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			<title><![CDATA[Why Bother?]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2018 01:00:02 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I don't understand how you're all still on the sorcerer's path. And sorry, but I can't bring myself to believe that any of you are actual seers or warriors. I have been "trying" to focus on silence and what really matters lately but it's way too hard. The enemy has bested us in a fashion that is beyond our language. It is truly horrible what is going on, and the more I try the more I see it. I don't think one can actually practice sorcery without a teacher. Here are some excerpts from the books<br />
<br />
ANOTHER SORCERER IS NEEDED TO GUIDE A NOVICE IN THE NAGUAL<br />
We cannot be on our own while being in the left side awareness and have to be cushioned by warriors who have gained totality of themselves and know how to handle themselves in that state. EG,299.<br />
<br />
BECOMING AN APPRENTICE WAS NOT A PERSONAL CHOICE, BUT A DESIGN OF POWER<br />
neither is it a matter of personal choice who is selected to learn the sorcerer's knowledge that leads to that awareness. The decision of picking you was a design of power; no one can discern the designs of power. TOP,58.<br />
<br />
THE SPIRIT SOMETIMES HAS TO TRICK A PERSON INTO BECOMING AN APPRENTICE<br />
only a crackpot would undertake the task of becoming a man of knowledge of his own accord. A sober headed man has to be tricked into it. SR,28 <br />
...because of man's unwillingness to understand, the spirit was forced to use trickery. And trickery became the essence of the sorcerer's path. POS, 23 <br />
Sorcerer's are convinced that all of us are a bunch of nincompoops..we can never relinquish control voluntarily (of our tonal) thus we have to be tricked...you were convinced that that trickery was directed at fooling your reason...for me, tricking meant to distract your attention, or to trap it as the case required. TOP, 232<br />
<br />
The way I see it, all of you who are stuck between the world of a sorcerer and the world of an ordinary man are in a most horrible limbo of your own doings, as am I. Defining sorcery as shifting the AP, I'm sure there are many here who have flirted with it and can be called sorcerers, but warriors...? How can you possibly endure the warrior's life without a teacher? Think about the unbelievable complexity of Don Juan's teaching over the years and how his lineage developed it. As far as I can see, most ones on this forum are people who have or are trying to have somewhat polished tonals (maybe even clean ones) whilst flirting with sorcery. But I don't see how a sad bunch like us can possibly have any chances of attempting the flight into the abstract without being obliterated by the forces of infinity.<br />
I will still do my best at everything I do and whenever I have enough emphasis I will try to obtain inner silence. I will also keep on practice dreaming and continuously clean and polish my tonal, but other than that, I see nothing. Like Carlos feels about his father; I never had a chance.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I don't understand how you're all still on the sorcerer's path. And sorry, but I can't bring myself to believe that any of you are actual seers or warriors. I have been "trying" to focus on silence and what really matters lately but it's way too hard. The enemy has bested us in a fashion that is beyond our language. It is truly horrible what is going on, and the more I try the more I see it. I don't think one can actually practice sorcery without a teacher. Here are some excerpts from the books<br />
<br />
ANOTHER SORCERER IS NEEDED TO GUIDE A NOVICE IN THE NAGUAL<br />
We cannot be on our own while being in the left side awareness and have to be cushioned by warriors who have gained totality of themselves and know how to handle themselves in that state. EG,299.<br />
<br />
BECOMING AN APPRENTICE WAS NOT A PERSONAL CHOICE, BUT A DESIGN OF POWER<br />
neither is it a matter of personal choice who is selected to learn the sorcerer's knowledge that leads to that awareness. The decision of picking you was a design of power; no one can discern the designs of power. TOP,58.<br />
<br />
THE SPIRIT SOMETIMES HAS TO TRICK A PERSON INTO BECOMING AN APPRENTICE<br />
only a crackpot would undertake the task of becoming a man of knowledge of his own accord. A sober headed man has to be tricked into it. SR,28 <br />
...because of man's unwillingness to understand, the spirit was forced to use trickery. And trickery became the essence of the sorcerer's path. POS, 23 <br />
Sorcerer's are convinced that all of us are a bunch of nincompoops..we can never relinquish control voluntarily (of our tonal) thus we have to be tricked...you were convinced that that trickery was directed at fooling your reason...for me, tricking meant to distract your attention, or to trap it as the case required. TOP, 232<br />
<br />
