Journey to Ixtlan by Carlos Castaneda. Audiobook
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Journey to Ixtlan is the third book by Carlos Castaneda, published as a work of non-fiction by Simon & Schuster in 1972. It is about an alleged apprenticeship to the Yaqui "shaman," Don Juan.
The title of this book is taken from an allegory that is recounted to Castaneda by his "benefactor" who is known to Carlos as Don Genaro ( Genaro Flores ), a close friend of his teacher don Juan Matus. "Ixtlan" turns out to be a metaphorical hometown ( or Place / Position of Being ) to which the "sorcerer" or warrior or man of knowledge is drawn to return, trying to get home. After the work of "stopping", his changed perspective leaves him little in common with ordinary people, who now seem no more substantial to him than "phantoms." The point of the story is that a man of knowledge, or sorcerer, is a changed being, or a Human closer to his true state of Being, and for that reason he can never truly go "home" to his old lifestyle again.
In Journey to Ixtlan Castaneda essentially reevaluates the teachings up to that point. He discusses information that was apparently missing from the first two books regarding stopping the world which previously he had only regarded as a metaphor.
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Reading this book in 1998 in my room in Melbourne on a dark cold winter night..... ERASING PERSONAL HISTORY was life changing for me. I transformed myself from a shy quiet boy to a confident guy with personal power to take action.
Next step. You don’t exist separately.
This was so good! The quality of sound, as well as the skill of the reader, allowed for Carlos’ words to dissolve my world and replaced it with his.
@canopyfields what's happened to you now?
@@chrysart7429I honestly believe that Don Juan’s magic shenanigans somehow intentionally attracted Luis Moreno to narrate these books. They wouldn’t be anywhere near what they are without him
@@amandalouisegoodner6230 people with personal power are a rare find in the UA-cam comments
A young native friend and myself were reading these books in our mid-teens. Highly influential for us, we had access to numerous psychedelics back then, and we used these writings as manuals. These teachings are real, although where and when they originated is not for me to say. Shamanism is the spiritual practice that all organized religions oppose, because it exposes the fundamental fact that we're already THERE.
ScienceFindsGod how did you use these writings as manuals? I'm super curious!?
Thank you, very well said, ScienceFindsGod!
ScienceFindsGod read his books in the 70s and it’s nice to touch base again with these book
You bring up an excellent point: organized religion clergy are scared that we will find out that we can cut out the middle-man or woman.
Chillz. Thankyou f
I've read most of his books a couple times and am always amazed how comforting this material is for me.
what's comforting in learning that "demons run our thoughts?"
@@atlasgunther8947 lol
Please expand on how it is that his books comfort you? thanks...
In 1998 at the age of 25, I went on a sabbatical all over the united States, my first stop was Storm Lake IA, looking for myself and to grow in my spiritual path. There at the library I found the teachings of Don Juan and as it was preset I kept finding the other books in order in the next towns I went to. Until the end of my journey in Las Vegas NV where in a used book store I found the entire collection. In Vegas my life changed for the better. In 2012, while going through some very difficult times thanks to my personal mistakes traveling in a public bus I noticed an old broken down book just like myself I first my ego didn't let me pay close attention but something made me look and to my surprise it was the teachings of Don Juan, I took the book and promised to read it again but I never did. In 2021 I had fallen from grace again and I started reading the book, but stopped. Finally in July 2023 I finished reading the book and went ahead to listening in audio books a separate reality and now journey to ixtlan. Hopefully psilocybin will help me wake up this time around. Nahual
The last time for me was ‘75 & I recalled Don Juan saying that the energy expended was very great, knowing what I must do, finding that in doing those things & that in pursuing relationships, there was the work involved that only my intent would see me through. Quite different from mere revelations, quite energy conservative in execution, and revealing only what the actual work will reveal, these things and emotions, the path with heart for example, still learning both the aggrandizements and the lessons at 69
I read them all. Found Jesus is God
This reader tells the story well. His intonations bring the characters of Carlos Castaneda and the Nagual Don Juan Matus to life with all the humor, irony, plot twist, verbal dexterity and centrifugal force intended. Impeccable performance. Bravo! 👏 😃 👏 😀 no doubt to the artistry brought about by his personal power + understanding.
