Welcome. I am surprised by the fact that Bruce Wagner "spend 10 years with Carlos" but did not succeed in actually learning any of the methods in depth? Did he basically just say that himself in this documentary?
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u/TechnoMagical_Intent
5 points2024-04-13 11:29
You have to be beyond desperate to divest yourself of the internal dialogue, to have much of a chance at progressing/succeeding in sorcery.
Telling yourself mollifying tales about being in the inner circle of Castenada, or identifying as a "disciple" as some media outlets have labeled it in the past, is a huge detriment.
That's just gilding the cage.
Only those living in hell will claw their way out of the pit (or in our parlance, only those literally drowning in the river of s*** will swim to the shore).
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u/aumuaum
4 points2024-04-13 03:18
There are some gems, in the rough.
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u/Fine_Ad3410
1 points2024-04-20 19:21
Tony Karam is a bad bad man. Freaking book deal mind set Buddhist Chinese syndicate dealer.
Per his story he was chosen by don Juan when he was 7 years old and apparently to Karams words Carlos confirmed it. I wonder what did intention use Karam for and was it successful?
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u/FractalFreak21
1 points2024-04-23 09:06
Regarding this whole documentary I just wonder; since it is quite a massive effort to get such a film together and most likely it will not even make any money, did the person making the documentary put the same degree of effort into the whole topic? With the selected people who are talking, the overall impression is a little "weird". I am not sure what the intent was here. But then again, I guess one could argue that "perception" just differs from person to person as well. Reg. Tony Karam, I have no idea what the story actually was, whether CC had him there just to "fulfill a particular function" or otherwise. But yes, it is somewhat mind-boggling. I wonder why individuals who have been that "close" to CC did not even have various powerful experiences. And would you not then talk about those in a documentary like that? I don't know.
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Thanks for making us publicly aware that it's finally accessible!
The previous discussion posts:
https://www.reddit.com/r/castaneda/comments/ijzjts/the_secret_of_carlos_castaneda_documentary/
https://www.reddit.com/r/castaneda/comments/16pofol/the_secret_of_carlos_castaneda/
And the link has been changed in the Wiki:
https://www.reddit.com/r/castaneda/wiki/audiovisual/
Welcome. I am surprised by the fact that Bruce Wagner "spend 10 years with Carlos" but did not succeed in actually learning any of the methods in depth? Did he basically just say that himself in this documentary?
You have to be beyond desperate to divest yourself of the internal dialogue, to have much of a chance at progressing/succeeding in sorcery.
Telling yourself mollifying tales about being in the inner circle of Castenada, or identifying as a "disciple" as some media outlets have labeled it in the past, is a huge detriment.
That's just gilding the cage.
Only those living in hell will claw their way out of the pit (or in our parlance, only those literally drowning in the river of s*** will swim to the shore).
There are some gems, in the rough.
Tony Karam is a bad bad man. Freaking book deal mind set Buddhist Chinese syndicate dealer.
Per his story he was chosen by don Juan when he was 7 years old and apparently to Karams words Carlos confirmed it. I wonder what did intention use Karam for and was it successful?
Regarding this whole documentary I just wonder; since it is quite a massive effort to get such a film together and most likely it will not even make any money, did the person making the documentary put the same degree of effort into the whole topic? With the selected people who are talking, the overall impression is a little "weird". I am not sure what the intent was here. But then again, I guess one could argue that "perception" just differs from person to person as well. Reg. Tony Karam, I have no idea what the story actually was, whether CC had him there just to "fulfill a particular function" or otherwise. But yes, it is somewhat mind-boggling. I wonder why individuals who have been that "close" to CC did not even have various powerful experiences. And would you not then talk about those in a documentary like that? I don't know.