The way I see it, all of you who are stuck between the world of a sorcerer and the world of an ordinary man are in a most horrible limbo of your own doings, as am I. Defining sorcery as shifting the AP, I'm sure there are many here who have flirted with it and can be called sorcerers, but warriors...? How can you possibly endure the warrior's life without a teacher? Think about the unbelievable complexity of Don Juan's teaching over the years and how his lineage developed it. As far as I can see, most ones on this forum are people who have or are trying to have somewhat polished tonals (maybe even clean ones) whilst flirting with sorcery. But I don't see how a sad bunch like us can possibly have any chances of attempting the flight into the abstract without being obliterated by the forces of infinity.<br />
I will still do my best at everything I do and whenever I have enough emphasis I will try to obtain inner silence. I will also keep on practice dreaming and continuously clean and polish my tonal, but other than that, I see nothing. Like Carlos feels about his father; I never had a chance.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Huh?]]></title>
			<link>https://tapatalk.sorcerytime.com/thread-18880.html</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2018 01:00:02 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Is it okay to feel sad?<br />
Is it okay to have a weakness?<br />
Is it okay to have fear?<br />
I can go on and on...<br />
<br />
Am I alone in this world..?<br />
<br />
The battle I lead is not with who stands in front of me. It is an inner struggle. The source of my fear and shame has never been what the other might think, say, or do if I say this or do that. It was always of the next feeling or self-deprecating thought I would have and how I myself would handle the situation/s after that. However, unlike some others I tend to assume responsibility for my actions and don't go around pointing the finger for my distress if there is any. That is I have found the only way that I can have control over myself. When nothing depends on others be it allies or people or whatever it's solely up to me to make myself be this way or another way. The source of all of it is me and I cast the world and myself.  By the way is it okay to struggle..?<br />
<br />
I have a goal to cut off dependencies of any sort. And I do, trust me it's fun and for myself worth it. I've been observing others and wondering why are they so predictable, so easy to read. Well it is actually funny because the more I assume responsibility and make conscious decisions I can see what the outcome of them will be well before I make them that is to say it becomes easy to assess situations and others. Mainly because that is not what they do which is the scary part. I've noticed they tend to "go with the flow" which I call sleep-walking or just being a zombie. Well you see once I realized there is a consequence to every action even if I decide not to act and began making conscious decisions I saw that I am not reacting anymore. Not to my own thoughts or emotions and not even to other peoples thoughts, emotions, or actions. <br />
<br />
So what are zombies? They're the others who do not do what I do but instead unconsciously react to the situation they are presented with in other words they experience time in a very different way than I do and don't have that split second to realize what's even going on clearly. They're hit by time while I don't get pinned down by it in the same way because I'm not compelled to react to whatever arises which gives me that split second they lack to do with it what I choose instead of "go with the flow". Don't get me wrong here "going with the flow" can be a choice too but not in the sense the zombies use it. Because I'd still have the time to decide that I want to "go with the flow" where as their attention gets pinned down by what arises and they're compelled to do something and in most cases that is just a reaction.<br />
<br />
And once one knows the habitual position of humans and what their quirks and behavior is it's soo easy to predict where the arising situation will lead them in terms of thoughts, choices, and actions... I like neutral not because I can't get punched in the face but because it's where I have the leeway to move from in one direction or the other or... I will play around with some alternative knowledge of humans.<br />
<br />
I am also in a pit, literally in a fucked up scenario ("I blame you God!" haha, is this sarcasm?). Sometimes I feel low, sad, fear, shame, etc... But do you know what I found out? When I read an amazing book and it ends I'm left kind of naked because it was a great book but it had to end and what do I do now..? Well I found that all this above is content, material that can be used that I can play with and oh boy are there gems in all of it... It's food and it's good food. So, is it okay?<br />
<br />
Spoiler Alert!<br />
Questions are for yourselves to answer...<br />
<br />
By the way you're the same decaying organic matter as everything else. (oops)<br />
Stalk.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Is it okay to feel sad?<br />
