Frasi di Carlos Castaneda

“Soffermarsi troppo sull’io causa una terribile stanchezza. Un uomo in questa condizione è sordo e cieco a tutto il resto: è la stanchezza stessa a fare sì che non veda più le meraviglie che lo circondano.”

libro Il lato attivo dell'infinito

“Il vecchio nagual [Elías] spiegò che la posizione della conoscenza silenziosa si chiamava terzo punto perché, per arrivarci, si doveva passare dal secondo punto, il luogo della non pietà.”

libro La ruota del tempo

“La ricerca della libertà è l'unica forza stimolante che conosca. Libertà di volare in quell'infinito là in alto; libertà di dissolversi; libertà di distaccarsi da tutto; di essere come la fiamma di una candela che, nonostante il paragone con la luce di miliardi di stelle, rimane intatta perché non ha mai finto di essere più di quanto non fosse: solo una candela.

Don Juan”

1994, p. 250
Il potere del silenzio (1987)

Carlos Castaneda libro The Art of Dreaming

The Art of Dreaming

“Il luogo della non pietà è il centro della spietatezza. Ma questo tu lo sai. Ora però fintanto che non ti torna in mente, diciamo che la spietatezza, essendo una posizione specifica del punto di unione, si vede negli occhi degli stregoni. È come un velo scintillante che li ricopre. Gli occhi degli stregoni brillano, e più sono lucenti più spietato è lo stregone. In questo momento i tuoi occhi sono opachi.”

“Don Juan mi spiegò che ogni gesto degli stregoni, specie dei nagual, era effettuato o per rafforzare il loro legame con lintento o per rispondere a una provocazione del legame stesso. Gli stregoni, e i nagual in modo particolare, dovevano perciò essere sempre attivamente attenti alle manifestazioni dello spirito. Tali manifestazioni erano chiamati gesti dello spirito o, in modo più semplice, indicazioni, presagi.”

Don Juan: 1994, p. 142
Il potere del silenzio (1987)

“Dissi a don Juan che provavo certe sensazioni inesplicabili. Questo parve destare la sua curiosità. Gli raccontai che già prima avevo provato quelle sensazioni: sembravano momentanee lacune, interruzioni nel corso della mia consapevolezza. Si erano sempre manifestate con una scossa che percepivo nel corpo, seguita dalla sensazione di essere sospeso in qualcosa.”

1994, p. 31
Il potere del silenzio (1987)

“Si alzò in piedi, collocò il sassolino su un masso e poi mi chiese di avvicinarmi e di esaminarlo. Mi disse di osservarne i buchi e le depressioni e di individuarne tutti i minimi dettagli. Spiegò che se avessi individuato i particolari, i buchi e le depressioni sarebbero sparite e io avrei capito che cosa significava non-fare.”

2017, p. 190
L'isola del tonal (1974)

“Un cacciatore non deve solo conoscere le abitudini della preda, deve anche sapere che ci sono poteri su questa Terra che guidano gli uomini, gli animali e tutti gli esseri viventi.”

2016, p. 215
Viaggio a Ixtlan (1972)

“Certo che insisto perché chi mi sta intorno pensi con chiarezza» disse. «E spiego, a chiunque voglia ascoltarmi, che l'unico modo di pensare con chiarezza è non pensare affatto. Ero convinto che tu avessi capito questa contraddizione degli stregoni.”

Don Juan: 2016, p. 99
Viaggio a Ixtlan (1972)

“Le ombre sono come le porte, le porte del non-fare. Un uomo di sapere, per esempio, può descriverti i sentimenti più reconditi degli uomini osservando le loro ombre.”

Don Juan: 1994, p. 141
Il potere del silenzio (1987)

“Un cacciatore sa che attirerà sempre la preda nelle sue trappole, perciò non si preoccupa. Preoccuparsi significa diventare accessibile, inconsapevolmente accessibile. E quando ti preoccupi, ti aggrappi a qualsiasi cosa per la disperazione; e quando ti aggrappi, sei destinato a esaurirti o a esaurire coloro ai quali ti stai aggrappando.”

Don Juan: 2016, p. 221
Viaggio a Ixtlan (1972)

“A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting… Thus a man of knowledge sweats and puffs and if one looks at him he is just like an ordinary man, except that the folly of his life is under his control.”

Don Juan: 2016, p. 88
Viaggio a Ixtlan (1972)

Carlos Castaneda: Frasi in inglese

“We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye.”

Origine: Carlos Castaneda (1971) Separate Reality: Conversations With Don Juan. p. 85; As cited in: Eugene Dupuis (2001) Time Shift: Managing Time to Create a Life You Love. Ch. 5: Self Management

“Man lives only to learn. And if he learns it is because it is the nature of his lot, for good or bad.”

