But I agree with Don Juan, that it doesn't matter at all whether it is "true", you're trying to construct an inventory of whether it is true. If you obsess over a jaguar, then why shouldn't you obsess over how Carlos turned himself gigantic, or the Eagle? You can obsess all day over whether it is true, and not get one step further.
"Is all this true, don Juan?"
"To say yes or no to your question is doing. But since you are learning not-doing I have to tell you that it really doesn't matter whether or not all this is true. It is here that a warrior has a point of advantage over the average man. An average man cares that things are either true or false, but a warrior doesn't. An average man proceeds in a specific way with things that he knows are true, and in a different way with things that he knows are not true. If things are said to be true, he acts and believes in what he does. But if things are said to be untrue, he doesn't care to act, or he doesn't believe in what he does. A warrior, on the other hand, acts in both instances. If things are said to be true, he would act in order to do doing. If things are said to be untrue, he still would act in order to do not-doing. See what I mean?"
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This would be better asked in the Megathread, and will stay removed:
https://www.reddit.com/r/castaneda/comments/1ohs6wj/megathread_chat_channel_replacement/
But I agree with Don Juan, that it doesn't matter at all whether it is "true", you're trying to construct an inventory of whether it is true. If you obsess over a jaguar, then why shouldn't you obsess over how Carlos turned himself gigantic, or the Eagle? You can obsess all day over whether it is true, and not get one step further.
"Is all this true, don Juan?"
"To say yes or no to your question is doing. But since you are learning not-doing I have to tell you that it really doesn't matter whether or not all this is true. It is here that a warrior has a point of advantage over the average man. An average man cares that things are either true or false, but a warrior doesn't. An average man proceeds in a specific way with things that he knows are true, and in a different way with things that he knows are not true. If things are said to be true, he acts and believes in what he does. But if things are said to be untrue, he doesn't care to act, or he doesn't believe in what he does. A warrior, on the other hand, acts in both instances. If things are said to be true, he would act in order to do doing. If things are said to be untrue, he still would act in order to do not-doing. See what I mean?"
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