"If you don't have a woman for a long time, this always leads to the fact that you stop appreciating your freedom." My interpretation: If you don't have a woman, you take your freedom for granted. But if you have a woman, you may lose your freedom, or you realize that your freedom is threatened by her demands and expectations.
there is no need tho, need is abstract, its more about the will, do you have the will to preserve it or wish, the power is the one that have the knowledge to either pass it or not, keep them alive if you think they worth. im constantly anoying about them :D
Married life is warriors life they always fight to win even they lose every day single living is dirty living like still water gets dirty day by day according to religious. Husband's house wife's real house she is real queen in that house. Divorce doesn't allowed in religious. Husband and wife made for each others like Tom and Jerry fight and love daily that's call real love real sacrifice.wife's karma belongs to Husband's family. Divorce people always feel guilty in this life and next world also. Real man love one wife and real wife loves one husband. Changing relationships women lose her beauty.woman respected in society with husband only.
@@nameless.greyceo Long time without a woman = You start thinking with your penis and end up with a woman, you didnt think with your head that you had all that freedom. But your penis made you a slave of that woman.
Very Strong in all the broken places very wise but it is wisdom from the pain. When my enemies move against me I become stronger, choose the warrior way.
I've read several of Castanedas books. Even though there is criticism on him, and the validity of his accounts, the wisdom still holds. On a separate note, through my life these bits of wisdom and stories have alwasy been with me. I've partook in the mushroom, mescaline, and others. I still one day will seek out the little smoke. I wish Castaneda knew what all went into it besides datura. But if not, it isn't a thought. Now the path I'm on has me a family, coming up on 3¹/² years into a blacksmithing career and clean from mind numbing opiates. Take care everyone who sees these.
Married life is warriors life they always fight to win even they lose every day single living is dirty living like still water gets dirty day by day according to religious. Husband's house wife's real house she is real queen in that house. Divorce doesn't allowed in religious. Husband and wife made for each others like Tom and Jerry fight and love daily that's call real love real sacrifice. Wife's karma belongs to Husband's family.divorce people always feel guilty in this life and next world also. Real man love one wife and real wife loves one husband. Changing relationships women lose her beauty. Woman respected in society with husband only. Keep faith in heart then souls connect with love and coprate in life.
@@deepbluntman___8650 married life is warriors life they always fight to win even they lose every day single living is dirty living like still water gets dirty day by day according to religious.husband's house wife's real house she is real queen in that house .divorce doesn't allowed in religious .husband and wife made for each others like Tom and Jerry fight and love daily that's call real love real sacrifice. Wife's karma belongs to Husband's family.divorce people always feel guilty in this life and next world also. Real man love one wife and real wife loves one husband. Changing relationships women lose her beauty.woman respected in society with husband only. Keep faith in heart then souls connect with love and coprate in life.
I like how it shows him in meditation. All wise men, the old prophets and all individuals of true understanding were all practitioners of true meditation; through it and its mastery, many things became clear, understandable and comprehensible to them that the intellectual could and can never reach through pure materialistic and intellectual thinking alone.
It's not the meditation that does it, though it has its benefits. It's learning to be honest & unbiased in your opinions of yourself & using what you learn to make sense of others & the world around you.
I've read most of Castaneda's books about Don Juan's teachings and a lot of these seem to be fake, or are worded wrongly. For instance, "does this path have a heart, if the answer is no, you must choose another path." Don Juan actually said "then you must not follow it under any circumstances." My favourite quote of his, which isn't here, is "A cubic centimetre of chance pops up in front of your eyes from time to time. To be a man, is to develop the prowess to see it and pick it up."
