04-07-2011, 12:00 AM
He said that the Nagual can be a conduit only after the Spirit has manifested a willingness to be used- either almost imperceptibly or with outright commands. It was therefore not possible for a Nagual to choose his apprentices according to his own volition, or his own calculations.
"After a lifetime of practice" he continued, "sorcerers, naguals in particular, know if the spirit is inviting them to enter the edifice being flaunted before them. They have learned to discipline their connecting links to intent, so they are always forewarned, they always know what the spirit has in store for them."
Don Juan said the progress along the sorcerers' path was, in general, a drastic process the purpose of which is to bring this connecting link to order. The average man's connecting link with Intent is practically dead, and sorcerers begin with a link that is useless, because it does not respond voluntarily. He stressed that in order to revive that link sorcerers need a rigorous, fierce purpose - a special state of mind called, "unbending intent."
The Power of Silence
Carlos Castaneda
"After a lifetime of practice" he continued, "sorcerers, naguals in particular, know if the spirit is inviting them to enter the edifice being flaunted before them. They have learned to discipline their connecting links to intent, so they are always forewarned, they always know what the spirit has in store for them."
Don Juan said the progress along the sorcerers' path was, in general, a drastic process the purpose of which is to bring this connecting link to order. The average man's connecting link with Intent is practically dead, and sorcerers begin with a link that is useless, because it does not respond voluntarily. He stressed that in order to revive that link sorcerers need a rigorous, fierce purpose - a special state of mind called, "unbending intent."
The Power of Silence
Carlos Castaneda