As long as a man feels that he is the most important thing in the world, he cannot really appreciate the world around him. He is like a horse with blinders; all he sees is himself, apart from everything else. - Don Juan What are your thoughts on the video? share them in the comments. Like if you agree, thumbs down if you don't - comment what you think and don't forget to sub for quality content on all things Toltec - regular weekly uploads. #CarlosCastaneda #DonJuan #Nagualism #Anaam #TheNagualZone ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99iZ8FEGBe4

"Don Juan also told us that the second attention served the function of a beckoner, a caller of chances. The more it is exercised, the greater the possibility of getting the desired result. But that was also the function of attention in general, a function so taken for granted in our daily life that it has become unnoticeable; if we encounter a fortuitous occurrence, we talk about it in terms of accident or coincidence, rather than in terms of our attention having beckoned the event." ~ Carlos Castaneda ~~~~~ I raised the point that if the spirit wasn't an entity, or a presence, and had no essence, how could anyone entice it? "Your problem," he said, "is that you consider only your own idea of what's abstract. For instance, the inner essence of man, or the fundamental principle, are abstracts for you. Or perhaps something a bit less vague, such as character, volition, courage, dignity, honor. The spirit, of course, can be described in terms of all of these. And that's what's so confusing - that it's all these and none of them." He added that what I considered abstractions were either the opposites of all the practicalities I could think of or things I had decided did not have concrete existence. "Whereas for a sorcerer an abstract is something with no parallel in the human condition," he said. "But they're the same thing," I shouted. "Don't you see that we're both talking about the same thing?" "We are not," he insisted. "For a sorcerer, the spirit is an abstract simply because he knows it without words or even thoughts. It's an abstract because he can't conceive what the spirit is. Yet without the slightest chance or desire to understand it, a sorcerer handles the spirit. He recognizes it, beckons it, entices it, becomes familiar with it, and expresses it with his acts." I shook my head in despair. I could not see the difference. "The root of your misconception is that I have used the term "abstract" to describe the spirit," he said. "For you, abstracts are words which describe states of intuition. An example is the word "spirit", which doesn't describe reason or pragmatic experience, and which, of course, is of no use to you other than to tickle your fancy." ~~~~~~ What are your thoughts on the video? share them in the comments. Like if you agree, thumbs down if you don't - comment what you think and don't forget to sub for quality content on all things Toltec - regular weekly uploads. #CarlosCastaneda #DonJuan #Nagualism #Anaam #TheNagualZone ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmipMnU2e5g