Hello everyone, I have a question, my father has been practicing sorcery in the castaneda line of knowledge for over 20 years and opened all the gates up to the seventh and still practices it to this day, he recently had a testicular problem and went into surgery about 30 minutes ago, his biggest concern about him losing one of his testicles is whether the loss of a testicle could unbalance his energetic center and he may no longer be able to dream, I would like to know the opinion of the members here. I'm from Brazil, so we can use different terms for things related to sorcery, so I'm sorry if it's difficult to understand, but any opinion would be good, thank you!
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what are these seven gates?
dance with the devil?
anyway...
I've had one of my testicles removed because of cancer and I'm doing very good with the dr practice
You don't dream with your testicles 🙄.
In the same vein, women (those who were born with a womb) can still engage in womb dreaming even after a hysterectomy.
And if he had reached the seventh gate of dreaming, whatever you think that is since only the first four are spelled out in the books, shouldn't he be able to answer that himself?!?
The seventh gate would naturally involve total facility with the energy body, and thus be up to one's ears in seeing (silent knowledge).
https://www.reddit.com/r/castaneda/comments/egkz4l/how_to_pass_the_four_gates_of_dreaming/
Would you gain a little bit of women's proficiency losing a testicle ðŸ˜
Lmao if that were the case I'd get both removed 💀
You also don't need them for delusional pretending.
So he'll be just fine.
He's losing one of his balls of energy.
Don't say that out loud!
Cleargreen will make a new advanced course about it.
Or worse, Miles will go around doing Michael Jackson imitations (grabbing his balls of power).
Although, back in the day the women would have loved that.
He and Tyrone (the private class gigolo) could really get up an audience doing that on stage.
Tyrone is still around, but I couldn't convince him to come here and help us remember forgotten details and magical passes.
There really is something to what don Juan said about those who jump back into the river of shit on purpose, will never leave it again.
It's just hard to believe.
Tell them to put the remaining testicle right in the middle. Perfectly balanced.
The "religiosity" doesn't matter. DJ and that one who turned into a woman (can't remember the name) expressed countless times that the motions and methods etc don't really matter. They're only there to help pave the way. The Warrior's Intention is all that matters in the end.
Ur speaking of the death defier btw
Thank you! What was her/his name?
It's unknown, the lineages only knew them as the "Death Defier" as they were apart of one of the old seers groups that went to the inorganic beings for their own version of "immortality." They were known for giving gifts to Don Juan's lineage, though, for a trade of energy. Last I heard they are residing within Carol Tiggs I think?
Your father should stop behaving so badly.
It's not good for our community.
Lurker here: if this isn't trolling, it's worse.
If you've spent much time on most run-of-the-mill Castaneda forums or groups, then you know that it's almost certainly worse (and not trolling) 🫤
Yes, we live in an age of intentionally deceptive information.
Attention span is compromised by constant input. We are conditioned to be receivers instead of actively perceive. You all came to Castaneda by his books, so you're readers. I meet so many folks in their 40's or older who tell me, "I used to read books when I was younger. Now I just can't. I can't stick with it." Is it just anecdotal or is there actual data reflecting this? Sorry for the New Yorker article but there is some light data on books and reading in particular: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/why-we-dont-read-revisited
There's all kinds of "data" out there with questionable criteria and sources. It used to be amusing but now its the culture of the entire world. It's as if being alive together is a gigantic grift on one another. https://elearningindustry.com/a-deep-dive-into-the-shrinking-attention-span#:\~:text=The%20study%20led%20by%20Microsoft,12%20seconds%20to%208%20seconds.
Keep practicing.
I'm pretty quiet around here, but boy do I find some of the questions here entertaining. I feel like laughter is the best way to communicate. I always resonated with Don Genaro quite a bit..... 😜
Perhaps your father's confusion starts from a misunderstanding of what sorcery energy is.
https://reddit.com/r/castaneda/w/terminology/energy
I'm going to be very serious with you right now...all it will affect is his ability to "hang brain" properly. 😎
The human body is a very adaptable beast...just gotta adjust...
De qual estado vc é irmao?
Rio de janeiro mano, e você?