06-06-2010, 12:00 AM
"A petty tyrant is a tormentor," he replied. "Someone who either holds the
power of life and death over warriors, or simply annoys them to distraction."
Don Juan had a beaming smile as he spoke to me. He said that the new seers
developed their own classification of petty tyrants. Although the concept is one
of their most serious and important findings, the new seers had a sense of humor
about it. He assured me that there was a tinge of malicious humor in every one
of their classifications because humor was the only means of counteracting the
compulsion of human awareness to take inventories and to make cumbersome
classifications.
The new seers, in accordance with their practice, saw fit to head their
classification with the primal source of energy- the one and only ruler in the
universe- and they called it simply 'the tyrant'. The rest of the despots and
authoritarians were found to be, naturally, infinitely below the category of the
tyrant. Compared to the source of everything, the most fearsome and tyrannical
men are buffoons. Consequently, they were classified as petty tyrants, pinches
tiranos.
He said that there were two subclasses of minor petty tyrants. The first
subclass consisted of the petty tyrants who persecute and inflict misery but
without actually causing anybody's death. They were called little petty tyrants,
pinches tiranitos. The second consisted of the petty tyrants who are only
exasperating and bothersome to no end. They were called small-fry petty tyrants,
repinches tiranitos, or teensy-weensy petty tyrants, pinches tiranitos
chiquititos.
I thought his classifications were ludicrous. I was sure that he was
improvising the Spanish terms. I asked him if that was so.
"Not at all," he replied with an amused expression. "The new seers were great
ones for classifications. Genaro is doubtless one of the greatest. If you'd
observe him carefully, you'd realize exactly how the new seers feel about their
classifications."
He laughed uproariously at my confusion when I asked him if he was pulling my
leg.
"I wouldn't dream of doing that," he said, smiling. "Genaro may do that, but
not I, especially when I know how you feel about classifications. It's just that
the new seers were terribly irreverent."
He added that the little petty tyrants are further divided into four
categories: one that torments with brutality and violence, another that does it
by creating unbearable apprehension through deviousness, another which oppresses
with sadness, and the last which torments by making warriors rage.
"La Gorda is in a class of her own," he added. "She is an acting, small-fry
petty tyrant. She annoys you to pieces and makes you rage. She even slaps you.
With all that she is teaching you detachment."
"That's not possible!" I protested.
"You haven't yet put together all the ingredients of the new seers'
strategy," he said. "Once you do that, you'll know how efficient and clever is
the device of using a petty tyrant. I would certainly say that the strategy not
only gets rid of self-importance, it also prepares warriors for the final
realization that impeccability is the only thing that counts in the path of
knowledge."
My comment:
Since for most people seeking a Nagual is out of the question, simply because they can't handle a real teacher mind-fucking them endlessly (and they are probably unable to find a real Nagual anyway, let alone convince the chap to actually take them as students), I will suggest those supposedly serious people around here to seek out the most annoying individual they can find and spending some quality time with him/her.
No, people in the chat room doesn't count. It has to be an **** close to your vicinities. Or don't. Be yourself a petty tyrant or (God forbid!) a Petit Nagual. Show the way to other morons that are easily impressed with fancy words and deep reflections. It works. I've done it for years.
power of life and death over warriors, or simply annoys them to distraction."
Don Juan had a beaming smile as he spoke to me. He said that the new seers
developed their own classification of petty tyrants. Although the concept is one
of their most serious and important findings, the new seers had a sense of humor
about it. He assured me that there was a tinge of malicious humor in every one
of their classifications because humor was the only means of counteracting the
compulsion of human awareness to take inventories and to make cumbersome
classifications.
The new seers, in accordance with their practice, saw fit to head their
classification with the primal source of energy- the one and only ruler in the
universe- and they called it simply 'the tyrant'. The rest of the despots and
authoritarians were found to be, naturally, infinitely below the category of the
tyrant. Compared to the source of everything, the most fearsome and tyrannical
men are buffoons. Consequently, they were classified as petty tyrants, pinches
tiranos.
He said that there were two subclasses of minor petty tyrants. The first
subclass consisted of the petty tyrants who persecute and inflict misery but
without actually causing anybody's death. They were called little petty tyrants,
pinches tiranitos. The second consisted of the petty tyrants who are only
exasperating and bothersome to no end. They were called small-fry petty tyrants,
repinches tiranitos, or teensy-weensy petty tyrants, pinches tiranitos
chiquititos.
I thought his classifications were ludicrous. I was sure that he was
improvising the Spanish terms. I asked him if that was so.
"Not at all," he replied with an amused expression. "The new seers were great
ones for classifications. Genaro is doubtless one of the greatest. If you'd
observe him carefully, you'd realize exactly how the new seers feel about their
classifications."
He laughed uproariously at my confusion when I asked him if he was pulling my
leg.
"I wouldn't dream of doing that," he said, smiling. "Genaro may do that, but
not I, especially when I know how you feel about classifications. It's just that
the new seers were terribly irreverent."
He added that the little petty tyrants are further divided into four
categories: one that torments with brutality and violence, another that does it
by creating unbearable apprehension through deviousness, another which oppresses
with sadness, and the last which torments by making warriors rage.
"La Gorda is in a class of her own," he added. "She is an acting, small-fry
petty tyrant. She annoys you to pieces and makes you rage. She even slaps you.
With all that she is teaching you detachment."
"That's not possible!" I protested.
"You haven't yet put together all the ingredients of the new seers'
strategy," he said. "Once you do that, you'll know how efficient and clever is
the device of using a petty tyrant. I would certainly say that the strategy not
only gets rid of self-importance, it also prepares warriors for the final
realization that impeccability is the only thing that counts in the path of
knowledge."
My comment:
Since for most people seeking a Nagual is out of the question, simply because they can't handle a real teacher mind-fucking them endlessly (and they are probably unable to find a real Nagual anyway, let alone convince the chap to actually take them as students), I will suggest those supposedly serious people around here to seek out the most annoying individual they can find and spending some quality time with him/her.
No, people in the chat room doesn't count. It has to be an **** close to your vicinities. Or don't. Be yourself a petty tyrant or (God forbid!) a Petit Nagual. Show the way to other morons that are easily impressed with fancy words and deep reflections. It works. I've done it for years.