E.) A WARRIOR'S LIFE
 
9. MOOD OF A WARRIOR
 
 
MOOD OF A WARRIOR
 
A WARRIOR CONTROLS HIS/HER MOOD
A warrior makes his own mood...fear got you into the mood of a warrior, but now that you know about it, anything will serve you to get into it. it's convenient to always to act in such a mood..it cuts through the crap and leaves one purified...one needs the mood of a warrior for every single act..otherwise one becomes distorted and ugly. JTI,119. there is no power in a life that lacks this mood. JTI,120.
 
DIFFICULT TO GET INTO THE WARRIOR MOOD
To achieve the mood of a warrior is not a simple matter. it is a revolution. JTI,121.....The hardest thing in the world is to assume the mood of a warrior...it is of no use to be sad and complain and feel justified in doing so, believing that someone is always doing something to us. Nobody is doing anything to anybody, much less to a warrior. JTI,110.
 
SOBRIETY
 
SORCERERS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN CRAZINESS BUT IN SOBRIETY
The awareness of daily life.!.. it means that we are after sobriety, measure, control. We are not interested in craziness and helter-skelter results. You indulged in your excesses and didn't shift your awareness of daily life to your double... you imbued your double with an unknown, uncontrollable awareness. TSC,224.
 
WHAT IS SOBRIETY?
 
HAVING A SENSE OF COMPOSURE, ALMOST INDIFFERENCE, A NATURAL BENT FOR EXAMINATION
internal strength meant a sense of equanimity (composure), almost of indifference, a feeling of being at ease, but, above all, it meant a natural and profound bent for examination, for understanding. All of these traits are called sobriety. FFW,194.
 
WHY IS SOBRIETY IMPORTANT TO SORCERY?
 
SORCERY IS DONE IN COMPLETE SOBERNESS/DRUGS NOT THE KEY
The extraordinary effect that psychotropic plants had on me was what gave me the bias that their use was the key feature of the teachings. I held on to the conviction and it was only in the later years of my apprenticeship that I realized that the meaningful transformations and findings of sorcerers were always done in states of sober consciousness. TOP,236.
 
MOVING THE AP IS EVERYTHING, BUT IT MEANS NOTHING IF IT'S NOT A SOBER, CONTROLLED MOVEMENT.
sobriety was crucial to dealing with the moving of the assemblage point. POS, 72.. ..moving the AP is everything, but it means nothing if it's not a sober, controlled movement. POS,267.... seers have to be methodical, rational beings, paragons of sobriety and at the same time they must shy away from all those qualities in order to be completely free and open to the wonders and mysteries of existence. FFW,91....
alignment has to be a very peaceful, unnoticeable act. No flying away, no great fuss. FFW,234... the sobriety needed to let the AP assemble other worlds is something that cannot be improvised.
 
SOBRIETY MUST BE CULTIVATED
Sobriety has to mature and become a force in itself before warriors can break the barrier of perception with impunity. FFW,235.
 
SOBRIETY WILL BRIDGE THE CONTRADICTIONS FOUND IN SORCERY
only a feeling of supreme sobriety can bridge the contradictions found in sorcery.. you may call that bridge between contradictions anything you want- art, affection, sobriety, love or even kindness. FFW,91
 
HUMBLENESS
 
A WARRIOR SHOULD BE HUMBLE BECAUSE HE IS EQUAL TO EVERYTHING
The third precept of the rule, that a warrior, aware of the unfathomable mystery that surrounds him and aware of his duty to unravel it, takes his rightful place among mysteries and regards himself as one. Consequently, for a warrior there is no end to the mystery of being, whether being means being a pebble, or an ant, or oneself. That is a warrior's humbleness. One is equal to everything. EG,279. To regard the lion and the water rats and our fellow men as equals is a magnificent act of the warrior's spirit. it takes power to do that. JTI,121....that wouldn't affect my inner serenity. This attitude is called knowing your worth... and my worth is absolutely zero... as long as the positive and negative forces are in balance, they cancel each other out and that means that my worth is zero. it also means that I cannot be possibly upset when someone criticizes me, nor can I be pleased when someone praises me. TSC,64...to be victorious and to be defeated are equal. SR,88. You have learned that the backbone of a warrior is to be humble and efficient. TOP,277... humbleness entails being impeccable in one's actions and feelings. (???)If you don't have a clear picture of what you want, you may become more humble. JTI,55. A warrior takes his lot, whatever it may be, and accepts it in ultimate humbleness. He accepts it in humbleness what he is, not as grounds for regret but as a living challenge. It takes time for every one of us to understand that point and fully live it. TOP,24.
 
WE SHOULD BE HUMBLE AND PROTECT OUR PERSON NOT DEFEND IT
one has to be utterly humble and carry nothing to defend, not even one's person; that one's person should be protected, but not defended. In snubbing them, I (CC) was not protecting but merely defending myself. EG,195.
 
RESPECTING OTHER THINGS
 
A warrior treats everything with respect and does not trample on anything unless he has to. SR,180.
 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A WARRIOR AND A BEGGAR... WARRIORS AREN'T MASTERS
I now know that the humbleness of a warrior is not the humbleness of a beggar. The warrior lowers his head to no one, but at the same time, he doesn't permit anyone to lower his head to him. The beggar.. falls to his knees at the drop of a hat and scrapes the floor for anyone he deems to be higher; but at the same time, he demands that someone lower than him scrape the floor for him. ...that's why I told you earlier today that I didn't understand what masters felt like. I know only the humbleness of a warrior, and that will never permit me to be anyone's master. TOP,25.
 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A WARRIOR AND AN AVERAGE MAN IN SELF- CONFIDENCE
The self-confidence of the warrior is not the self-confidence of the average man. The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of the onlooker and calls that self-confidence. the warrior seeks impeccabilty in his own eyes and calls that humbleness. the average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to himself. TOP,13. Self-confidence entails knowing something for sure; (???)
 