It's an impeccable recording, the best one I ever heard. Luis Moreno did an outstanding job
I read a few of his books.. and intonations do not matter that much to be honest.
After reading some of those books again, in other stages of my life, they developed new meanings.
...although I get what you're saying.
These books and some of these narrators are def the work of the Spirit
Yes I have been loving
Him as don Juan. Such a chad
This book made me feel altogether significant and insignificant. I had so many synchronicities while listening to it. I just feel that it is an important piece of literature and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did in your own way
if ur advanced be aware of the heavyness that keeps your eyes dshit right before you sleep.. this will give you access to seeing energy directly this was the goal.
Another new age hippie 🙄
@@ThetennisDrkeeps eyes what? Can you tell more, please?
Those were omens.
Brilliant narration by Luis Moreno. From having read the entire works some years ago, not to find anything jarring from the reader is something very special.
I first started reading Castaneda when I was 18 years old and despite all the negative commentary about Carlos I still find his books highly fascinating and incredible.
So glad I found this comment!! Rest in eternal peace king your message and music will live on forever!! Brings new meaning to your music knowing this
This video has helped me discover myself in many ways. I'm thankful Carlos Castaneda had the willingness to write it.
Truths like death perfectly written. A blessing to those who endure the glare of conscience.
Whether or not Don Juan was real, his explanation for things hits a place nothing else touches♨️
Carlos Castaneda was the real sorcerer, if you can call him that. I believe he invented Don Juan as a way to represent his other self, to connect people with the invisible and Ill-perceived reality understood by once story and knowledge telling native peoples. These experiences are indeed real, only it is Don Juan who is fictitious.
@@ambiphy1111 Your theory is interesting and after pondering it I felt that Carlos Castaneda lived for part of his life as apprentice sorcerer with Don Juan Matus as his teacher. How else could he have made such a detailed report about all the confrontations and mental gymnastics he was more or less forced to endure and work through, in order to become a real sorcerer? If not Don Juan Matus, some other teacher must have had a role in Carlos Castaneda's life, to establish a status you expect him to have achieved. Without a teacher? Hmmm, is that possible?
My favourite books that I have ever read!
Ego Eimi12🎯
That exactly is what makes Don Juan real. Castaneda did a great, great job on concealing his real identity, for has one, but the reality is this:
Don Juan is to Carlos what Krishna is to Arjuna:
AN FULLY ENLIGHTENED BEING.
An enlightened being right here in modern times. The stuff you only hear about hundreds of years after it happened.
If Don Juan wasn't real, Castaneda was a genius, if he was real Castaneda was fortunate..amazingly fortunate because he played the fool for us all. Those were the days of craziness, for a time, we collectively did stop the world. I'm glad I was born when I was.
I marvel each time, at the depth of knowledge and wisdom, Don Juan offers to Carlos Castaneda in these teachings, when I re-read or re-listen to it, after a pause of 10 years or so.
This use to be my favorite book of all time, I read it 17 years ago and read it so much I wore the binding out on the book, so glad I came across this.
I had a cool hippie teacher in highschool he let me do a book report on this book😜
Synchronicity
be aware of the feeling u have before falling asleep and then awake in your dream.. that was the goal of suing the power plants and the teavhings. book art of dreaming he is always dreaming.. im awakening myself
Lol 😂 marry me!
@@warfirpiece haha ok!
These, HIS, books, have changed my perception of the world completely and utterly.
Yes, I try to listen or read others, but always come back to Carlos. Have you listened to Tales of Power read by Greg Tennent? If you have or read it yourself what is your thought of The Totality of the Tonal? This is a question I believe Carlos has embedded throughout his stories, I have been trying to piece this picture together for a while!
So much more relevant than religion.
