04-16-2011, 12:01 AM
Oh my. I do believe you've come close to hitting the nail on the head.
scout1 wrote:This is the effect of the glamor of kundalini; exaggerated ego and realization of self-importance. Hence the deep-seated pathology - "I was chosen for power"...
Even so, the character of don Juan as well as the other Nagual characters remain intriguing, perhaps akin in many ways to Chinese Zen masters...very similar attributes. All of those characters, imo, serve to provide examples of how one may achieve.
Discounting the "magic", there are still exercises don Juan describes that are of value, primarily recapitulation, something certainly not unique to "nagualism".
Pretty much caveat emptor, re Castaneda.
Thanks for the link. Anyone who quotes the superb first lines of the Dhammapada has his **** together, imo.
scout1 wrote:This is the effect of the glamor of kundalini; exaggerated ego and realization of self-importance. Hence the deep-seated pathology - "I was chosen for power"...
Even so, the character of don Juan as well as the other Nagual characters remain intriguing, perhaps akin in many ways to Chinese Zen masters...very similar attributes. All of those characters, imo, serve to provide examples of how one may achieve.
Discounting the "magic", there are still exercises don Juan describes that are of value, primarily recapitulation, something certainly not unique to "nagualism".
Pretty much caveat emptor, re Castaneda.
Thanks for the link. Anyone who quotes the superb first lines of the Dhammapada has his **** together, imo.