WANTING/NEED
 
HE SAID THAT NOT WANTING ANYTHING WAS A WARRIOR'S FINEST ACHIEVEMENT
He said that not wanting anything was a warrior's finest achievement. ...In my stupidity..I had enlarged the sensation of not wanting anything and made it lapse into not liking anything. Thus, my life was boring and empty. TOP,240. Yet if we could learn to cut our wants to nothing, the smallest thing we'd get would be a true gift. To be poor or wanting is only a thought; and so is to hate, or to be hungry, or to be in pain. SR,142. The power to do that is all we have (thinking hunger and thirst are thoughts) to oppose the forces of our lives; without that power we are dregs, dust in the wind. SR,142. ..you must cultivate the feeling that a warrior needs nothing. TOP,56. A warrior doesn't seek anything for his solace. SRP,110.
Only he(CC's little boy) could cancel that act (refers to CC making promise to a little boy)....by learning to reduce his wants to nothing. As long as he thinks that he was a victim, his life will be hell. And as long as you think the same your promise will be valid. SR,142
 
WHAT MAKES US UNHAPPY IS TO WANT.
What makes us unhappy is to want. SR,142
 
NEED IS FELT AS ATTACHMENT TO OUR SELF-REFLECTION
Each of us has a different degree of attachment to his self-reflection.. and that attachment is felt as need..POS,166
 
CONTROL
 
A WARRIOR IS IN CONTROL WITHOUT CONTROLLING ANYTHING
A controlled outburst and a controlled quietness were the mark of a warrior. JTI,104...You had a degree of abandon, and at the same time you had a degree of control over yourself. You did not let go and wet your pants, and yet you let go and climbed that wall in complete darkness..to climb well in darkness required that you had to hold on to yourself and let go of yourself at the same time. That's what I call the mood of a warrior. JTI,119...a man of knowledge is in control without controlling anything. TOP,61. A warrior must be calm and collected and must never lose his grip. TOP,29.....One of the acts of a warrior is never to let anything affect him. Thus, a warrior may be seeing the devil himself, but he won't let anyone know that. The control of a warrior has to be impeccable. TOP,140. A warrior cannot be helpless..or bewildered or frightened, not under any circumstances. For a warrior there is time only for his impeccability; everything else drains his power, impeccability replenishes it. TOP,191. a warrior always made sure that everything was in proper order, not because he believed that he was going to survive the ordeal he was about to undertake, but because that was part of his impeccable behavior. JTI,167.
 
BEING FLUID
 
BEING CONTROLLED IS ALSO BEING FLUID.. BELIEVING BUT NOT BELIEVING..
... they had been taught to be fluid, at ease in whatever situation they found themselves, and that I had been taught the same. EG,33.... But he could not hate or fight the river, or be impatient with it, or fret, which were the ways he normally behaved with everything and everybody in his life. All he could do with the river was follow its flow. POS,237.. he knew how to let go. SRP,42...Sorcerers live exclusively in the twilight of a feeling best described by the words "and yet..." When everything is crumbling down around them, sorceres accept that the situation is terrible, and then immediately escape to the twilight of "and yet..." POS,199..A warrior must be fluid and must shift harmoniously with the world around him, whether it is the world of reason, or the world of will. The most dangerous aspect of that shifting comes forth every time the warrior finds that the world is neither one nor the other. I was told that the only way to succeed in that crucial shifting was by proceding in one's actions as if one believed...in other words, the secret of a warrior is that he believes without believing... to just believe would exonerate him from examining his situation. A warrior, whenever he has to involve himself with believing, does it as a choice, as an expression of his innermost predilection. A warrior doesn't believe, a warrior has to believe. TOP,108. A warrior considers all those possibilities and then chooses to believe in accordance with his innermost predilection. As a warrior you have to believe in that (Cats story) if you have to believe, however, you must use all the event. Having to believe means that you must consider everything. TOP,111.He said it was not so difficult to let the spirit of man flow and take over; to sustain it, however, was something that only a warrior could do. TOP,110. In fact, as I have told you before, a warrior doesn't need to believe because as long as he keeps on acting without believing he is not-doing. JTI,199....a warrior acted as if he knew what he was doing, when in effect he knew nothing... JTI,168.
 
FOUR REACTIONS TO DIFFICULT SITUATIONS
 
There are three kinds of bad habits which we use over and over when confronted with unusual life situations. TOP,55.First, we may disregard what's happening or has happened and feel as if it has never occurred. That one is the bigot's way.TOP,55. Second, we may accept everything at its face value and feel as if we know what's going on. That's the pious man's way. TOP,55 third, we may become obsessed with an event because either we cannot disregard it or cannot accept it wholeheartedly. That's the fool's way...TOP,55. There is a fourth, the correct one, the warrior's way. A warrior acts as if nothing had ever happened, because he doesn't believe in anything, yet he accepts everything at its face value. He accepts without accepting and disregards without disregarding. He never feels as if he knows, neither does he feel as if nothing had ever happened. He acts as if he is in control, even though he might be shaking in his boots. To act in such a manner dissipates obsession. TOP,55.
 
