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Unfolding Nature Shop: Unfolding Nature: Being in the Implicate Order

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Don Juan Quote
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"Death is always on your left; confide in it."

Don Juan


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Re: Don Juan Quote [Re: Syle]
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This forum is hugely fanatical about castaneda...

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Re: Don Juan Quote [Re: Epigallo]
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Not always...you're viewing at an unusually peak-interest time!


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let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love

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Re: Don Juan Quote [Re: Epigallo]
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I wouldn't exactly call it fanaticism, it's just appreciating something wise ( not only Castaneda but other wise people as well ) and discussing on their point of views.... I see nothing wrong with that.


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All this time I've loved you
And never known your face
All this time I've missed you
And searched this human race
Here is true peace
Here my heart knows calm
Safe in your soul
Bathed in your sighs
:bunnyhug: :yinyang2:

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Re: Don Juan Quote [Re: Epigallo]
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I would not call it fanaticism either... CC is our friend :grin:



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"Who are you who live in all these many forms? You're death that captures all. You too are the source of all that's gonna be born. You're glory, mercy, peace, truth. You give calm a spirit, understanding, courage, the contented heart."

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Re: Don Juan Quote [Re: redtailedhawk]
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I would not call it fanaticism either



I am currently recruiting suicide bombers for the Castaneda Liberation Front. Any takers?


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"A warrior is a hunter. He calculates everything. That's control. Once his calculations are over, he acts. He lets go. That's abandon. A warrior is not a leaf at the mercy of the wind. No one can push him; no one can make him do things against himself or against his better judgment. A warrior is tuned to survive, and he survives in the best of all possible fashions." ― Carlos Castaneda

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Re: Don Juan Quote [Re: Syle]
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'on your left ?'
Is this some double meaning, or why couldn't it be on your right, behind, in front, above, beneath or even within ??
Death is simply a strong companion throughout our whole life, wherever it will come from when it finally will present itself personally to us :grin:


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Though lovers be lost love shall not  And death shall have no dominion
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"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men."Martin Luther King, Jr.
'Acceptance is the absolute key - at that moment you gain freedom and you gain power and you gain courage'

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Re: Don Juan Quote [Re: BlueCoyote]
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what i get from it is this: traditionally when a king sits next to his queen she always sits to his right. therefore, that would make us the queen (or lesser power) and death, the king. and the queen always confides in her king...and vice versa.

hmmmmmm....does death confide in us???


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Re: Don Juan Quote [Re: Syle]
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Castaneda said some pretty strange, nonsensical things, as well as very wise and intuitive things. All in all, a mixed bag of tricks.


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Re: Don Juan Quote [Re: BlueCoyote]
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BlueCoyote said:
'on your left ?'
Is this some double meaning, or why couldn't it be on your right, behind, in front, above, beneath or even within ??
Death is simply a strong companion throughout our whole life, wherever it will come from when it finally will present itself personally to us :grin:

I'm pretty sure my death is on my back left, between my spine and my shoulder blade; couldn't tell you why though.  :shrug:


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“Strengthened by contemplation and study,
I will not fear my passions like a coward.
My body I will give to pleasures,
to diversions that I’ve dreamed of,
to the most daring erotic desires,
to the lustful impulses of my blood, without
any fear at all, for whenever I will—
and I will have the will, strengthened
as I’ll be with contemplation and study—
at the crucial moments I’ll recover
my spirit as was before: ascetic.”

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Re: Don Juan Quote [Re: Lion]
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bug said:
BlueCoyote said:
'on your left ?'
Is this some double meaning, or why couldn't it be on your right, behind, in front, above, beneath or even within ??
Death is simply a strong companion throughout our whole life, wherever it will come from when it finally will present itself personally to us :grin:

I'm pretty sure my death is on my back left, between my spine and my shoulder blade; couldn't tell you why though.  :shrug:


That sounds just like silly superstitious talk


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Re: Don Juan Quote [Re: Sinbad]
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Sinbad said:
bug said:
BlueCoyote said:
'on your left ?'
Is this some double meaning, or why couldn't it be on your right, behind, in front, above, beneath or even within ??
Death is simply a strong companion throughout our whole life, wherever it will come from when it finally will present itself personally to us :grin:

I'm pretty sure my death is on my back left, between my spine and my shoulder blade; couldn't tell you why though.  :shrug:


That sounds just like silly superstitious talk

Essentially, it is, but it has been practically useful to me to think of it this way.  I don't really mean my physical death so much, I guess, but I notice it is a point that contains a tremendous amount of energy; when for example I'm in certain positions in my asanas that point can be really painful, and the release of energy that comes with exhalation and un-tightening the muscle is fantastic.  Perhaps I equate it with death because I came aware of the importance of this particular point in my body's energy system after reading a Castaneda quote about one's death being at one's left.


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“Strengthened by contemplation and study,
I will not fear my passions like a coward.
My body I will give to pleasures,
to diversions that I’ve dreamed of,
to the most daring erotic desires,
to the lustful impulses of my blood, without
any fear at all, for whenever I will—
and I will have the will, strengthened
as I’ll be with contemplation and study—
at the crucial moments I’ll recover
my spirit as was before: ascetic.”