Journey to Ixtlan was merely an introduction/tip of the iceberg to Don Juan's vast trove of knowledge ... however, there were many many great and priceless lessons to learn from in order to finetune one's personal life for the warrior's path ... personally, I consider the crown jewels of his whole thing with Don Juan Matus to be "Power of Silence" and "Fire from Within"... I am so grateful to Castaneda's work for opening my eyes to the fact that there are infinite number paths (after all ever-present contrast is the bedrock of unending creativity and infinite possibility) ... just as raindrops that fall on Earth have many different and countless paths before returning back to the Ocean/Source.
yes first 3 books are like tha baby steps then next 3 books walking then flying in the art of dreaming.. thi sis actually lessons that are in order
Thank you for sharing, I was fortunate to find this material when was in my early 20"s. It still continues to assist, eternally grateful. 🙏
Thank you so much for sharing this. It's been one of my favorite books for over 40 years. I love listening to it while doing my work. Thanks again.
These books changed my life.
@Chris Neves it gave me a whole new way of looking at life. It stays with me now 50 years later.
Mine too
Me too
Yup. It really can't be overstated
He had sexual relations with his adopted daughter. Is this the action of a spiritual man? Taken from the BBC Documentary about this charlatan
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You're a great out loud reader. Thank you! You cause me to go right into the story and forget anyone is reading....it's so cool!
Agreed
Great reading of an essential book.
Always an amazing story, no matter what, it has its own power regardless of who is telling it.
"The point of the story is that a man of knowledge, or sorcerer, is a changed being, or a Human closer to his true state of Being, and for that reason he can never truly go "home" to his old lifestyle again." And also that after the man of knowledge has "shifted", other humans start to feel like predators, even those that pretend to be shy or hard to get. See the section in Ixtlan where Genaro avoids group after group of users only to almost fall prey the final one who initially acts disinterested but then casually invites Genaro back to her family's home for dinner. I'm sure this reflected CC's experience with his own students, who put up a good front of impeccability but inevitably became needy in one way or another. In CC's mythos, the path of the warrior is essentially a path of solitude, and a warrior can only engage with non-sorcerer's through controlled folly.
A decent summary that.
Well said, Michael Webber. I fully understand what's meant by a warrior engaging with non-sorcerers through controlled folly. Alpha males and females receive a lot of flak for the same reason, being powerful. Therefore also showing the inadequacy of it in those around them and sparking jealousy, anger of frustration and even openly expressed sabotage.
I've experienced this often in my life, first unaware of this dynamic, when younger. It sparked my feelings of guilt and fear of being powerful, due to the programming of a Calvinistic church institute in Holland, that didn't allow women to vote until the late 60's.
I know the fear of taking responsibility for one's nature and the expression of it in freedom.
Later, I've begun to transform this program and to embody my true nature and stand in my power, while fully aware when those around me try to tackle me, or feed on it for the wrong reasons, like when they've given away their power and believe that others should rule them.
Which is always a failing scenario, turning into co-dependency and covered up sabotage.
The lesson for me, wrapped in this lifetime, is to not hide my vulnerability as a human being, accepting that being powerful also includes being vulnerable. A huge surprise to me!
An excellent observation, Michael Webber. I believe that part of the relationship between a teacher and student, when spiritual and shamanic work is involved, the digging into the nature of being human, is to make it end properly, with the student standing on its own feet on all levels. At least, as much as is possible, for being human means also being imperfect.
In that process, knowledge of energy, the energy system of men and women, the chakra-system, the portals through which we experience and explain our reality, a teacher, in such a relationship, in the best scenario, is the wisest of the two, due to experience and position.
In South America are shamans working in all sorts of conditions. Some are fully living from their instinctual senses, without any form of self-reflection and integrity of how they use their energy, which may lead to abusive practice and the creation of co-dependency between teacher and student. Both thrive on it.
Creating an emotional dependency in students or patients, including sex as well. One of many aspects in shamanic-magic practice, is the involvement of astral entities. When awareness of it is absent, forms of abomination may occur. Voodoo in Africa is similar to South American shamanic practice, when manipulation is involved and motives are mainly unconscious.