10. EMOTIONS OF A WARRIOR
 
EMOTIONS OF A WARRIOR
 
ENTERING THE UNKNOWN
the mood of a warrior who enters into the unknown is not one of sadness...he's joyful because he feels humbled by his great fortune, confident that his spirit is impeccable and above all fully aware of his efficiency. TOP,279
 
HAPPINESS
 
HAPPINESS COMES FROM DOING THINGS DELIBERATELY
you don't know the happiness that comes from doing things deliberately. SR,64. ... and while he waits he feasts his eyes on the world. For him the ultimate accomplishment of a warrior was joy. EG,84 A warriors joyfulness comes from having accepted his fate, and from having truthfully assessed what lies ahead of him. TOP,279
 
FULFILLMENT
 
THERE IS NO EMPTINESS IN THE LIFE OF A MAN OF KNOWLEDGE
There's no emptiness in the life of a man of knowledge ..everything is filled to the brim...and everything is equal and my struggle was worth my while. SR,88
 
HUMOR
 
HUMOR WAS ONE WAY TO COUNTERACT THE EFFECTS OF THE SORCERER'S WORLD
humor was the only means of counteracting the compulsion of human awareness to take inventories and to make cumbersome classification. FFW,32.. the only way to counteract the devasting effect of the sorcerer's world was to laugh at it. TOP,54. Blind men don't laugh. Their bodies jerk a little with the ripple of laughter. They have never looked at the funny edge of the world and have to imagine it. Their laughter is not roaring. SR,89.
 
CLARITY
 
MAN'S SECOND NATURAL ENEMY
(a man's) second enemy. Clarity! That clarity of mind, which is so hard to obtain, dispels fear, but also blinds. It forces the man to never doubt himself. It gives him the assurance he can do anything he pleases, for he sees clearly into everything. And he is courageous because he is clear, and he stops at nothing because he is clear But all that is a mistake; it is like something incomplete. if the man yields to this make-believe power, he has succumbed to his second enemy and will fumble with learning. He will rush when he should be patient, or he will be patient when he should rush. And he will fumble with learning until he winds up incapable of learning anything more. He doesn't die... his second enemy has just stopped him cold from trying to become a man of knowledge; instead, the man may turn into a buoyant warrior or even a clown. Yet the clarity for which he has paid so dearly will never change to darkness and fear again. He will be clear as long as he lives, but he will no longer learn, or yearn for, anything. (to defeat it).. he must do what he did with fear: he must defy his clarity and use it only to see, and wait patiently and measure carefully before taking new steps; he must think, above all, that his clarity is almost a mistake. And a moment will come when he will understand that his clarity was only a point before his eyes. And thus he will overcome his second enemy, and will arrive at a position where nothing can harm him anymore. This will not be a mistake. it will not be only a point before his eyes. It will be true power.TDJ,85,86....He will know at this point that the power he has been pursuing for so long is finally his. He can do with it whatever he pleases. His ally is at his command. His wish is the rule. He sees all that is around him. TDJ,86. Clarity, the second enemy of a man of knowledge, has loomed upon you. SR,115
 
DOUBT
 
DOUBT COMES FROM WHERE YOUR AP IS POSITIONED
I moved your AP beyond the position where there are no more doubts. There are two such positions for warriors. In one you have no more doubts because you know everything. In the other, because you don't know anything. FFW,300.
What we need to do to allow magic to get hold of us is to banish doubt from our minds.. once doubts are banished, anything is possible. POS,130.
 
WORRYING
 
FRETTING WAS PROPER ONLY IN THE FIRST ATTENTION
fretting was proper only in the first attention. EG,260
 
FEAR
 
FEAR IS A PRODUCT OF THE AP
fear did not exist as soon as the glow of awareness moved beyond a certain threshold inside man's cocoon. FFW,125,126
 
BEING AFRAID IS OKAY/FIRST NATURAL ENEMY
There is nothing wrong with being afraid. When you fear, you see things in a different way. TDJ,49....Fear is the first natural enemy a man must overcome on his path to knowledge. Besides, you are curious. That evens up the score....And you will learn in spite of yourself; that's the rule. TDJ,51.....Fears are natural; that all of us experience them and there is nothing we can do about it... no matter how frightening learning is, it is more terrible to think of a man without an ally, or without knowledge. TDJ,55...the first of his natural enemies: Fear!. A terrible enemy-treacherous, and difficult to overcome. It remains concealed at every turn of the way, prowling, waiting. And if the man, terrified in its presence, runs away, his enemy will put an end to his quest. TDJ,84.
 
FEAR IS NATURAL AND SHOULDN'T BE CONTROLLED
DJ said that it was natural to be scared, and that to control fear was wrong and senseless. The ancient seers got trapped by suppressing their terror when they should have been scared out of their wits. FFW,111..
 
FRIGHT WILL ALWAYS BE THERE
fright is something one can never get over.. SR,251
 
FRIGHT CAN'T INJURE YOU
Fright never injures anyone.JTI,xii. when a warrior is caught in such a tight spot he would simply turn his back to the ally without thinking twice. A warrior cannot indulge, thus he cannot die of fright. SR,251
 
IT'S OKAY TO BE AFRAID BUT NOT PARALYZED
be afraid without being terrified... put all your concentration on the midpoint of your body. FFW,125...
 
FEAR MAKES YOU LEARN
One of the greatest forces in the lives of warriors is fear.. it spurs them to learn. FFW,61..
 
RUNNING AWAY FROM FEAR MEANS NO MORE LEARNING/BEING DEFEATED
(if the man runs away in fear)... nothing happens to him except he will never learn. He will never become a man of knowledge. He will perhaps be a bully or a harmless, scared man; at any rate, he will be a defeated man. His first enemy will have put an end to his cravings. TDJ,84..If he gives in to fear he will never conquer it, because he will shy away from learning and never try again. TDJ,87.
 
