Any path is only a path, and there is no affront to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you.
Carlos CastanedaFright never injures anyone. What injures the spirit is having someone always on your back, beating you, telling you what to do and what not to do
Carlos CastanedaIf you were a warrior, you would know that the worst thing one can do is confront human beings directly.
Carlos CastanedaI had been experiencing brief flashes of disassociation, or shallow states of non-ordinary reality.
Carlos CastanedaDiscipline, as understood by a warrior, is creative, open, and produces freedom. It is the ability to face the unknown, transforming the feeling of knowing into reverent astonishment; of considering things that exceed the scope of our habits, and daring to face the only war that is worthwhile: The battle for awareness.
Carlos Castaneda