Evidence of this came to me by people in my life, sharing their experiences and observations. It took me many years to understand that a person can achieve enormous amounts of knowledge, practical training in the use of energy and manipulation of nature forces, also healing, including impressive performances on stage with large audiences and at the same time remain uneducated in the use of their energy and power, leading to a loss of integrity and moral standards.
Which, I believe, is the reason why we witness so many things in the present world going wrong, with power and money in the hands of people who have lost touch with reality, with a conscience safely in the deep freeze. I'm myself on a quest for the unveiling of my own programs and motives, digging in my own human nature, accepting that condition on planet Earth. Calming my analytical mind.
Learning to be patient with those who act in blindness of their own motives, causing havoc. Often I shake my head, wondering how many of us live with eyes wide shut. In ignorance. In all of that observing and pondering, my learning curve is to not separate myself in superiority and alienating myself in that way.
Michael Webber ,I like your comment, but if we read the full book list of CC, your description is more of a part of the surface, about the methods of a man on the path to an idealized realization or actual achievement of something, not unlike the trainee traditions in taoism. The main subject in CC's books = What is the nature of the Cosmos, and how much freedom of the ("physical"/actual energy-) soul does the human being have within a cosmic "web" of energy filaments. He is philosophizing by joining ideas from many different traditions from around the planet.
(The Journey to Ixtlan is about "how to prepare or reduce the human ego ,in order to open up to the path of what in these books are the "nahuatl"-brujo knowledge, while some of the other books such as Tales of power, The art of dreaming instead slide gradually more into literal descriptions of the Cosmos'basic energy structures and the human place in them- Here we see that Castanyeda has started reading physics more and more, but continued with his dialogue novel approach, probably because it was selling like that, to an expected segment of audience, helping him to make a living)
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Why are you proud?
Although it's generally understood that the tales told by Carlos Casteneda are just that, tales of fiction, to be proud of a heritage is to be proud because of what others have done.
Pride is not a positive quality.
It's a feeling derived from ego.
Nothing wrong with being proud. There are still good wizards everywhere. Europe for example
No Thankyou psuedowoke response. You got a lot to learn bub. Take the red pill
who are we is the question. and calling an indigenous man an "Indian" is foolish. only the Ignorant use the term Indians to indigenous natives.
Don Juan made it clear his were not teachings indigenous to Mexico. These teachings do not originate from any physical location. They were the essential human spirituality of all, until Imperialism made its dark march across the Earth, and stole the tribalism from cultures one by one. The spirituality of the Celtic civilization was practically identical, before the the Greeks and Romans brought Empire to Europe and destroyed what we were. Any identification with a people or location is folly.
This book, for me, was an affirmation of my beliefs and observations of the world around me. Aboriginals, because of their intimate relationship with the world, knew our true place in the world.
3:25:04 - 3:39:05 - Talk about MOTIVATION... Tony Robbins ain't got nothing on, the Don!... Works Best with a good dose of inner SILENCE. 😎
Yet again have the scales dropped from my eyes. Thankks
I love this book! When I was kid in highschool I must have read it and re-read it a hundred times. Hearing it brings back lots of memories. Thanks for the recording.
I listened to all his books last year. Now I’m listening to them all again in reverse. I recommend.
Maybe find a new hobby?
Try reading the books as you listen to them.
Seems like they wouldn't make sense in reverse. It would sound like gibberish.
The Teachings of Nod Nauj: Totally Nagual Edition.
@@biancacamacho9814 lollll
@@biancacamacho9814 I picked up sewing thanks. No more exploring the limits of reality for me 😅
10 hour audiobook! Hold up. I'm hopping over to the 2nd attention and I'll be back in 10 years
I’m going to sit in my first Ayahuasca ceremony on the 1st October 2020 and this was brought up to me by a man at a park i go to to charge my phone. Beyond brilliant thank you for posting and most of the dislikes are by accident i feel because that just happened to me lol. Much love💗
Back in the day cant remember which came first this book or aya... hmm but they both came hand in hand it was all subconscious work... how was your aya exp?
How was your first ceremony??
Lifechangingf wisdom absolutely dazzling my favourite book of all ❤
So cool not to have good spelling or punctuation.