Is it okay to have a weakness?<br />
Is it okay to have fear?<br />
I can go on and on...<br />
<br />
Am I alone in this world..?<br />
<br />
The battle I lead is not with who stands in front of me. It is an inner struggle. The source of my fear and shame has never been what the other might think, say, or do if I say this or do that. It was always of the next feeling or self-deprecating thought I would have and how I myself would handle the situation/s after that. However, unlike some others I tend to assume responsibility for my actions and don't go around pointing the finger for my distress if there is any. That is I have found the only way that I can have control over myself. When nothing depends on others be it allies or people or whatever it's solely up to me to make myself be this way or another way. The source of all of it is me and I cast the world and myself.  By the way is it okay to struggle..?<br />
<br />
I have a goal to cut off dependencies of any sort. And I do, trust me it's fun and for myself worth it. I've been observing others and wondering why are they so predictable, so easy to read. Well it is actually funny because the more I assume responsibility and make conscious decisions I can see what the outcome of them will be well before I make them that is to say it becomes easy to assess situations and others. Mainly because that is not what they do which is the scary part. I've noticed they tend to "go with the flow" which I call sleep-walking or just being a zombie. Well you see once I realized there is a consequence to every action even if I decide not to act and began making conscious decisions I saw that I am not reacting anymore. Not to my own thoughts or emotions and not even to other peoples thoughts, emotions, or actions. <br />
<br />
So what are zombies? They're the others who do not do what I do but instead unconsciously react to the situation they are presented with in other words they experience time in a very different way than I do and don't have that split second to realize what's even going on clearly. They're hit by time while I don't get pinned down by it in the same way because I'm not compelled to react to whatever arises which gives me that split second they lack to do with it what I choose instead of "go with the flow". Don't get me wrong here "going with the flow" can be a choice too but not in the sense the zombies use it. Because I'd still have the time to decide that I want to "go with the flow" where as their attention gets pinned down by what arises and they're compelled to do something and in most cases that is just a reaction.<br />
<br />
And once one knows the habitual position of humans and what their quirks and behavior is it's soo easy to predict where the arising situation will lead them in terms of thoughts, choices, and actions... I like neutral not because I can't get punched in the face but because it's where I have the leeway to move from in one direction or the other or... I will play around with some alternative knowledge of humans.<br />
<br />
I am also in a pit, literally in a fucked up scenario ("I blame you God!" haha, is this sarcasm?). Sometimes I feel low, sad, fear, shame, etc... But do you know what I found out? When I read an amazing book and it ends I'm left kind of naked because it was a great book but it had to end and what do I do now..? Well I found that all this above is content, material that can be used that I can play with and oh boy are there gems in all of it... It's food and it's good food. So, is it okay?<br />
<br />
Spoiler Alert!<br />
Questions are for yourselves to answer...<br />
<br />
By the way you're the same decaying organic matter as everything else. (oops)<br />
Stalk.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Is Don Juan Real or did Castaneda make him up?]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2018 01:00:02 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I've been thinking about this. I've watched documentaries about him which have shocked me, in terms of his character. Now I'm reading this book Sorcerer's Apprentice by Amy Wallace to hear what someone who was close to him has to say. So far, things are really eye opening.<br />
<br />
I wish others to also join me in this quest for truth. If you don't want to, that's fine. But I've uploaded the book to genesis library to those who want to read it. (http://gen.lib.rus.ec)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I've been thinking about this. I've watched documentaries about him which have shocked me, in terms of his character. Now I'm reading this book Sorcerer's Apprentice by Amy Wallace to hear what someone who was close to him has to say. So far, things are really eye opening.<br />
<br />
I wish others to also join me in this quest for truth. If you don't want to, that's fine. But I've uploaded the book to genesis library to those who want to read it. (http://gen.lib.rus.ec)]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fear]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2018 02:00:02 +0200</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[When I was a kid I used to be afraid of dogs. We had stray dogs in my neighborhood and I despised the times my mother asked me to go to the shop to buy her something because of the dogs.<br />
