Guru Zee Know's platitude infested head is so big that he has to buy 3 airplane tickets and sit in the middle seat !!! He can't even buy a first class ticket because that would mean his head sideways either towards the window or the aisle - OMG I am really cracking up imagining this - poor Xeno :-(
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 5:30 PM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com < no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > ** > > > Ya know, Zee Know, life goes a lot further than this contrived > relationship that Charlie Casteneda builds between himself and others. > > His two bit lecture against Self Importance, is nothing but a speech > glorifying it, the intricacies of avoiding it, the ways in which he > separates out those who are under its sway, from the "Warriors", who, while > labeling themselves, "Warriors", have presumably escaped the influence of > Self-Importance. The closest Charlie ever got to being a warrior was > wielding a stapler in Grad school. > > So, I will sidestep all the drama you have cooked up about this veil of > ignorance I remain behind, and go do something real for awhile. Back in a > bit. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > <anartaxius@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > I haven't glanced at Castaneda's stuff for years. I was appalled by > the excerpt. It reads like some gooey-eyed sophomore, making big, > unqualified statements, about "warriors" and "petty tyrants". It is all in > his head. I cannot imagine what value Barry sees in it. > > > > Perhaps you were appalled because one of the very first statement: > > > > '...what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our > fellowmen. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives > offended by someone.' > > > > If you are appalled, you have not seen through the veil called > ignorance. Barry makes big unqualified statements, though there is usually > a disclaimer from time to time that is it merely opinion. I make > unqualified statements. Maharishi made all sorts of unqualified statements. > The human universe is a morass of unqualified statements. > > > > What one needs is a strategy for sorting out what is useful and what is > not. And each person has to find out for themselves which strategies work > for them. When you consult a teacher, a master, you are not turning over > your life to them. What you are trying to do is reclaim your life. What you > are attempting to get from them is the means to sort out what is useful for > reclaiming life. Surrender is suicide of the ego, not turning your life > over to someone else to run it for you. The teacher, the master is the tool > you select to do this. Maybe you get the wrong tool several times in a row. > Keep trying. > > > > Enlightenment, conceived as a path of knowledge, is not a technique, it > is a strategy. Sometimes you need to retreat, sometimes attack, sometimes > just sit still. Techniques can be part of the strategy, as can be > dedication to your purpose, and some kind of visualisation of the goal, > which cannot be too precise because all one's ideas about the goal are > really largely mistaken for most of the journey. > > > > Casteneda's quotes here (and I have not read anything by him in almost > 40 years) are all to this purpose of liberation from ones self-imposed > limitations. Having an adversary is very useful, especially a good one. You > cannot learn chess against a weak adversary; you will not discover your > inept play this way. It is like a chess game. Anything you can find that > acts as your adversary can help. My first adversary on FFL was Barry, and > it helped clear up a lot of fogginess in my experience. Judy has also been > useful. Judy fits the definition of petty tyrant. Robin is a more > sophisticated tyrant, less petty, but more capable, and more consciously > self-involved. Once you get what you want from these obstacles, you can > retreat. > > > > I think Barry's assessment here that Casteneda, the ultimate con man, > nonetheless has said some very useful things. It is not what other people > say, but how you manage their effect on you that makes them valuable. Thus > whether who you are consulting is Christ or Hitler, Buddha or Stalin, you > can find something that will aid you in the quest for life. The goal is not > to become what THEY are, but what YOU are. > > > > >