It's amazing. I love Shamanism. Thank you.
Chapter 1 - ua-cam.com/video/sInUoPsAxDQ/v-deo.html
From Ronnie Dylan( Thank you )
44:45 About your father’s energetic grip on you.
52:22 Erase your personal history.
1:21:14 One of Us has to change.
2:12:45 Finding your Proper place to rest/camp.
2:51:22 Making yourself Available/Un-Available
3:49:13 Dreams and Power (Tackling Dreaming, one of the avenues to Power)
4:05:27 What is Power AND the first step towards It; Setting up Dreaming
4:41:58 Dreaming techniques reminder
4:59:21 Describing a Warrior
5:04:18 Description of Power
5:28:21 Headbands and Power Objects for Dreaming
6:56:08 The Gait of Power
7:24:12 Not Doing
7:52:55 Exercise for Not Doing
7:59:49 Describing Shadows
8:19:19 The four, young, Power Quartz crystal-hunting, Indian apprentices
9:27:44 The Cubic Centimeter of Chance
Many thanks!
I just found this. I would sure like to find more Casteneda audiobooks. Thanks for doing this.
I read this book years ago and learned to get to the first stage of dreaming -- looking at my hands and sustaining the integrity of what I was seeing for as long as possible. I only began the next stage -- transporting myself to a previously chosen location -- accomplishing it twice but then, somehow, not being able to do it again.
I really appreciate the audiobook, although the reader seems to give Don Juan a pissed-off voice with too much consistency. Sometimes it makes sense, but when I read the print version, I never imagined Don Juan coming across pissed off 60-70% of the time.
Nonetheless, the reader had a great voice and puts feeling into it, so overall listening is a great experience.
Steven K-Brooks do you have an email?
first gate is to be aware of falling asleep , that is all...
not looking at your hands but i saw my hands last night.. im awakening my dream body oh yea
I agree, the reader shouldn't be so gruff when enacting Don Juan. Gentle, but firm, would be more appropriate.
Never late to start again
I have always been able to see my hands from the days of teenage angst, remembering the intense dreams is harder but I did she my hands the other night. I was picking up an object, it felt like I was there looking down at this object in my hands.
Life changing knowledge, I am so grateful that I found this 💙
I have learning english use this beautiful book
Listen , rewriting, read and think about it again and again .
For my opinian path of warrier one from best system in this marvelos world
Check your spelling and grammar before posting. Keep studying.
thank you for putting this on UA-cam
What amazing story! So many subjects that constantly runs through my head, so many confirmations...
I remember when I read this in the 70's and how the ending struck me with a fulfillment, a beginning and ending. a stripping away of it all, knowing that none of us know anything at all unless we experience total inward abandonment of all that we are and it made me so wistfully happy and peaceful.
ASI ES AMIGO EL PODER ESCONDIDO DE ALGUNOS PUEBLOS EN MEXICO}
The narration is almost impeccable.
Really. There was zero voice direction on this. The reader repeated the words correctly, but without the sense he understood or felt them. It was flat and dead.
As a impressionable teenager looking for answers this book and subsequent guidebooks got me into some dangerous situations. I was lucky to come out sane and safe but I had no teacher. I did have some very busy guardian angels. I still try to live the warriors life and fight the good fight.
Warrior’s life. Try using apostrophes.
@judeirwin2222 Tried it. Didn't care for them.
Magic Book 📚 Incredible Narrator
PART 1: Stopping the World
1: Reaffirmations from the world around us 00:18:08
2: Erasing personal history 37:24
3: Losing self importance 58:23
4: Death is an advisor 1:16:47
5: Assuming responsibility 01:41:48
6: Becoming a Hunter 2:08:16
7: Being Inaccessible 2:35:15
8: Disrupting the Routines of Life 3:02:22
9: The last battle on earth 3:19:48
10: Becoming accessible to power 3:45:10
11: The mood of a warrior 4:24:36
12: A Battle of power 5:03:00
13: A Warriors last stand 5:46:30
14: The gate of power 6:25:18
15: Not-Doing 7:27:02
16: The Ring of Power 8:12:30
17: A Worthy Opponent 8:44:33
PART 2: Journey to Ixtlan 9:20:40
18: The Sorcerer’s Ring of Power 9:20:40
19: Stopping the World 9:56:00
20: Journey to Ixtlan 10:23:27
The most helpful bit for me was remembering every person i had ever met.