<br />
Many times as soon as I came out of the store they would start chasing me in packs 2-3, 4-5 dogs at a time. I would scream, cry, and run as if I'd seen the devil. Once I was back to safety the fear would start subsiding, however, it would take days until I was calm enough to go to the store again I was afraid to go out of our house.<br />
<br />
One day I was away from home riding my bike in the park with no people around in a radius of about a mile when one huge dog and a smaller puppy started barking at me and chasing me. My heart, as usual, started pumping as fast as it could without me passing out of fear... Only this time I decided to face my fear. Without hitting the breaks I jumped off my bike (it slammed in a tree) and turned around screaming and running towards the dogs.<br />
<br />
To my surprise they bent their tails and disappeared as fast as a fart in the wind only to leave the feeling of power in me just like the smell of a fart hovers around for a while. I beat my fear of dogs that day and was no longer their victim from that day on.<br />
<br />
I used to be quite aware and lucid in my dreams back in those days and I would have many nightmares not only of dogs and shady men but monsters as well. It would be easy for me to gain awareness and lucidity in a nightmare when I saw how impossible or different the people, entities, environment was then what I'm used to in my daily life. I could not get rid of the objects that were producing the fear though and I never managed to turn a nightmare in a nice superman like flying trip.<br />
<br />
That was so until I decided to challenge my fears in dreams the way I did with the dogs that day. I would set my intent before going to sleep to be aware in my dreams and if I had a nightmare to take control over it. I'd face a tremendously huge monster in dreams or a werewolf or people kidnapping me and I would try to run hide terrified at first. Then as soon as I'd get a small drop of lucidity and see that it is a dream I'd stop myself cold and face my fear, stop it in its tracks. I would cut fear and the intent I've set to the entities to chase me and stare them dead in the eyes until they started disappearing.<br />
<br />
I'd wake up happy and calm due to my success.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[When I was a kid I used to be afraid of dogs. We had stray dogs in my neighborhood and I despised the times my mother asked me to go to the shop to buy her something because of the dogs.<br />
<br />
Many times as soon as I came out of the store they would start chasing me in packs 2-3, 4-5 dogs at a time. I would scream, cry, and run as if I'd seen the devil. Once I was back to safety the fear would start subsiding, however, it would take days until I was calm enough to go to the store again I was afraid to go out of our house.<br />
<br />
One day I was away from home riding my bike in the park with no people around in a radius of about a mile when one huge dog and a smaller puppy started barking at me and chasing me. My heart, as usual, started pumping as fast as it could without me passing out of fear... Only this time I decided to face my fear. Without hitting the breaks I jumped off my bike (it slammed in a tree) and turned around screaming and running towards the dogs.<br />
<br />
To my surprise they bent their tails and disappeared as fast as a fart in the wind only to leave the feeling of power in me just like the smell of a fart hovers around for a while. I beat my fear of dogs that day and was no longer their victim from that day on.<br />
<br />
I used to be quite aware and lucid in my dreams back in those days and I would have many nightmares not only of dogs and shady men but monsters as well. It would be easy for me to gain awareness and lucidity in a nightmare when I saw how impossible or different the people, entities, environment was then what I'm used to in my daily life. I could not get rid of the objects that were producing the fear though and I never managed to turn a nightmare in a nice superman like flying trip.<br />
<br />
That was so until I decided to challenge my fears in dreams the way I did with the dogs that day. I would set my intent before going to sleep to be aware in my dreams and if I had a nightmare to take control over it. I'd face a tremendously huge monster in dreams or a werewolf or people kidnapping me and I would try to run hide terrified at first. Then as soon as I'd get a small drop of lucidity and see that it is a dream I'd stop myself cold and face my fear, stop it in its tracks. I would cut fear and the intent I've set to the entities to chase me and stare them dead in the eyes until they started disappearing.<br />
<br />
I'd wake up happy and calm due to my success.]]></content:encoded>
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