12-10-2008, 12:00 AM
Your question is quite appropiate Doc, so I'll put some effort in the answer:
For starters it never was a secret that Carlos was very indulgent in nature. Don Juan actually disliked him but in spite of that he trained him with all his
heart.
While he was under the direct influence of Don Juan Carlos was a fair apprentice. When Don Juan left him to work on his own Carlitos did as much as he could
but, in the end, like many others of that particular party of naguals, fell in indulgences and egotism.
But unlike the others of the "Brady Bunch" he was the apointed "nagual heir". This virtual crown made him much more self-important in his
own eyes and made him growingly deluded. To make things worst Don Juan stated that Carlos was the inheritor and all the others had to follow his lead.
As time went by and the party grew bored (this is my personal theory) they decided to disregard the long-standing rule of nagual apprenticeship: NO VOLUNTEERS
This was done in order to "end the line with style" and "help to bring about a general shift of the AP" but the truth of the matter is that
this single decision was the cause of the prophesied end.
The indulgences of Carlos grew with his following and finally gave him a premature death. He hurt his unprepared volunteers-disciples, destroyed himself and
ended HIS line of nagual seers. Aside of his books, Castaneda's legacy are a couple of institutions that teach magical passes, recapitulation and dreaming
to anyone.
For those who don't remember Don Juan once said in rather a violent manner to Carlos that DREAMING WAS NOT A GAME!
Not only it's not a game but a extremely dangerous thing to do if you are not sober about it.
For what is worth far better people fell in similar attitudes. Recently a greatly deluded Siddha Yogi that called himself Adi Da died. He was far more powerful
and evolved than Castaneda... and far more deluded. His first writings were regarded as great treaties of spirituality.
They can't handle their tonal... they don't bother to clean it up... and the so-called protector of the nagual ends up destroying them.
Wanna know something funny? Castaneda, at some point, thought to be a Death Defier. Funny as hell... with that degree of indulgence, how could he ever pull
that off?
No biggie... we can all try again in our next life.
For starters it never was a secret that Carlos was very indulgent in nature. Don Juan actually disliked him but in spite of that he trained him with all his
heart.
While he was under the direct influence of Don Juan Carlos was a fair apprentice. When Don Juan left him to work on his own Carlitos did as much as he could
but, in the end, like many others of that particular party of naguals, fell in indulgences and egotism.
But unlike the others of the "Brady Bunch" he was the apointed "nagual heir". This virtual crown made him much more self-important in his
own eyes and made him growingly deluded. To make things worst Don Juan stated that Carlos was the inheritor and all the others had to follow his lead.
As time went by and the party grew bored (this is my personal theory) they decided to disregard the long-standing rule of nagual apprenticeship: NO VOLUNTEERS
This was done in order to "end the line with style" and "help to bring about a general shift of the AP" but the truth of the matter is that
this single decision was the cause of the prophesied end.
The indulgences of Carlos grew with his following and finally gave him a premature death. He hurt his unprepared volunteers-disciples, destroyed himself and
ended HIS line of nagual seers. Aside of his books, Castaneda's legacy are a couple of institutions that teach magical passes, recapitulation and dreaming
to anyone.
For those who don't remember Don Juan once said in rather a violent manner to Carlos that DREAMING WAS NOT A GAME!
Not only it's not a game but a extremely dangerous thing to do if you are not sober about it.
For what is worth far better people fell in similar attitudes. Recently a greatly deluded Siddha Yogi that called himself Adi Da died. He was far more powerful
and evolved than Castaneda... and far more deluded. His first writings were regarded as great treaties of spirituality.
They can't handle their tonal... they don't bother to clean it up... and the so-called protector of the nagual ends up destroying them.
Wanna know something funny? Castaneda, at some point, thought to be a Death Defier. Funny as hell... with that degree of indulgence, how could he ever pull
that off?
No biggie... we can all try again in our next life.