03-09-2012, 12:07 AM
“But why would I want to enter into those worlds?” I asked don Juan on one occasion.
“Because you are a traveler, like the rest of us human beings,” he said, somewhat annoyed by my question. “Human beings are on a journey of awareness, which has been momentarily interrupted by strenuous forces. Believe me, we are travelers. If we don’t have traveling, we have nothing.”
His answer didn’t satisfy me in the least. He further explained that human beings have decayed morally, physically and intellectually since the moment they ceased to travel, and that they are caught in an eddy, so to speak, and are spinning around, having the impression of moving with the current, and yet remaining stationary.
It took me thirty years of hard discipline to come to a cognitive plateau in which don Juan’s statements were recognizable and their validity was established beyond the shadow of a doubt. Human beings are indeed travelers. If we don’t have that, we have nothing.
“Because you are a traveler, like the rest of us human beings,” he said, somewhat annoyed by my question. “Human beings are on a journey of awareness, which has been momentarily interrupted by strenuous forces. Believe me, we are travelers. If we don’t have traveling, we have nothing.”
His answer didn’t satisfy me in the least. He further explained that human beings have decayed morally, physically and intellectually since the moment they ceased to travel, and that they are caught in an eddy, so to speak, and are spinning around, having the impression of moving with the current, and yet remaining stationary.
It took me thirty years of hard discipline to come to a cognitive plateau in which don Juan’s statements were recognizable and their validity was established beyond the shadow of a doubt. Human beings are indeed travelers. If we don’t have that, we have nothing.