DEFEATING FEAR
... (so)... he must not run away. He must defy his fear, and in spite of it he must take the next step in learning, and the next, and the next. He must be fully afraid and yet he must not stop. That is the rule! And a moment will come when his first enemy retreats. The man begins to feel sure of himself. His intent becomes stronger. Learning is no longer a terrifying task. When this joyful moment comes, the man can say without hesitation that he has defeated his first natural enemy.... It happens little by little, and yet the fear is vanquished suddenly and fast. TDJ,84.But if he tries to learn for years in the midst of his fear, he will eventually conquer it because he will never have really abandoned himself to it. TDJ,87.fear was supposed to be conquered and there was an alleged time life of a man of knowledge when it was vanquished, but first one had to be conscious of being afraid and duly to evaluate that sensation. DJ asserted that one was capable of conquering fear only by facing it. TDJ,196,197
 
ONCE FEAR IS GONE, THE PERSON IS FREE FROM IT.
Once a man has vanquished fear, he is free from it for the rest of his life because, instead of fear, he has acquired clarity - a clarity of mind which erases fear. By then a man knows his desires; he knows how to satisfy those desires. He can anticipate the new steps of learning, and a sharp clarity surrounds everything. the man feels that nothing is concealed. TDJ,85.
 
FEAR OF LOSING YOUR SOUL
I said I could not figure out logically what had caused my panic, and he replied that it was not the fear of dying, but rather the fear of losing my soul, a fear common among men who do not have unbending intent. TDJ,185.
 
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU ARE AFRAID/UPSET
when you have been afraid or upset, don't lie down to sleep... sleep sitting up on a sofa chair. ..if I wanted to give my body healing rest I should take long naps, lying on my stomach with my face turned to the left and my feet over the foot of the bed... put a pillow over the shoulders away from the neck to keep warm and wear heavy socks or keep shoes on. POS,41
 
PUSHING THE BELLY DOWN/FOR MOMENTS OF GREAT FEAR AND STRESS
it was a technique he had taught me years before, to use in moments of great danger, fear or stress. It consisted of pushing the diaphragm down while taking four sharp gasps of air through the mouth, followed by four deep inhalations and exhalations through the nose. He had explained that the gasps of air had to be felt as jolts in the middle part of the body, and that keeping the hands tightly clasped, covering the navel, gave strength to the midsection and helped to control the gasps and the deep inhalations, which had to be held for a count of eight as one pressed the diaphragm down. The exhalations were done twice throught the nose and twice through the mouth in a slow or accelerated fashion, depending on one's preference. TOP,163.
 
SADNESS AND MELANCHOLY
 
BEING SAD FOR NO REASON
in the life of warriors it was extremely natural to be sad for no overt reason. Seers say that the luminous egg, as a field of energy, senses its final destination whenever the boundaries of the known are broken. A mere glimpse of the eternity outside the cocoon is enough to disrupt the coziness of our inventory. The resulting melancholy is sometimes so intense that it can bring about death. FFW,115
 
SADNESS AS A WAY TO BECOME SILENT
The Naugal told me that for a human being sadness is as powerful as terror. Sadness makes a warrior shed tears of blood. Both can bring the moment of silence. Or the silence comes of itself, because the warrior tries for it throughout his life. EG,143
 
EXPRESSING YOUR SADNESS
If a warrior needs solace..he simply chooses anyone and expresses to that person in every detail of his turmoil. After all, the warrior is not seeking to be understood or helped; by talking he's merely relieving himself of his pressure. That is, providing that the warrior is given to talking; if he's not, he tells no one. TOP,56.
 
CAN'T AVOID PAIN/GRIEF
a warrior could not avoid pain and grief but only the indulging in them. TOP,278.
 
GETTING RID OF MELANCHOLY
The best way to get rid of melancholy is to make fun of it. FFW,115
 
GETTING OUT OF A SAD MOOD
the way to get you out of this sad mood is to make you angry or to make you think. TSC,168.
 
ANGER
 
ANGER IS A NATURAL REACTION TO THE AP NOT MOVING ON COMMAND
anger was a natural reaction to the hesitation of the AP to move on command. FFW,278
 
WARRIORS CAN'T BE ANGRY
.... everything a warrior does is dictated by impeccability..with no thoughts of personal gain..so they can't be angry or disillusioned with people. POS, 92....it was absurd to be offended by an animals actions.. DJ told me I should feel the same way about the onslaughts of my fellow men. I should protect myself or get out of their way, but without feeling morally wronged. POS,223...No I'm never angry at anybody. no human being can do anything inportant enough for that. You get angry at people when you feel their acts are important. I don't feel that way any longer. TDJ,73.
 
LONELINESS
 
BEING ALONE
we are all alone that is our condition...but to die alone is not to die in loneliness. TOP,278...and I had partially succeeded in disrupting daily routines, assuming responsibility for my acts, erasing personal history and had finally arrived at a point which years before I had dreaded; I was capable of being alone without disrupting my physical or emotinal well-being. TOP,57
 
AFFECTION
 
AFFECTION
real affection cannot be an investment. FFW,288.
 
11. DEALING WITH THE WORLD

A. PLANTS AND TREES

ORGANIC LIFE

 
COMPARING TREE VS MOVING BEINGS ON WHERE THEY GET THEIR NOURISHMENT
the awareness of a tree draws its nourishment from the depths of the earth, while the awareness of mobile creatures draws it from the surface. There is no sense of strife in a tree, whereas moving beings are filled to the brim with it. EG,236
 
AP LOCATION FOR PLANTS LOWER PART OF COCOON WHILE ORGANIC BEINGS UPPER PART
But the real difference between plants and other organic beings is the location of their AP. Plants have it on the lower part of their cocoon, while other organic beings have it on the upper part of their cocoon. FFW,184.
 
