their guru
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JUXTAPOSING VIEWPOINTS
MY VIEW:
If Carlos Castaneda created don Juan, created a string of New York Times bestseller books, made the cover of Time Magazine and tricked the anthropology experts at UCLA into giving him a Ph. D that is amazing! It is the work of a super-genius!! If don Juan actually existed that's nice, but nowhere near as amazing as if Castaneda made the whole thing up, period. I say all who are wise will agree with me. That is my view.
JEREMY DONOVAN TBD's VIEW:
Is that there is nothing amazing about the situation whatsoever. Anyone could have made don Juan up and accomplished the same things Castaneda did. He was a fraud and Jeremy KNOWS who deserves a Ph. D in anthropology and who does not and JEREMY KNOWS Castaneda did not deserve a Ph. D even though Jeremy has NO QUALIFICATIONS WHATSOEVER to make such an assessment.
*I'll leave it for you to decided who's view is the narcissistic-ally saner one
Acknowledgements
"I wish to express profound gratitude to Professor Clement Meighan, who started and set the course of my anthropological fieldwork; to Professor Harold Garfinkel, who gave me the model and the spirit of exhaustive inquiry; to Professor Robert Edgerton, who criticized my work from its beginning; to Professors William Bright and Pedro Carrasco for their criticisms and encouragement; and to Professor Lawrence Watson for his invaluable help in the clarification of my analysis. Finally, I am grateful to Mrs Grace Stimson and Mr F. A. Guilford for their assistance in preparing the manuscript."
- Carlos Castaneda
MY COMMENT:
So Jeremy. All these other people must have been in on the scam as well right, O Great One? Thou knowest all!
___________________________________
Para mi solo recorrer
los caminos que tienen corazon,
cualquier camino que tenga corazon.
Por ahi yo recorro,
y la unica prueba que vale es
atravesar todo su largo.
Y por ahi yo recorro mirando,
mirando, sin aliento.
* * *
(For me there is only the travelling
on paths that have heart,
on any path that may have heart.
There I travel,
and the only worth-while challenge is
to traverse its full length.
And there I travel looking,
looking, breathlessly.)
- Don Juan Matus
MY COMMENT:
If Carlos Castaneda made just THIS up, on his own, he was quite the literary master, don't you all agree? I mean it's quite beautiful, right?
___________________________________
AMAZON.COM REVIEWS:
http://www.amazon.com/Teachings-Don-Jua ... ewpoints=1
MY COMMENT:
The book got more fantastic reviews than lame ones. I studied into the lame reviews and, from what I read, most of them give the book a bad review because they feel it is a hoax and a con job. I can't help but wonder if they feel the teachings of Jesus or Krishna or the Buddha are hoaxes and con jobs as well.
Personally, if I find something useful then whatever philosophy proves itself useful to me in my life is true enough and I will adopt it whether it is encased in a fictional story or not. The good and wonderful teachings of ANYONE are still good and wonderful even if the story encasing the wise sayings is eventually proven to be fiction.
___________________________________
THE WAYS OF WINNERS AND LOSERS
Those who care nothing about bettering their lives always seem to be chiefly concerned with whether or not don Juan actually existed. Winners adopt the best they can find to better their lives. Losers always look for the perceived bad to criticize so that they can have a cheap excuse for not bettering their lives. Such are the general ways of winners and losers.
Winners are always reaching for the most wonderful in life
Losers are always negatively criticizing and using this as an excuse for being failures. "It's all his, hers or THEIR fault" This is the age old rallying cry of the losers.
'I've been hurt and it's all Castaneda's fault'. Such is the cry of the suckers who took Carlos Castaneda as their guru
__________________________________
JUXTAPOSING VIEWPOINTS
MY VIEW:
If Carlos Castaneda created don Juan, created a string of New York Times bestseller books, made the cover of Time Magazine and tricked the anthropology experts at UCLA into giving him a Ph. D that is amazing! It is the work of a super-genius!! If don Juan actually existed that's nice, but nowhere near as amazing as if Castaneda made the whole thing up, period. I say all who are wise will agree with me. That is my view.
JEREMY DONOVAN TBD's VIEW:
Is that there is nothing amazing about the situation whatsoever. Anyone could have made don Juan up and accomplished the same things Castaneda did. He was a fraud and Jeremy KNOWS who deserves a Ph. D in anthropology and who does not and JEREMY KNOWS Castaneda did not deserve a Ph. D even though Jeremy has NO QUALIFICATIONS WHATSOEVER to make such an assessment.
*I'll leave it for you to decided who's view is the narcissistic-ally saner one