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Re: Don Juan Quote [Re: Lion]
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"When you believe in things that you don't understand, Then you suffer, Superstition ain't the way, yeh, yeh." - Stevie Wonder


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Re: Don Juan Quote [Re: Sinbad]
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Sinbad said:
"When you believe in things that you don't understand, Then you suffer, Superstition ain't the way, yeh, yeh." - Stevie Wonder

Right. I try really hard to take an active role in the unfoldment of my reality without using beliefs as a fall-back or as a means forward. Many of my superstitions have been catalysts for social growth and spiritual progress, but I am beginning to get ahead of them, so to speak...


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“Strengthened by contemplation and study,
I will not fear my passions like a coward.
My body I will give to pleasures,
to diversions that I’ve dreamed of,
to the most daring erotic desires,
to the lustful impulses of my blood, without
any fear at all, for whenever I will—
and I will have the will, strengthened
as I’ll be with contemplation and study—
at the crucial moments I’ll recover
my spirit as was before: ascetic.”

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Re: Don Juan Quote [Re: Lion]
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the poetry of this "on your left, make friends with it"
makes sense as follows:
the left is your non-usual side
the non-usual is not-habit... habit is mechanical, awareness is asleep when you are immersed in habit
being open to that which is not just habit (i.e. the left side)
is essential if you want to see.

DOn Juan talks about death to wake up his student who is afraid of death.
this is not about death, and it is not about your left side, it is metaphorical about real magic or seeing which needs one to transcend habit with awareness.

see it is simple

while the codex is less ordinal than buddhism with it's 8fold path and 4noble truths etc.etc.etc. getting past the words is just the first step to acutally doing somethng sustainable in life.


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Re: Don Juan Quote [Re: Huehuecoyotl]
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Huehuecoyotl said:
I am currently recruiting suicide bombers for the Castaneda Liberation Front. Any takers?


You mean the Castaneda's People's Front? :grin:


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"Who are you who live in all these many forms? You're death that captures all. You too are the source of all that's gonna be born. You're glory, mercy, peace, truth. You give calm a spirit, understanding, courage, the contented heart."

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Re: Don Juan Quote [Re: Syle]
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Syle said:
"Death is always on your left; confide in it."

Don Juan


Then what is on your right? Birth?

Is it part of the ever going cycle of life? ...

:happyheart::thumbup:

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Re: Don Juan Quote [Re: redgreenvines]
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redgreenvines said:
the poetry of this "on your left, make friends with it"
makes sense as follows:
the left is your non-usual side
the non-usual is not-habit... habit is mechanical, awareness is asleep when you are immersed in habit
being open to that which is not just habit (i.e. the left side)
is essential if you want to see.

DOn Juan talks about death to wake up his student who is afraid of death.
this is not about death, and it is not about your left side, it is metaphorical about real magic or seeing which needs one to transcend habit with awareness.

see it is simple

while the codex is less ordinal than buddhism with it's 8fold path and 4noble truths etc.etc.etc. getting past the words is just the first step to acutally doing somethng sustainable in life.

Great post, RGV, I really appreciate it.

I have found that 'activating' the left side of my body has had tangible effect in balancing all my energies. I've been practicing basketball more with my left hand and left side of my body, doing some left-handed writing, exercising, etc. For some reason the phrase 'Don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing' has been stuck in my head for awhile, though I can't remember where I pulled it from. It seems to me that the left and right sides of my body do have really distinct traits that are converging in yoga.


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“Strengthened by contemplation and study,
I will not fear my passions like a coward.
My body I will give to pleasures,
to diversions that I’ve dreamed of,
to the most daring erotic desires,
to the lustful impulses of my blood, without
any fear at all, for whenever I will—
and I will have the will, strengthened
as I’ll be with contemplation and study—
at the crucial moments I’ll recover
my spirit as was before: ascetic.”

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Re: Don Juan Quote [Re: redgreenvines]
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Thanks redgreen, that makes some sense. But then, wouldn't it be better having death on one's right side, for a habit to break ?
Or is death crawling from the left to the right side then ?
And, aren't those damned habits the real death ? For example for creativity and inspiration, therefor reside originally on the right side, in that model ?

I rarely get something 'balanced' out of Castaneda's triple-mirror speak, so for me it's better to throw it over board.
That's what my original answer was all about :wink:

Better make friend with death, our ever companion, before he catches us :heart:


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Though lovers be lost love shall not  And death shall have no dominion
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"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men."Martin Luther King, Jr.
'Acceptance is the absolute key - at that moment you gain freedom and you gain power and you gain courage'

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Re: Don Juan Quote [Re: Huehuecoyotl]
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Huehuecoyotl said:
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I would not call it fanaticism either



I am currently recruiting suicide bombers for the Castaneda Liberation Front. Any takers?


I'm down for that.:thumbup: Brujos unite.


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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