Incredible narrator.
Thanks!
Who is the narrator?
This is the first book I read of Carlos. I was 19 at that time.
This book was on my bookshelf for years while i was in high school. My cousin gave us a bunch of books.. This was one.. When I moved out after graduation. I picked up a hitch hiker who ended up living with me for some time. He introduced me to Carlos's books. Later when I came home again.. I saw this book and almost exploded in sheer joy. My heart goes out to the universe for how I found his works.. Or how they were always there and how they made themselves known. Deeply thankful.
Ha! Sounds like someone has a personal history. Joking of course.
I was 13
i read Castaneda at 19, it was 1970. ixtlan was published 1972, so i started with tales of power or the teachings. not sure which. after all those years i am impressed at how much meaning/truth Castaneda captured and how relevant it remains.
Wow...this is my exact same circumstance
such incredulously frighteningly beautiful writing is somewhat masked by the overwhelming information contained within the bounds of the text, but not bounded by it....
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Learn the difference between “incredible” and “incredulous”.
thank you for putt together and uploaded it.
This is the last book I’ve read by him. Saving the best for last
sugarcakezz there are nine or Ten ?
Yup. Make sure you read ALL 9 ...if you can't afford or find it online... They are Free at the library...
I've been following and practicing this Priceless Knowledge, for over 18 years. And whether it's Real. Or fake (which it's, not) The Knowledge is valid and REAL.
This is some REAL, "Bruce Lee, type shit" ...I can't describe it no other way! :D
The only book I didn't like, was, "The 2nd Ring Of Power." ...This one was pretty dark. And written after Don Jaun, supposedly, "left the world." (A waste. As I really didn't learn. Anything.)
All the Best, in your Journey!
@@TH-ut6ok Agree.
this is just the beginning of the books like art of dreaming or fire from with in.
I have listened to this Audiobook so many times its embarrassing! But the truth is i am still getting more out of it. I guess my main question is " Is about this description we have, and could we be the blind lizards living in a host living our lives oblivious that its only a descrpition". The mind bogles, Hooray for Carlos for making a reference book without Hallucinating plants. (Not that i am against that), but he made another avenue of introspection. Carlos fans i guess will always feel indebted to him. I hope you made it through.
I also have listened many times to and every time I understand more, in SPITE of wondering if it was all true or not. I know the Castaneda story but the man is not the story....and I have gained a LOT from these writings. The rest...who knows. Sad about the young women who died out of choice when Carlos left. I am aware he died of liver issues and not in a blaze of light. But either he met don Juan or researched and created an amazing story. It doesn't matter. There is a lot of wisdom in his works...for ME!
this is prolly his greatest work. its a teaching experience. read write recite.
It’s embarrassing. Its is a possessive pronoun. The cat washed its face. It’s means it is. Use the correct word.
@judeirwin2222 Are you my Mother, you sound like her !
@@helenamaria710 This is a little late for a reply to my post !
How's it going ? Are you still finding wisdom ?
Myself , I had found a path for my life through the introduction of these books, and even that I found my own path it's great in itself to have a path, A path gives one a measure to measure up to one self and not to others, I use certain ideas from Carlos still for example An impeccable Warrior , I have been Meditating for years and found many internal movements and vibrations and use or should I say "Try" to find answers by use of the word "Impeccable" to try different ways for my path and if I find it has improved my seeing 👀 or vibrations , I do my best to try keep bias out by testing or whatever to see if the choice I made was an Impeccable decision. It keeps life interesting and if I can add some humour to keep myself light then my path ✨️ has become more fun and enjoyable not worrying about how obscure my life has become !
Many Gems of Wisdoms in these books, just because Carlos didn't "Fly or Walk" out of here doesn't mean a thing, I have had many "Out of body experiences" so personally I know we have another body and by doing and experimenting I have been able to control and also get over the fear of being controlled.