PLANTS
 
PLANTS IN GENERAL
Plants have pinkish luminosities in general, because their awareness is pink. FFW,184. Plants are very peculiar things..they are alive and they feel. JTI,6.
 
POWER PLANTS
The interesting part is that some tiny plants have a cocoon almost as big as a man's body and three times its width. Those are power plants. They share the largest amount of emanations with man, not the emanations of awareness, but other emanations in general. FFW,184.
 
POISONOUS PLANTS
Poisonous plants are a pale yellow pink and medicinal plants are a bright violet pink. The only ones that are white pink are power plants; some are murky white, others are brilliant white. FFW,184.
 
PLANTS COMMUNICATE WITH INORGANIC BEINGS
Old seers were convinced that plants have the most intense communication with inorganic beings. FFW,185.
 
SORCERER'S USE PLANTS/TREES AS GUIDES TO THE DARK REGIONS
They believed the lower the AP, the easier for plants to break the barrier of perception; very large trees and very small plants have their AP extremely low in their cocoon. Because of this, a great number of the old seer's sorcery techniques were means to harness the awareness of trees and small plants in order to use them as guides to descend to what they called the deepest levels of the dark regions. FFW,185.
 
YOU MUST TALK TO PLANTS BEFORE YOU PICK THEM AND THANK THEM
you must talk to the plants before you pick them. In order to see the plants you must talk to them personally. You must get to know them individually; then the plants can tell you anything you care to know about them. SR,94
The world around us is a mystery..and men are no better than anything else. If a little plant is generous with us we must thank her, or perhaps she will not let us go. JTI,25..It doesn't matter what you say to a plant..you can just as well make up words; what's important is the feeling of liking it and treating it as an equal.....a man who gathers plants must apologize everytime for taking them and must assure them that someday his own body will serve as food for them..so, all in all, the plants and ourselves are even. neither we nor they are more or less important. JTI,23.
There is no need to talk to plants unless you want to know their secrets and for that you need the most unbending intent. JTI,36.
 
ALSO SAME GOES FOR ANIMALS WE HUNT
The worms, the birds, the trees, all of them can tell us unimaginable things if only one could have the speed to grasp their message. The smoke can give us that grasping speed. But we must be on good terms with all the living things of this world. This is the reason why we must talk to plants we are about to kill and apologize for hurting them; the same thing must be done with the animals we are going to hunt. We should take only enough for our needs, otherwise the plants and the animals and the worms we have killed would turn against us and cause us disease and misfortune. A warrior is aware of this and strives to appease them, so he peers through the holes(sounds), the trees and birds and the worms give him truthful messages. SR,226.
 
TREES
 
TREES ARE CLOSER TO MAN THAN ANTS. ...TREES AND MAN CAN DEVELOP A GREAT RELATIONSHIP; THAT'S SO BECAUSE THEY SHARE EMANATIONS.
....trees are closer to man than ants. ...trees and man can develop a great relationship; that's so because they share emanations. FFW,184...the cocoon of a giant tree is not much bigger than the tree itself. FFW,184
 
FEELINGS FOR A TREE
The feeling I had developed for the trees was beyond words. I had the certainity that I was able to absorb their moods, know their age, their insights and what they sensed. I could communicate with a tree directly through a sensation that came out from the inside of my body. often, communication began with a spilling forth of pure affection, almost as intense as what i felt for Manfred, and affection that came out of me always unexpectedly and unsolicited. Then I could feel their roots descending into the earth. i knew whether they neede water and which roots were extending toward the underground water source. TSC,244 I could tell what it felt like to live seeking light, anticipating it, intending it, or what it felt like to feel heat, cold or be ravaged by lightening and storms. I learned what it was like never to be able to move off one's destined spot. To be silent, to sense through the bark, the roots and intake light through the leaves. i knew, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that trees feel pain; and I also knew that once communication is engaged, trees poured themselves out in affection... TSC,245
 
B. ANIMALS
 
COYOTES
 
COYOTES ARE TRICKSTERS
For example, you could have asked that coyote about anything you wanted to know and it would have been compelled to give you an answer. the only sad part is that coyotes are not reliable. they are tricksters. It is your fate not to have a dependable animal companion. JTI,254.
 
CROWS
 
SEEING LIKE A CROW
I brought up the issue of the difference I had detected in the movement of light. Things that are alive... move inside, and a crow can easily see when something is dead, or about to die, because the movement has stopped or is slowing down to a stop. a crow can also tell when something is moving too fast, and by the same token a crow can tell when something is moving just right.It means a crow can tell actually what to avoid and what to seek. When something is moving too fast inside, it means it is about to explode violently, or to leap forward, and a crow will avoid it. When it moves inside just right, it is pleasing sight and a crow will seek it. TDJ,172.
Rocks or dead animals or dead trees (do not move inside) but they are beautiful to look at. That is why crows hang around dead bodies. They like to look at them. No light moves inside them. (flesh rotting) moves but that is a different movement. When a crow sees then is millions of things moving inside the flesh with a light of their own, and that is what a crow likes to see. It is a truly an unforgetable sight. TDJ,172.
(would anyone seeing me have thought I was an ordinary crow) You can't think that way when dealing with the power of the allies. Such questions make no sense, and yet to become a crow is the simplest of all matters. It is almost like frolicking; it has little usefulness. As I have already told you, the smoke is not for those who seek power. It is only for those who crave to see. TDJ,173.
A crow is safe. it is ideal in size and nature. It can go safely into any place without attracting attention... it is possible to become a lion or a bear, but that is rather dangerous. Such a creature is too large; it takes too much energy to become one. one can also become a cricket, or a lizard, or even an ant, but that is even more dangerous, because large animals prey on small creatures. TDJ,173.
 