@@JamesBond-ml3zp It's a while since I read the books, but I think it was the first one "The teachings of Don Juan", or possibly "A Separate Reality" where he talks of turning into a crow and flying with, what he perceived under the influence of mushrooms or some other hallucinogen, a flock of silver crows. He had a long conversation afterwards with Don Juan where he asked him, if he had seen him would he have perceived him as a crow, would he have looked like one. Don Juan steadfastly refused to answer the question, emphasising that if Carlos felt like a crow and perceived reality as a crow, then to all intents and purposes, he was one! I think this was what you meant, I don't remember him changing into a raven. They're a cracking good read those books. They shake up your perception of the world.
@@edzejandehaan9265 Wouldn't dream of it, Edze! Whether the books were "fake" or not, as far as the chronological events mentioned in the books actually occurred or not, they are still valuable to me as a philosophical treatize. They were scary, awesome, inspiring and motivating as an exploration of nature and the perception of it.
@Leonard Melton That's fantastic, Leonard. It takes courage to follow the "teachings". There's a nugget of truth in all the books. I'm glad you took the time to talk about your journey. Maybe you should write a book?!
Married life is warriors life they always fight to win even they lose every day single living is dirty living like still water gets dirty day by day according to religious. Husband's house wife's real house she is real queen in that house. Divorce doesn't allowed in religious. Husband and wife made for each others like Tom and Jerry fight and love daily that's call real love real sacrifice. Wife's karma belongs to Husband's family.divorce people always feel guilty in this life and next world also. Real man love one wife and real wife loves one husband. Changing relationships women lose her beauty. Woman respected in society with husband only.
Interesting thoughts. I'll add this: We often long for the opposite of what we have. When we are single we long for a companion and when we have company we dream of solitude. But I have heard with the right person and with the correct attitude time seems to go by very quickly, and you hardly feel you have had enough together. Either way, there is likely a season for all things in life.
I have been married for 56 years. I read Castaneda in the early 70s and it upended my world view in a good way. I also had a near death experience caused by an overdose of mushrooms in the early 80s. This extraordinary reality helped me see the luminous lights that connects us to everything in nature. I seen the white light that pulled me toward it and realized clearly what was most important. I was not afraid of dying, but I did not want to leave my wife and children and everyone in my life at the time. This experience over 40 years ago have the rest of my life meaningful. I say, "I have such very time and I want to spend it all with you." I am a song writer musician and this and I have written over 50 songs, most were inspired by my love for my wife. Castaneda and my experiences lead to a great life. Everything worth learning came the hard way for me. I have made a lot of mistakes but my wife stood by me. Learning to live everyday as your last helped me lose fear of dying. Learning to love unconditionally, learning to accept others as the are have invaluable.
If you can’t have a woman in your life in the romantic sense, find a girl you can be friends with you adore but has an obvious barrier that would prevent you two from ever being together and have pleasant conversations with this person. It’s been very therapeutic during dry years. It’s kinda like having a girlfriend without all the emotional baggage.
"If u don't have a woman for a long time this always leads to the fact that u stop appreciating your freedom". Sounds like utter nonsense. I think u appreciate your freedom if you go without a woman.
If you havent had a woman in a long tjme this always leads to freedom from drama freedom for her family freedom for her controlling you so much freedom man i love it!!
I have one of my own: Freedom is a blessing and a curse. The blessing is you feel entitled to do whatever you want. The curse is you feel entitled to do whatever you want.
This makes no sense if you define or at least associate freedom with discipline. In any case, being locked into desire is clearly not freedom, as the Buddha dude pointed out.
“ The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing and a curse”
I disagree about the 3rd or 4th quote: Life, consciousness and capabilities are a gift. And I believe wisdom is way more important than disassociation/formlessness/detachment/disegotism The luminosity quote is exquisite
Your second paragraph is an oxymoron. Wisdom is what you say it is not although not the dissociation part which has never been said by DJM. You may be mistaking wisdom for information.
I think people are misinterpreting the "woman" quote. He is actually saying that when you're alone (from a straight man's perspective, in this case) for a long time, life becomes boring, and you grow to desire a woman (to provide guidance, advice, etc). A couple of sayings similar to this are: "La vida es de dos," "Life is made of two" (roughly translated) and "Con dos manos se hacen las tortillas," "Tortillas are made with two hands."