Indigo
Excellent reading! Thank you!
this guy could read a chemistry manual and still make it enjoyable
Florin Costach, Beautiful words for the reade
I know I love this narrator
Actually this guy sounds like he should read a chemistry manual. Very technical voice.
Lmao 100%!!
@@akiramenai4973 I agree and he always makes don Juan sound angry and petulant and irritated. I doubt he was like that at all. For me to listen to this reader and not get annoyed is not doing! :D
Hearing Don Juan's words are nothing but words but to be felt within for me.
don Juan
This knowledge is not for everyone. It has almost driven me insane a couple times.😁
Its hard put into practice.
Yei Tochtli me too! Lol 😂
@@hekimaasilia6207 it has been well worth it. It has brought meaning and purpose to my life. This is the real filosophy in its purest form. Nagualismo!!!!🦌🌞😇
@@hekimaasilia6207 I meant beauty and purpose.🤪😂
@@ismaelcerda5565 Sure. When I first discovered it through an ex girlfriend it was at such a perfect time in my life. I needed that knowledge. although I had to stop reading the books whilst high on weed! LOL The arts of dreaming was most fascinating phenomenon to me - to this day!
I have read the entire books of this auther back in the 80"s . Very inspiring
37:24 Erasing personal history
58:23 Losing self importance
1:16:46 Death is an adviser
Thank you!!!! I need this
Anybody else here because Robert Greene recommended this book? I love it!
Problem with this knowledge is that you become aware of all this when you become old, and you can not use all of this a long time. It is like you want to climb on a mountain. You start climbing up when you are young, you reach the top in middle age, and then you have to climb down (in base camp), and then you are old.
You have life experience, You know the mountain, but you end up with not enough time to use it practicly.
Your death is knocking on your door, and you must pack your bag...
Dejan Zivkovic Death pushing us is what spurs a warrior to learn. And it is the journey that tempers the spirit of a warrior, not the destination. If the goal is Freedom, the amount of time it takes to achieve is irrelevant.
Al Bundie well I really hope that Freedom is what is going to happen to one who follow the path of the warrior....
Eligio
@@albundie6689 Yes! 🔥.
Death is nothing but the next step
This is Castaneda at the height of his powers. I just re-read Cormac McCarthy's The Crossing, which is shot through with Castaneda's influence. Ixtlan contains this important passage:
"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?"
The Crossing is my favorite McCarthy book. I read it first and was so excited about reading the others, then discovered I didn't much like them. Especially Blood Meridian- it's supposed to be such a great book but it just didn't resonate with me at all.
Having known the entire Castaneda series I consider Journey To Ixtlan his finest effort. Unfortunately we will never know where the truth ends and fabrication begins. It can be said that truth is unique to each individual and as such truth is always in flux. However science has proven that things can indeed be broken down into ever smaller elements until there is only the element in question present. So yes truth can be apprehended, assuming of course that there is a truth to be apprehended in the first place. Literature OTOH is free of the confines imposed by science and we are left with more questions than there are answers. But given enough time even the truth becomes just a good story and conversely a just a good story can acquire a gloss of truth. The clock has been ticking away on this for a very long time. As I recall the traveler never makes it to Ixtalan which is perhaps the core element present in the story.
The journey was only meant as a metaphor. Ixtlan , geographically speaking was the area of northern Mexico, Arizona and new Mexico prior to spanish conquest.
Will Start istening from tonight... Bless me.. ❤️🙏🏼
Awesome. Great narration too.
Thank you for uploading👍
Such a beautiful end to the reading. The loneliness of humanity living in this world.
That journey to ixtlan rings a lot of bells
Thank you brother!! Great read, very helpful
"I don't know how we ended up talking about all this when all I wanted were some names for my charts."
Blind Joe i pointed this out also ha!
😂 love that line
Truths like the death of my benefactor nagual Carlos written, I wish you my brothers, in understanding, good freedom.
