Frasi di Carlos Castaneda (121 frasi, pagina 2)

Insomma, fermare il mondo era un'interpretazione corretta di alcuni stati di consapevolezza nei quali la realtà della vita quotidiana è alterata perché il flusso dell'interpretazione, che in genere scorre ininterrotto, è stato arrestato da un insieme di circostanze estranee a quel flusso. Nel mio caso, l'insieme di queste circostanze era la descrizione magica del mondo.
Origine: Dall'introduzione a Viaggio a Ixtlan, 2016, p. 12.

Carlos Castaneda Frasi e Citazioni

“La tua sfida sta nel prendere gli altri così come sono. Lasciali in pace.”

Carlos Castaneda

libro Il lato attivo dell'infinito

Sulla pace

“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.”

Carlos Castaneda

libro La ruota del tempo

Tempo

“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.”

Carlos Castaneda

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

Conoscenza

“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”

Carlos Castaneda libro The Art of Dreaming

The Art of Dreaming

Stella , La libertà , Ricerca , Luce

“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.”

Carlos Castaneda

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

“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.”

Carlos Castaneda

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

Modo

“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.”

Carlos Castaneda

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

Sensazione

“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.”

Carlos Castaneda libro Viaggio a Ixtlan

2016, p. 215
Viaggio a Ixtlan (1972)

“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.”

Carlos Castaneda libro Viaggio a Ixtlan

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

Animali , Sugli uomini

“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.”

Carlos Castaneda

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

Modo

“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.”

Carlos Castaneda libro Viaggio a Ixtlan

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

Sugli uomini

“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.”

Carlos Castaneda libro Viaggio a Ixtlan

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

Disperazione

Carlos Castaneda: Frasi in inglese

“For an instant I think I saw. I saw the loneliness of man as a gigantic wave which had been frozen in front of me, held back by the invisible wall of a metaphor.”

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Carlos Castaneda libro Viaggio a Ixtlan

Origine: Journey to Ixtlan

“We are men and our lot in life is to learn and to be hurled into inconceivable new worlds.”

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Carlos Castaneda Una realtà separata

Origine: A Separate Reality

“I had been experiencing brief flashes of disassociation, or shallow states of non-ordinary reality.”

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Carlos Castaneda

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

“The art of being a warrior is to balance the wonder and the terror of being alive.”

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Carlos Castaneda

“A warrior takes his lot, whatever it may be, and accepts it in ultimate humbleness. He accepts in humbleness what he is, not as a grounds for regret but as a living challenge.”

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Carlos Castaneda

Origine: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe, (1998), Quotations from "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.”

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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)

“Wait before revealing a finding. Wait for the most appropriate time to let go of something that you hold.”

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Carlos Castaneda

The Eagle's Gift, (1981)

“The world is unfathomable. And so are we, and so is every being that exists in this world.”

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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 "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“To change our idea of the world is the crux of shamanism. And stopping the internal dialogue is the only way to accomplish it.”

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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 "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“A warrior is someone who seeks freedom. Sadness is not freedom. We must snap out of it. Having a sense of detachment entails having a moment's pause to reassess situations.”

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Carlos Castaneda

Origine: The Eagle's Gift, (1981)

“Losing the human form brings the freedom to remember your self. Losing the human form is like a spiral. It gives you the freedom to remember and this in turn makes you even freer.”

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Carlos Castaneda

Origine: The Eagle's Gift, (1981)

“At the level of luminous beings the range is so broad that it is futile to try to establish limits--thus, the energy of a luminous being can be transformed through will into anything.”

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Carlos Castaneda

Origine: The Eagle's Gift, (1981)

“What channels the energy of our total being to produce anything that might be within the boundaries of possibility is known as will.”

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Origine: The Eagle's Gift, (1981)

“The compulsion to possess and hold on to things is not unique. Everyone who wants to follow the warrior's path has to rid himself of this fixation in order not to focus our dreaming body on the weak face of the second attention.”

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Carlos Castaneda

Origine: The Eagle's Gift, (1981)

“Silent knowledge is nothing but direct contact with intent.”

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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)

“Warriors have an ulterior purpose for their acts, which has nothing to do with personal gain. The average man acts only if there is the chance for profit. Warriors act not for profit, but for the spirit.”

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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 spirit manifests itself to a warrior at every turn. However, this is not the entire truth. The entire truth is that the spirit reveals itself to everyone with the same intensity and consistency, but only warriors are consistently attuned to such revelations.”

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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)

“A warrior must cultivate the feeling that he has everything needed for the extravagant journey that is his life. What counts for a warrior is being alive. Life in itself is sufficient, self-explanatory and complete.”

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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 "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“Warriors do not win victories by beating their heads against walls, but by overtaking the walls. Warriors jump over walls; they don't demolish them.”

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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 "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“Whenever the internal dialogue stops, the world collapses, and extraordinary facets of ourselves surface, as though they had been kept heavily guarded by our words.”

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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 "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“Knowledge comes to a warrior, floating, like specks of gold dust, the same dust that covers the wings of moths. So for a warrior, knowledge is like taking a shower, or being rained on by specks of dark gold dust.”

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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 "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“Knowledge is a most peculiar affair, especially for a warrior. Knowledge for a warrior is something that comes at once, engulfs him, and passes on.”

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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 "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“A warrior considers himself already dead, so there is nothing for him to lose. The worst has already happened to him, therefore he's clear and calm; judging him by his acts or by his words, one would never suspect that he has witnessed everything.”

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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 "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“Solace, haven, fear, all of these are words which have created moods that one has learned to accept without ever questioning their value.”

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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 "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“When a warrior learns to stop the internal dialogue, everything becomes possible; the most far-fetched schemes become attainable.”

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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 "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“If a warrior is to succeed in anything, the success must come gently, with a great deal of effort but with no stress or obsession.”

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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 "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“The only possible course that a warrior has is to act consistently and without reservations. At a certain moment, he knows enough of the warriors' way to act accordingly, but his old habits and routines may stand in his way.”

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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 "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“There are lots of things a warrior can do at a certain time which he couldn't do years before. Those things themselves did not change; what changed was his idea of himself.”

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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 "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“A warrior doesn't know remorse for anything he has done, because to isolate one's acts as being mean, or ugly, or evil is to place an unwarranted importance on the self.”

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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 warrior acts as if he knows what he is doing, when in effect he knows nothing.”

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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)