It isn't that a warrior learns shamanism as time goes by; rather, what he learns as time goes by is to save energy. This energy will enable him to ha… - Carlos Castañeda

It isn't that as time goes by you're learning sorcery; rather, what you're learning is to save energy. And this energy will enable you to handle some of the energy fields that are not employed in perceiving the ordinary world we know. Sorcery is a state of awareness.

For such sorcerers, the most significant act of sorcery is to see the essence of the universe. The essence of the universe resembles incandescent threads stretched into infinity in every conceivable direction, luminous filaments that are conscious of themselves in ways impossible for the human mind to comprehend.

If we choose to recondition our interpretation system, reality becomes fluid, and the scope of what can be real is enhanced without endangering the integrity of reality.

Бессмысленная жертва, пустая трата времени — жить, чтобы питаться, и питаться ради жизни, и снова жить, чтобы питаться, и так — до самой смерти. Развлечения, придуманные людьми, как бы они при этом ни изощрялись, — всего лишь жалкие потуги забыться, не выходя за пределы порочного круга — питаться, чтобы жить, и жить, чтобы питаться…