12-11-2011, 12:02 AM
In my quest to understand why all the need for details and controversy over Castaneda.
Lately I have been considering in greater depth the character TBD who (for reasons I dont quite understand) first believed Castaneda's fantastical stories as writing the complete and utter truth and then was deeply hurt when he realized that the stories were made up. Also (for reasons I dont quite understand), he is stuck in his upset today as if it were twenty years ago...it strikes me as strange. The last part of his character (personal story he is acting out) is the way in he blames Castaneda for his own choice not to go be with his uncle. Castaneda didnt tell him...he just simply wanted to be around Castaneda during that time. Only later after many years did he then regret that and rather than be sorry he projects that to Castaneda. Ok, I get that he is upset...however, I think that what is at play behind that is narcasim as in NPD which I stated on the SR with quotes.
A person with NPD does tend to put people they esteem on a pedastool and when they fall from that grace it is like it happened yesterday. People with NPD also cannot see themselves as wrong and so it is logical to them that it was Castanedas fault TBD esteemed him and wanted to be with him rather than with his family.
So what do I think is behind the controversy? Nut bags. I think nut bags are behind the controversy. I think anyone who has a personality disorder that goes to any of these things or reads these books is libal to wind up crying cult. Because these things are not meant for nut bags who cant separate hyperbole and fantasy from reality.
Also people with NPD are incapable of considering other peoples experiences which is why it is missing in the cult buster sites...there is no room for other people having an ok time. Just as there was no room in the new SR for my feeling that the book was just a book and the man just a man.
People with NPD also want to be special...cult buster sites are a means and a way for them to imagine that they are special performing some service in the world.
Who cares about what color pants Castaneda wore or how old he was? It just doesnt matter. He was able to deliver some gems of knowledge amid all the wild fantastical stories he told.
Lately I have been considering in greater depth the character TBD who (for reasons I dont quite understand) first believed Castaneda's fantastical stories as writing the complete and utter truth and then was deeply hurt when he realized that the stories were made up. Also (for reasons I dont quite understand), he is stuck in his upset today as if it were twenty years ago...it strikes me as strange. The last part of his character (personal story he is acting out) is the way in he blames Castaneda for his own choice not to go be with his uncle. Castaneda didnt tell him...he just simply wanted to be around Castaneda during that time. Only later after many years did he then regret that and rather than be sorry he projects that to Castaneda. Ok, I get that he is upset...however, I think that what is at play behind that is narcasim as in NPD which I stated on the SR with quotes.
A person with NPD does tend to put people they esteem on a pedastool and when they fall from that grace it is like it happened yesterday. People with NPD also cannot see themselves as wrong and so it is logical to them that it was Castanedas fault TBD esteemed him and wanted to be with him rather than with his family.
So what do I think is behind the controversy? Nut bags. I think nut bags are behind the controversy. I think anyone who has a personality disorder that goes to any of these things or reads these books is libal to wind up crying cult. Because these things are not meant for nut bags who cant separate hyperbole and fantasy from reality.
Also people with NPD are incapable of considering other peoples experiences which is why it is missing in the cult buster sites...there is no room for other people having an ok time. Just as there was no room in the new SR for my feeling that the book was just a book and the man just a man.
People with NPD also want to be special...cult buster sites are a means and a way for them to imagine that they are special performing some service in the world.
Who cares about what color pants Castaneda wore or how old he was? It just doesnt matter. He was able to deliver some gems of knowledge amid all the wild fantastical stories he told.