C. EARTH AND SUN
 
EARTH
 
THE EARTH HAS A COCOON THAT TRAPS THE EAGLE'S EMANATIONS
..everything on the earth is encased. FFW,182...the earth itself is a living being... the earth has a cocoon..there is a ball encasing the earth, a luminous cocoon that traps the Eagle's emanations. The earth is a gigantic sentient being subjected to the same forces we are. FFW,222
 
THE EARTH IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF EVERYTHING WE ARE: IT HAS ALL THE EMANATIONS PRESENT IN MAN'S COCOON
....the earth is the ultimate source of everything we are.. FFW,223 Since both the earth and man are sentient beings, their emanations coincide, or rather, the earth has all the emanations present in man and all the emanations that are present in all sentient beings, organic and inorganic for that matter. FFW,224...The secret knowledge of the earth had to do with everything that stands on the ground.. people, animals, insects,trees, small plants, rocks, soil. FFW,99
 
THE EARTH WAS SENTIENT AND THAT ITS AWARENESS COULD AFFECT THE AWARENESS OF HUMANS.
sorcerers became aware that the earth was sentient and that its awareness could affect the awareness of humans. POS,111
 
THE EARTH CAN GIVES US A BOOST OF ENERGY TO MOVE OUR ASSEMBLAGE POINTS
...just before the sun goes down...you will have a few key moments to catch all the glitter you need.... there is enough glitter in those mountains to jolt your AP... The magic key that opens earth's door is made of internal silence plus anything else that shines. FFW,223... the earth can give the warrior a tremendous boost; it is an impulse that comes from the awareness of the earth itself at the instant in which the emanations inside warrior's cocoons are aligned with the appropriate emanations inside the earth's cocoon. FFW,224 the earth's boost is the force of alignment of only the amber emanations. It is a boost that heightens awareness to unthinkable degrees. To the new seers it is a blast of unlimited consciousness, which they called total freedom. FFW,268.... When a moment of alignment takes place, sentient beings use that alignment in a limited way and perceive their world. Warriors can use that alignment either to perceive, like everyone else or as a boost that allows them to enter unimaginable worlds. FFW,225... the boost will come at the moment you see the glitter on the top of that mountain... go with the boost wherever it takes you..FFW,229...there was a point of intense brilliance on the highest peak in the range... FFW,230..The speed of that boost will dissolve everything about you..under its impact you will become nothing. Speed and the sense of individual existence don't go together. FFW,232...the supreme awareness of the earth is what makes it possible for us to change into other great bands of emanations... alignment is the secret passageway and the earth's boost is the key. FFW, 233.
 
IN ORDER TO GET ENERGY FROM THE EARTH..OLD SEERS USED TO BURY THEMSELVES FOR PERIODS OF TIME, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH
in order to get energy from the earth..old seers used to bury themselves for periods of time, depending on what they wanted to accomplish. The more difficult the task, the longer their burial period. FFW,255. the energy of the earth...(is a special kind of energy).. it complements the energy of the sun. Perhaps you'll feel it entering through your hands as you work the soil. or it may start to flow into your legs as you squat on the ground. TSC,110.
 
THE EARTH IS A HEALER: THE DIRT IS A SCREEN
....There is no better healer than the earth..the dirt is a screen, it doesn't allow anything to go through.. EG,12.... DJ made me roll on the ground until I regained my calmness. TOP,51 The energy of the earth is nurturing.. You're empty enough from your recapitulation that some of it is already creeping into your body. You feel at ease because you know that the earth is the mother of all things... everything comes from the earth. The earth sustains and nourishes us; and when we die, our bodies return to it... unless of course we succeed in the great crossing. TSC,111.
 
GEOGRAPHICAL PLACES HELP OUR ASSEMBLAGE POINTS MOVE
certain geographical areas not only help that precarious movement of the AP, but also select specific directions for that movement. For instance, the Sonoran desert helps the AP move downward from its customary position, to the place of the beast. FFW,160. The Sonoran desert there is a particular confluence of the Eagle's emanations here..which helps the AP move. FFW,166.
 
IN ORDER TO BE FREE WE MUST LOVE THE EARTH
Genaro roams on the paths of his love (earth) and wherever he is, he is complete...the earth is the predilection of two warriors..this earth, this world. For a warrior there can be no greater love. TOP,281. Only if one loves this earth with unbending passion can one release one's sadness...a warrior is always joyful because his love is unalterable and his beloved, the earth, embraces him and bestows upon him inconceivable gifts. The sadness belongs only to those who hate the very thing that gives shelter to their beings. This lovely being, which is alive to its last recesses and understands every feeling, soothed me, it cured me of my pains, and finally when I had fully understood my love for it, it taught me freedom.. TOP,282....the sorcerers explanation cannot at all liberate the spirit..because without an unwavering love for the being that gives you shelter, aloneness is loneliness...only the love for this splendorous being can give freedom to a warrior's spirit; and freedom is joy, efficiency and abandon in the face of any odds. That is the last lesson. it is always left for the very last moment, for the moment of ultimate solitude when a man faces his death and his aloneness. Only then does it make sense. TOP,283.
 