@@Aristocratic13 True, but you can't build a society from single people. These adages aren't meant for esoteric life. That's a separate, specialized topic.
No it doesn't... not if you live in a place that still practice nepotism and the like. You can work all you want, pushing beyond, but the job position and promotions are always given to someones' kid or family member over those who actually knows how to do the job without needing constant guidance. 😒😓🤣
@@LadyCoyKoithat particular company may not reward you, but life will. You misinterpreted the original comment by naija. If you are truly pushing yourself despite any factors that seem to work against you, then you will be rewarded in life. That reward may not be the promotion at a company, but instead a life of less suffering. A life of no suffering.
Sometimes he talks nonsense. 'Things don't change, only the way you look at them.' The terrible change for my parents' generation was the Depression, the rise of Fascism and Stalinism and World War II. For mine, the Cold War, globalisation, and the destruction of our ecosystems. These are real. It is not all about subjectivity.
I think that all or very nearly all of these quotes are valid & useful - if Don Juan really did say them all, then I am willing to believe and suspend judgement. For me the most useful by far has been to strive to lose one's own self-importance - its vital in order to be happy & unencumbered by the useless & counterproductive feelings - in which I used to be submerged, just like most folks.
_So true, I was able to put away $20,000 this year on top of bills expenses and personal overhead; if I had a woman in my life I would be buying sh!t I don’t need and rushing up the mountain_ _Also, after practice and seamen retention it’s like The circumstances of my life has been nothing but good fortune and good luck_
that if someone goes arouund telling everyone all the time about all the incredible truths they have come to realise theyre probably not nearly as enlightened as they claim to be - thats my interpretation
If a woman truly loves you you wouldn't see any difference about freedom.. You'd stiil feel free... And it would be always your choice to be with her nobody obligates you
Not true at all . I will say men need to find the relationship that best suits them . I want a women that is 60/40 and like women the way I do . My happiness comes first it anit no “happy life …happy wife “shit over here. It anit no “if mommy anit happy then nobody happy” . It been time to rewrite the rules to relationships especially with the court system. More need to listen to Patrice O’Neal when it comes to women .
my god these quotes are really another level.. Im started wondering who is Carlos Castenida.. and the image so profound that he looks really has attained something...
7:47 women have to be contained!!! (can't dislike this video - you cant dislike this comment!) You must agree with everything you are told, even if it is anonymous!!
“Your problem is that you think you have time.” The Cosmos, the Tao, Great Nature, the Dharma … whatever … all express by creating-sustaining-annihilating. Lather-Rinse-Repeat. There are three paths within us through which the current of the Life Force flows. Upwards toward the Divine; downwards toward the Material; and outwards toward other beings. In this small sense … you ARE at the center. And so is everything and everyone else. Time. While we have it … we must become not just ‘alive’ but’enlivened’ to find and fulfill our destiny … our bestowed mission in this world. We get one chance … one shot. It’s a pity to miss the X-Ring.
You do have a point. Within future generations it teaches people to view life differently. Though I always say that regardless of what time period of century/ generation, the function of this life was still all the same hinted by the greatest thinkers.
I had read most of the books by Carlos Castaneda and really enjoyed this recap. Two things could improve the sequel. First, have it read in a real human voice. Second, ditch the east Indian sitar music and find something reminiscent of Don Juan's native Mexico. I was continually distracted by both of these choices.
From personal experience, if I've recently become single then I've made bad decisions by getting involved with another woman too quickly....on the other hand I've waited to long and made bad decisions too, having a complete change of mind after intercourse....so there's a middle ground I fortunately don't think I'll need to look for again!
When life provides you with lemons instead of grapes, insist on a refund, or at least credit for procuring grapes the next time happiness is sought. - Ancient Strawberry Farmer
