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The Wheel of Time by Carlos Castaneda
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it was amazing
bookshelves: 10, every-6-months-worth-re-reading, act-org-completed
Read 3 times. Last read January 13, 2024.

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- THE PATH OF THE TOLTEC WARRIOR = IS FOLLOWING THE HEART FELT PATH - WITH DEATH BY ONES SIDE <3

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~ NOTHING IN THIS WORLD IS A GIFT = WHATEVER MUST BE LEARNED MUST BE LEARNT THE HARD WAY

1) BE WIDE AWAKE
2) FEAR
3) RESPECT
4) ABSOLUTE ASURANCE

~ DOES THIS PART HAVE A HEART = A JOYFUL JOURNEY = AS LONG AS HE FOLLOWS IT HE IS @ 1 WITH IT

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~ FEELING IMPORTANT MAKES 1 HEAVY CLUMSY & VAIN = 2 BE A WARIOUS ONE NEEDS 2 BE LIGHT & FLUIDE

~ SEEING THE FLOW OF ENERGY

~ THE IDEA OF DEATH IS THE ONLY THING THAT TEMPERS ONES SPIRIT

~ A WARRIOR LIVES BY ACTING = NOT THINKING ABOUT ACTING = NOR THINKING ABOUT WHAT HE WILL THINK WHEN HE HAS FINISHED ACTING

~ CHOOSES A PATH WITH HEART = ANY PATH WITH HEART & FOLLOWS IT REJIOCES & LAUGHS KNOWING HIS LAUGH WILL BE OVER 2 SOON = NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THEN ANYTHING ELSE == ONLY LIFE 2 BE LIVED = HIS ON

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Controlled Folly
the flow within focus and detachment
the balance between the unknown & the knowable

Controlled folly does not mean that nothing matters to a warrior. On the contrary, it means that a warrior acknowledges that he does not know all the questions, much less the answers to all of life’s complexities and mysteries

He honors the unknown and unknowable, remaining open and fluid instead of pretending that he knows everything. He never exhausts his power building and trying to maintain castles made of sand. He realizes that he can not anticipate the workings of the Spirit

A warrior gathers power by acting impeccably. He chooses what to be and what to do, according to a set of values and principles that defines him, just as I have chosen to make impeccability the focal point of my value system.

A spiritual warrior plays for keeps using his personal power in a clear and focused manner to accomplish his intent because, with death always at at his shoulder he knows that it does not make any sense to spend this precious lifetime acting in an unfocused and haphazard way.

Yet, at the same time, because he knows that he does not have all the answers, he realizes that nothing he does may matter in the scope of the totality of the universe.

He realizes that nothing he says or does may ever be of any eternal significance. But he acts anyway out of a deep longing lodged in the quiet recesses of his soul

It is about a perspective, indeed. He chooses the empowering optimistic perspective without regret assuming full responsibility for his choices and acts even though he knows damned well that it may be folly to do so

Trust & intuition
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RAZOR SHARP AWARENESS = OF THE UNIVERSAL FORCE OF INTENT =

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~ DROP PERSONAL HISTORY

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WORRY = CLINGING - EXHASTING - ONE SELF OR THOSE AROUND HIM

HE LIVES IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OFF THE WORLD

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~ TRIMMED ORDIRLY LIFE

~ NOT 2 FIX THE SPIRIT IS 2 SEEK DEATH

~ PERSONAL POWER = UNLOCKED THROUGH A LIFETIME OF STRUGLE = TOWARDS TRUTH

~ ACTS AS IF HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING IN AFFECT HE KNOWS NOTHING

~ A WARRIOR DOESNT KNOW REMORCE FOR ANYTHING HE HAS DONE - 2 ISOLATE ONES ACT - IS 2 PLACE AN WARANTED IMPORTANCE OF THE SELF

~ THE TRICK IS THE FOCUS & BELIEF IN WHAT ONE EMPHISISES = MAKING ONE INFINITLY MISERABLE OR INFINITLY STRONG

~ THE BALANCE TERROR OF BEING A MAN WITH THE WONDER OF BEING MAN

3 TASKS
1) ERRASE MY PERSONAL HISTORY BY ANY MEANS NECISERRY
2) STOP MY ROUTINES
3) DETHRONE MY SENSE OF PERSONAL IMPORTANCE

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EDIFICE MEANING = a complex system of beliefs:
"the concepts on which the edifice of capitalism was built"

~ THE WARRIORS WAY IS EVERYTHING

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~ THE WARRIOR TAKES EVERYTHING AS A CHALLENGE

~ AN ORDINARY MANY TAKES ONLY BLESSINGS & CURSES

THE WARIOUR BELEIVES WITHOUGHT BELIEVING - = DOES BELEIVING AS A CHOICE = ITS ONLY BECAUSE DEATH IS STALKING HIM = THE WARRIOURS ART IS 2 BE PRENILLY FLUID IN ORDER 2 PLUCK IT = AVARAGE MAN IS AWARE OF EVERYTHING ONLY WHEN HE THINKS HE SHOULD BE = THE WARRIOUR IS 2 BE AWARE OF EVERYTHING AT ALL TIMES

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ERRASE PERSONAL HISTORY=
1) LOOSING ONES IMPORTANCE
2) ASSUMING RESPONSABILITY FOR ONES ACTS
3) USING DEATH AS AN ADVISOR

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~ SELF PITTY IS LEFT 2 THE BACKGROUND = JUST LIKE THE IDEA OF ONES IMPENDING DEATH - HUMBLENESS - TAKING RESPONSABILITY FOR ONES ACT WAS ONCE IN THE BACKGROUND = COMES IN THE FORGROUND THE MOMENT ONE BECAME A WARRIOR

Prominent feature means a particular noticeable or conspicuous part or characteristic12. For example, a person's eyes can be their most prominent feature1. = IN TERMS OF SELF PITY

~ FACADE DEFINITION - a deceptive outward appearance:
"her flawless public facade masked private despair"


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~ NEVER LEAVES THINGS 2 CHANCE = HE AFECTS OUTCOMES OF EVENTS WITH THE FORCE OF HIS AWARENESS & UNBENDING INTENT

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Reading Progress

December 8, 2023 – Shelved
December 8, 2023 – Shelved as: to-read
December 18, 2023 – Shelved as: currently-listening
January 7, 2024 – Shelved as: actualized-org
January 12, 2024 – Started Reading
January 12, 2024 – Shelved as: actualized-org-completed
January 12, 2024 – Shelved as: 10
January 12, 2024 – Shelved as: every-6-months-worth-re-reading
January 12, 2024 – Finished Reading
January 13, 2024 – Started Reading
January 13, 2024 – Finished Reading
April 9, 2024 – Shelved as: act-org-completed
August 9, 2024 – Shelved (Unknown Binding Edition)
August 10, 2024 – Started Reading (Unknown Binding Edition)
August 10, 2024 – Finished Reading (Unknown Binding Edition)
November 14, 2024 – Shelved as: act47-org
November 14, 2024 – Shelved as: act-org-completed

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