THE SUN
 
IF YOU ALLOW THE SUN'S LIGHT TO ENTER YOUR BODY, YOUR ENERGY, TOO, WILL FLOURISH.
that's why you have to cultivate the garden and absorb its energy and also the energy of the sun... the sun bestows its energy on the earth and causes things to grow. If you allow the sun's light to enter your body, your energy, too, will flourish. (see breathing pass for the sun) TSC,112.The light of the sun is pure power...after all, it's the most intensely gathered energy there is. TSC,114.
 
SHOULD ALWAYS WEAR A HAT IN THE SUN
she said I should always wear a wide brimmed hat in order to shield my head and face. TSC,112... The sun if used properly charges this line (invisible line that runs from the top of the head)
and causes it to spring into action. That's why the crown of the head must always be protected. TSC,114.
 
D. ELEMENTS
 
FIRE
 
PURE FLAME CAN TAKE YOU TO THE DEPTHS OF THE UNKNOWN. FFW,134
The new seers divided fire into heat and flame. Flame is a higher magical, property than heat and they used them (flame and fluidity) as a means of bodily transportation to the realm of nonorganic life. FFW,101,102....The new seers discovered that flames... can transport man bodily, just as water does. FFW,101
Pure flame can take you to the depths of the unknown. FFW,134
 
SMOKE/SMOKING SOMEONE
He pulled your luminosity and dried it with the smoke from a fire he had made. Smoke is very important for sorcerers.. Smoke is like fog. Fog is better of course, but it's too hard to handle. it's not as handy as smoke is. So if a sorcerer wants to see and know someone who is always hiding...who is capricious and difficult, the sorcerer makes a fire and lets the smoke envelop the person. Whatever they're hiding comes out in the smoke. SRP,234. The Nagual said that the smoke takes everything out of you... it makes you clear and direct. SRP,234
The smoke used to irritate my throat and eyes to such a degree..he said that I had to learn to control my breathing and feel the smoke while I kept my eyes closed; that way I could breathe without choking. SRP,234.
You smoked me. You gazed into my face, into my eyes. You saw the lights that mark a man's face. I am a sorcerer, you saw that in my eyes. The eyes of men are not all alike. SR,190.
 
FOG
 
YOU CAN USE FOG TO SMOKE PEOPLE OR PLACES
The nagual told us once that you smoked a whole place in the mountains and saw what was hiding behind in the scenery. SRP,235.
 
WATER
 
WATER CAN HELP US ENTER INTO THE SECOND ATTENTION
The new seers divided water into wetness and fluidity. FFW,101...Mirror and the stream and the inorganic being... FFW, 103-122. ..the idea is to let the fluidity of the water exert pressure on us and transport us away. FFW,105.. The old seers thought that the reflecting surface of a shiny object submerged in water enlarges the power of the water. What they used to do was gaze into bodies of the water, and the reflecting surface served as an aid to accelerate the process. they believed that our eyes are the keys to entering into the unknown; by gazing into water, they were allowing the eyes to open the way. FFW,108
the old seers observed that the wetness of water only dampens or soaks, but that the fluidity of water moves. It runs, they surmised, in search of other levels underneath us. They believed that water had been given to us not only for life, but also as a link, a road to the other levels below. FFW,108... the old seers were convinced that it was humanly possible to be transported bodily by the fluidity of water anywhere between this level of ours and the seven others below; or to be transported in essence anywhere on this level, along the watercourse of a river in either direction. They used... running water to be transported on this level of ours and the water of deep lakes or that of waterholes to be transported to the depths. The old seers found out the surest way to meet an inorganic creature is through a body of water. The size of the body of water is not relevent; an ocean or a pond serves the same purpose. FFW,109.
The old seers would have said that you were being pulled by the power of the water and the power of the first level, plus the magnetic influence of the creature at the window. FFW,110.
the old seers surmised that the seven levels below ours were levels of the fluidity of water. For them a spring had untold significance, because they thought that in such a case the fluidity of water is reversed and goes from the depth to the surface. They took that to be the means whereby creatures from other levels, these other forms of life, come to our plane to peer at us, to observe us... the new seers agreed and said that allies do appear around water holes. FFW,111
to gaze directly into the reflection of a deep, clear pond or lake is infinitely more overwhelming and dangerous than what we did with the mirror. (DJ and CC using a mirror to draw out an ally)
FFW,120.
 
WEATHER
 
THUNDER
 
FOLLOW THE SOUND OF THOUGHT
I had to focus my attention on the sound of thought... I should follow the sound and look in the direction where I thought it came from. JTI,129.
 
WIND
 
A WOMAN HAS HER OWN PARTICULAR DIRECTION
Each women has a particular direction, a particular wind. Men don't. SRP,33.... if the woman quiets down and is not talking to herself, her wind will pick her up just like that. SRP,41
 
THERE ARE FOUR WINDS
There are four winds.. SRP,40...
 
THE FOUR WINDS ARE FEMALE
the four winds are women..that is why female warriors seek them. SRP,41.
 
FIRST WIND IS THE BREEZE, THE MORNING, EAST
the first wind is the breeze, the morning. it brings hope and brightness; it is the hearld of the day. It comes and goes and gets into everything. Sometimes it is mild and unnoticeable; other times it is nagging and bothersome. SRP,40... the breeze is the east... it is gay and sleek and shifty. SRP,41.
 
