11-25-2011, 12:00 AM
quantumshaman wrote:
I had already experienced many of the things described in Castaneda's works LONG BEFORE I ever read anything he wrote. So his books were primarily validation for me, and not something I set out to try to recreate. For those who have tried to recreate CC's experience, I imagine it will almost always end in failure, disappointment, and bitterness. Burying oneself in the earth will not make one an enlightened Nagual anymore than nailing oneself to a cross will make one Jesus.
Truth is in your own experience, not in someone else's words.
Each and every human is on their own.
Della,
Same here and agreed and agreed again.
Also "Enough to know who I-Am without Castaneda or anyone else to tell me" Good one.
I had already experienced many of the things described in Castaneda's works LONG BEFORE I ever read anything he wrote. So his books were primarily validation for me, and not something I set out to try to recreate. For those who have tried to recreate CC's experience, I imagine it will almost always end in failure, disappointment, and bitterness. Burying oneself in the earth will not make one an enlightened Nagual anymore than nailing oneself to a cross will make one Jesus.
Truth is in your own experience, not in someone else's words.
Each and every human is on their own.
Della,
Same here and agreed and agreed again.
Also "Enough to know who I-Am without Castaneda or anyone else to tell me" Good one.