It was three years later that I had my first volitional dream, or, as most would call it, lucid dream. There is no try.'Īfter reading the third book by Carlos Castaneda, Journey to Ixtlan, I began setting myself the task each night of looking for my hands in my dreams. I like what Yoda said in The Empire Strikes Back, 'Do.

If you are new to Carlos Castaneda and this compilation I welcome you! It is entirely up to each of us to utilize what Carlos Castaneda presents. Read what the skeptics say if you wish but don't be stopped by them. ALL of it is for you to verify through your own experience and you CAN verify it. To those who know little of Castaneda's books but have found this site, please know that there is NOTHING to believe with Carlos Castaneda's books. I find it unfortunate, not for myself or for others but for that author, that he could not see the forest for the trees. The skeptics of Castaneda soon came along with one of them becoming quite well known for his book purportedly exposing him as a fraud (I don't think the author quite put it so bluntly but he might as well have if he actually didn't). That was to say, knowing full well that what one had chosen to believe might well NOT be true but that one chose to believe ( had to believe) as that choice matched their spirit (my phrasing). In the fourth book, Tales of Power, Carlos Castaneda reported don Juan as saying that a man of knowledge did NOT believe but rather had to believe and that that meant believing according to one's innermost predilection. That book was assigned reading for an English class I was taking.įortunately for me, I was interested in Castaneda's books for what I considered their good advice and the glimpse they gave into human possibility with no judgement on my part regarding their truthfulness. I was first introduced to Carlos Castaneda when there was just one Castaneda book: The Teachings of Don Juan. History of this Carlos Castaneda compilation and my thoughts on the work of Carlos Castaneda. if I don't make the effort to render his world as a coherent phenomenon it'll go by the way it has for hundreds of years, as a nonsensical activity when it is not nonsensical it's not fraudulent - it's a very serious endeavour.' Thank you so very very much for your donation to my Carlos Castaneda compilation!!Ĭarlos Castaneda - 'My effort to make sense of don Juan's world is my own way of paying back to him for this grand opportunity. 'This comprehensive compilation of Carlos Castaneda's books was extremely helpful.' Donations are greatly appreciated!! Thank you!! But for studying the teachings, this page offers great support. If you've not read the books I'd encourage you to do that. You will find in this compilation the vast majority of Carlos Castaneda's Don Juan's teachings with all of the story part removed. This is a comprehensive summary of Carlos Castaneda's ten main books.

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