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" "Сначала мы учимся обо всем думать, — сказал он. — А потом приучаем глаза смотреть на то, о чем думаем. Человек смотрит на себя и думает, что он очень важен. И начинает чувствовать себя важным. Но потом, научившись видеть, он осознает, что не может больше думать о том, на что смотрит. А когда он перестает думать о том, на что смотрит, все становится не важным.
Carlos Castañeda (December 25, 1925 – April 27, 1998) was an American writer. Starting in 1968, Castaneda published a series of books that describe a training in shamanism that he received under the tutelage of a Yaqui "Man of Knowledge" named don Juan Matus. While Castaneda's work was accepted as factual by many when the books were first published, the training he described is now generally considered to be fictional.
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