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15: The Spirit Only Listened When The Speaker Speaks In Gestures. And Gestures Do Not Mean Signs Or Body Movements, But Acts Of True Abandon, Acts Of Largesse, Of Humor; Impeccability Is Not Morality. It Only Resembles Morality. Impeccability Is Simply The Best Use Of Our Energy Level

(The Power of Silence by Carlos Castaneda) Don Juan and I were sitting at the table in his kitchen. It was early morning. We had just returned from the mountains, where we had spent the night after I had recalled my

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11: To Set Up A New Intent; It Isn’t Just The Intent Of Doing Something New, But The Intent Of Joining Something Already Established: An Intent That Reaches Out To Us Through Thousands Of Years Of Human Toil

(The Sorcerers’ Crossing by Taisha Abelar) I was awakened by a sharp poke in my ribs. The caretaker was nudging me with a walking stick. “Wake up, it’s already afternoon,” he said. “Didn’t you sleep well last night in the tree house?” As I

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145: The Seers of the New Era

(Encounters with the Nagual by Armando Torres) “The old and the new seers represent two extreme positions facing the same challenge, the result of the adaptation of sorcerers to very concrete historical circumstances. But today, times, have changed.” “By the Eagle’s design,

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141: Stories of the Lineages; The Lineage Known As “Graniceros” (Hailstoners); What Counted When Blowing The Clouds Was The “Intention” Associated With It

(The Universal Spiderweb by Armando Torres) On one occasion, we were having a snack in doña Silvia’s kitchen, seated around the rustic wooden table, enjoying a delicious nutbread that she had made according to her own recipe. I asked her if

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95: Survival of the Assemblage Point; The Soul Doesn’t Exist, What Exists Is Energy. Once The Physical Body Disappears, The Only Thing Left Is An Energy Entity Fed By Memory; To Die Is Literally A Dream

(Encounters with the Nagual by Armando Torres) Although Carlos frequently mentioned the topic of death, he avoided talking about what happens after a person dies. This occasion seemed like a good opportunity to investigate his opinion on it. “Carlos,” I asked him,

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205: The Oracle Of The Times; There Are Several Types Of Silence, Or Maybe We Should Call It Different Levels Of Attention; Fight To Reach Silence

(The Universal Spiderweb by Armando Torres) On one occasion I was seated at the table in doña Silvia’s kitchen eating a quesadilla as she talked about the divinatory arts. Suddenly, I felt that one of her midwives was coming to visit

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133: Abstinence Is Only For Toltecs; For Those Who Seriously Want To Follow The Path Of The Toltecs, There Is No Other Alternative; An Apprentice Should Save His Sexual Energy, Enough To Reach The Next Level, But Once He Has Achieved The Control Of The Energy Body, He’s Free To Do With His Sexual Energy Whatever Best Suits Him

(The Universal Spiderweb by Armando Torres) In his public talks, he was usually evasive about the sexual topic. He made jokes in this respect; he said disparagingly that each one could do whatever his desire was, insinuating that he didn’t give

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132: How Carlos Really met Don Juan

(The Universal Spiderweb by Armando Torres) Carlos used to tell endless stories about his personal history. He changed details blatantly every time that he told them to different audiences, no matter if there was anyone present who had already heard that

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126: Self-importance Kills; Realize That Self-Importance Is An Implacable Poison. We Have No Time Left; Urgency Is What We Need. It Is Now Or Never!

(Encounters with the Nagual by Armando Torres) “Self-importance is deadly, it stops the free flow of the energy and that is fatal. It is responsible for our end as individuals, and one day it will finish us as a species. When

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156: The Sense of Urgency of the Warrior

(The Universal Spiderweb by Armando Torres) That day, I found Carlos in a very pessimistic state of mind. He talked about the terrible social and economic conditions that we lived in: “And everything because of the limitless greed, the stupidity and

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15: The Spirit Only Listened When The Speaker Speaks In Gestures. And Gestures Do Not Mean Signs Or Body Movements, But Acts Of True Abandon, Acts Of Largesse, Of Humor; Impeccability Is Not Morality. It Only Resembles Morality. Impeccability Is Simply The Best Use Of Our Energy Level

11: To Set Up A New Intent; It Isn’t Just The Intent Of Doing Something New, But The Intent Of Joining Something Already Established: An Intent That Reaches Out To Us Through Thousands Of Years Of Human Toil

145: The Seers of the New Era

141: Stories of the Lineages; The Lineage Known As “Graniceros” (Hailstoners); What Counted When Blowing The Clouds Was The “Intention” Associated With It

95: Survival of the Assemblage Point; The Soul Doesn’t Exist, What Exists Is Energy. Once The Physical Body Disappears, The Only Thing Left Is An Energy Entity Fed By Memory; To Die Is Literally A Dream

205: The Oracle Of The Times; There Are Several Types Of Silence, Or Maybe We Should Call It Different Levels Of Attention; Fight To Reach Silence

132: How Carlos Really met Don Juan

126: Self-importance Kills; Realize That Self-Importance Is An Implacable Poison. We Have No Time Left; Urgency Is What We Need. It Is Now Or Never!

156: The Sense of Urgency of the Warrior

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