Now I want to go on a camping trip to hunt for power
Oh la la, The Adept, when you hunt for power it will avoid you like the plague, unless you're in need of using it for selfish ego-centric reasons, as a show off to yourself and the world.
Did you find power?
I’m on day 325 of my own. Good progress!
Careful out there, shit! I never camp alone since reading these books haha
@@devonseamoor Its true in a way but also seeking personal power and egomania is a good path to realize how pointless it is and go beyond it to enlightenment.
Thank you.
Mis respetos hacia el narrador y por supuesto mis respetos a el escritor. Pero a Don Juan y a don Genaro los tendré presentes a lo largo de mi viaje .
He's a hawk and falcon hunter so naturally the crows like him
This is ninja shit,, advanced lessons,, plus degrees,, peace to Carlos and Juan and genero
We live a challenging and lonely life in a strange, and often hostile, universe. Not the message the "established religions" want us to present. This makes Castaneda's work so controversial, but fascinating. It doesn't give easy or comforting answers.
But the story’s in the Bible are much more dramatic than this, yet some people would rather try to believe this.
"Alleged apprenticeship"? Anybody who has read these books repeatedly and confirmed everything he says in them knows they are not "alleged".
My favorite is Don Genaro 👍🏼👌🏼🙏🏼🥰😀😂
Mine too. The books would be nothing without him. He's funny , serious, a friend, a Nagual, and don Juan's partner in crime to teach C.C the Teachings of unforgettable Knowledge...he's the BEST 👌
We are toltecs established at Riverside Lodge hostel and Silverthorne Colorado. We train in the Ninja ballerina snowboarding style in the winter. come practice with us you Phantoms?
COME to mexico to see a real toltecs ¡
18:04 Part 1-Stopping the World
Great book
"You crossed your eyes," he said emphatically. "That's the technique; you must have done that, although you don't remember it." Don Juan then described the technique, which he said took years to perfect, and which consisted of gradually forcing the eyes to see separately the same image. The lack of image conversion entailed a double perception of the world; this double perception, according to don Juan, allowed one the opportunity of judging changes in the surroundings, which the eyes were ordinarily incapable of perceiving...
"All I can do is give you the technique. Once you learn to separate the images and see two of everything, you must focus your attention in the area between the two images. Any change worthy of notice would take place there, in that area."
- Carlos Castaneda, 'Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan'
Wow
Interesting 🧐
If you uploaded "Tales of Power" I'd love you forever lol
Okey))
Tales of Power by Carlos Castaneda: ua-cam.com/video/gQs2R7sYWxg/v-deo.html
The Whistling reaper D.C.Thf
Read it!
@@instream7181 Unfortunately, that video isn't available. Here's one that works: ua-cam.com/video/wcU2VEGz7Hk/v-deo.html
its real.. maybe from another realm.. but real
I read Castaneda books some 50 + Years ago... yes psycadelics etc were everywhere then and much used and talked about, I still have Respect for The Mushroom ! But I have pause to like or dislike his writings... I have moved on and I am more critical in my thinking/reading. They (books) were right ? for their time and now...... ?
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Blessings
It never occurred to me that don juan was not real.
please delete this, you ruined it for me...
I read these when I was a young man and had problems putting these books down. The narrator does an excellent job, and captures how I pictured Don Juan. I also did not know if Castaneda was fictonalizing Don Juan or not. I do think the author was trying to pass on a knowledge that he had studied.
i 1:23 i like it so much. the reader is so good. the story is so real.
thanks you.
9:14:00 - Enlightenment's Receipt is greater than tricks of deceit!
Thank You :)
where did you find this beautiful artwork?
Castaneda was a brilliant writer. His knowledge of the great religious/philosophy on earth allowed him to pull of the greatest scam since Mohammed
Thanks for this :-)
10:23:27 - Chapter 20 - Journey to Ixtlan
HOW did Castaneda get such a DETAILED account of his interactions, unless he used some kind of AUTOMATIC RECORDING DEVICE?
awesome
Continued to believe jesus chrisy said this same things❤
Find your spot .
So weird. As soon as I reached the part about the spot for no reason I looked at the comment section and saw your post. Hmmm
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