Carlos Castaneda libro Viaggio a Ixtlan

Origine: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe, (1998), Quotations from "Journey to Ixtlan" (Chapter 8)

“We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.”

“In a world where death is the hunter, my friend, there is no time for regrets or doubts. There is only time for decisions.”

Carlos Castaneda libro Viaggio a Ixtlan

Variante: We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same
Origine: Journey to Ixtlan

“Nobody knows who I am or what I do. Not even I.

Don Juan Matus”

Carlos Castaneda libro Viaggio a Ixtlan

Origine: Journey to Ixtlan

“Look at every path closely and deliberately, then ask ourselves this crucial question: Does this path have a heart? If it does, then the path is good. If it doesn't then it is of no use to us.”

Carlos Castaneda libro Viaggio a Ixtlan

Origine: Journey to Ixtlan

“For me there is only the traveling on paths that have heart, on any path that may have heart, and the only worthwhile challenge is to traverse its full length--and there I travel looking, looking breathlessly.”

“Life in itself is sufficient, self-explanatory and complete.”

Origine: The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge

“To worry is to become accessible, unwittingly accessible. And once you worry you cling to anything out of desperation; and once you cling you are bound to get exhausted or to exhaust whoever or whatever you are clinging to.”

Carlos Castaneda libro Viaggio a Ixtlan

Origine: Journey to Ixtlan

“A warrior thinks of his death when things become unclear. The idea of death is the only thing that tempers our spirit.”

Carlos Castaneda libro Viaggio a Ixtlan

Origine: Journey to Ixtlan

“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 or a curse.”

Carlos Castaneda libro The Wheel of Time

The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from A Separate Reality (Chapter 6)

“Think about it: what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellow men. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone.”

“You have little time left, and none of it for crap. A fine state. I would say that the best of us always comes out when we are against the wall, when we feel the sword dangling overhead. Personally, I wouldn't have it any other way.”

Variante: Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it - what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellowmen. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone.
Origine: Fire from Within

“You say you need help. Help for what? You have everything needed for the extravagant journey that is your life.”

Origine: Tales of Power

“Anything is one of a million paths. Therefore you must always keep in mind that a path is only a path; if you feel you should not follow, you must not stay with it under any circumstances.”

Carlos Castaneda libro Viaggio a Ixtlan

Variante: You have everything needed for the extravagant journey that is your life.
Origine: Journey to Ixtlan

“Beware of those who weep with realization, for they have realized nothing.”

Origine: The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge

“To ask me to verify my life by giving you my statistics is like using science to validate sorcery. It robs the world of its magic and makes milestones out of us all.”

Origine: Fire from Within

“A man goes to knowledge as he goes to war, wide awake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance.”

“For a warrior, to be inaccessible means that he touches the world around him sparingly. And above all, he deliberately avoids exhausting himself and others. He doesn’t use and squeeze people until they have shriveled to nothing, especially the people he loves.”

“Dissipating a mood through overanalyzing it wastes our power.”

Carlos Castaneda, The Wheel of Time: The Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts about Life, Death and the Universe
Origine: https://books.google.com/books?id=aqz4lHgxNNYC&lpg=PP1&dq=castaneda%20wheel%20of%20time&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=%22inaccessible%20means%20that%20he%20touches%22&f=false

“A warrior knows that he is waiting and knows also what he is waiting for, and while he waits he feasts his eyes on the world. The ultimate accomplishment of a warrior is joy.”

The Eagle's Gift, (1981)

“Shamanism is a journey of return. A warrior returns victorious to the spirit, having descended into hell. And from hell he brings trophies. Understanding is one of his trophies.”

Origine: The Eagle's Gift, (1981)

“A warrior doesn't need personal history. One day, he finds it is no longer necessary for him, and he drops it.”

Carlos Castaneda libro The Wheel of Time

Origine: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from "The Power of Silence" (Chapter 18)

“The aim is to balance the terror of being alive with the wonder of being alive.”

Carlos Castaneda libro The Wheel of Time

Origine: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from "Journey to Ixtlan" (Chapter 8)

“A man goes to knowledge as he goes to war: wide-awake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance. Going to knowledge or going to war in any other manner is a mistake, and whoever makes it might never live to regret it”

“Forget the self and you will fear nothing, in whatever level or awareness you find yourself to be.”

Origine: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe, (1998), Quotations from The Teachings of Don Juan (Chapter 4)

“Only as a warrior can one withstand the path of knowledge. A warrior cannot complain or regret anything. His life is an endless challenge, and challenges cannot possibly be good or bad. Challenges are simply challenges.”

Origine: The Active Side of Infinity

“The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to infinity.”

“Seek and see all the marvels around you. You will get tired of looking at yourself alone, and that fatigue will make you deaf and blind to everything else. - Don Juan”