SECOND WIND IS THE HARD WIND, MIDDAY, NORTH
Another wind is the hard wind, either hot or cold or both. A midday wind. Blasting full of energy but also full of blindness. It breaks through doors and brings down walls. A sorcerer must be very strong to tackle the hard wind. SRP,40... The hard wind is the north.. it is energetic and commandeering and impatient. SRP,41
 
THIRD WIND IS COLD WIND, AFTERNOON,WEST
Then there is the cold wind of the afternoon. Sad and trying. A wind that would never leave you in peace. It will chill you and make you cry. The Naugal said that there is such depth to it, though, that it is more than worthwhile to seek it. SRP,41..the cold wind is the west.. it is moody and melancholy and always pensive. SRP,41
 
THE FOURTH WIND IS HOT WIND, NIGHT, SOUTH
And at last there is the hot wind. It warms and protects and envelops everything. It is a night wind for sorcerers. Its power goes together with the darkness. SRP,41.. The hot wind is the south. it is happy and abandoned and bouncy. SRP,41.
 
THE NAGUAL'S WIND
it may seem to be wind to you, because wind is all you know. JTI,61...what I was calling the wind was not wind at all but something that had a volition of its own and could actually recognize us. JTI,62...something that hides in the wind and looks like a whorl, a cloud, a mist, a face that twirls around. JTI,64...it moves in a specific direction..it either tumbles or twirls. JTI,64. this can follow us..it can make us tired or it might even kill us... JTI,64.
 
OPPOSITES
 
ABOVE
 
SECRET KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WIND, RAIN, SHEETS OF LIGHTENING, CLOUDS, THUNDER, DAYLIGHT, AND THE SUN
This deals with secret knowledge about wind, rain, sheets of lightening, clouds, thunder, daylight, and the sun. FFW,102
 
BELOW
 
SECRET KNOWLEDGE ABOUT FOG, WATER OF UNDERGROUND SPRINGS, SWAMPS, LIGHTENING BOLTS, EARTHQUAKES, THE NIGHT, MOONLIGHT AND THE MOON
This has to do with fog, water of underground springs, swamps, lightening bolts, earthquakes, the night, moonlight and the moon. FFW,102
 
LOUD AND SILENT
 
MANIPULATION OF SOUND AND QUIET
this has to do with the manipulation of sound and quiet. FFW,102
 
MOVING AND STATIONARY
 
ASPECTS OF MOTION AND MOTIONLESS
this has to do with mysterious aspects of motion and motionless. FFW,102
 
PLACES
 
POWER SPOT
 
POWER SPOT FOR SORCERER'S HOUSE
a place a power, a spot the ancient geomancers from China, the practitioners of feng-shui, would have undoubtedly picked as a temple site. Here the elements of water, wood, and air are in perfect harmony.. here, energy circulates in abundance. TSC,41
 
CAVE
 
INHERENT SPIRIT TO CAVES
There was an inherent spirit to caves, whether they were natural or man-made, and that that spirit had to be approached with respect. Crawling was the only way of showing that respect. SRP,105. Didn't you know that in the ancient Orient, monks and scholars used to retreat to caves?.. being surrounded by the earth helped them to meditate. TSC,41.
 
E. TIME, DIRECTIONS, NUMBERS
 
TIME
 
SUNSET/TWILIGHT:THE TIME FOR THE CRACK BETWEEN THE WORLDS
the twilight is the crack between the worlds..it is the door to the unknown. TOP,283, TDJ,94...at this time of the day, in the twilight, there is no wind. At this time there is only power. JTI,64...during the twilight the wind becomes power...JTI,65..
The twilight is the best time to listen for the voice of the spirit. TSC,83. The world is a mysterious place. Especially in the twilight. JTI,64.
 
THE FUTURE DOESN'T EXIST. THAT THE PRESENT IS BUT AN INSTANT, NOTHING MORE.
The future doesn't exist. It's time you realized this. And when you have finished recapitulating and have completely erased the past, all that will be left is the present. And then you will know that the present is but an instant, nothing more. TSC,179.
 
TIME IS THE ESSENCE OF ATTENTION
When she or her peers talked about time they were not referring to something which is measured by the movement of a clock. Time is the essence of attention; the Eagle's emanations are made out of time; and properly, when one enters into any aspect of the other self, one is being acquainted with time. EG,305.
 
TURNING A WARRIORS HEAD
When Don Juan had described the concept of turning a warrior's head to face a new direction, I had understood it as a metaphor that depicted change in attitude. Florinda said that that description was true, but it was no metaphor. it was true that stalkers turn their heads;however, they do not turn to face them to face a new direction, but to face time in a different way. Stalkers face the oncoming time... normally we face time as it recedes from us. only stalkers can change that and face time as it advances on them. EG,294.
 
FLORINDA EXPLAINED THAT TURNING THE HEAD DID NOT MEAN SEEING INTO THE FUTURE, BUT THAT SEES TIME AS SOMETHING CONCRETE, YET INCOMPREHENSIBLE.
Florinda explained that turning the head did not mean seeing into the future, but that sees time as something concrete, yet incomprehensible. EG,294.
 
THE DIRECTIONS
 
SOUTH
 
the south is the direction that power follows in its ceaseless flux. Life force flows to us from the south, and leaves us flowing toward the north. EG,189. The only opening to a Naugals world was through the south. EG,189. The south was really the night-a warm, friendly, cozy night.. EG,192.
 
NORTH
 
the north is the midday. EG,205.
 
EAST
 
the east was the morning, the light... EG,192.
 
WEST
the west is naturally approached at dusk, a time of day which is difficult just in itself. EG,196.
 
CLOCKWISE
 
A clockwise movement is for charging things, for gathering energy for any enterprise. TSC,94.
 
NUMBERS
 
NUMBER THREE
the number three is a symbol of dynamics, change, movement, and above all, a symbol of revitalization. EG,231.
Sorcerer's always count events in sets of three. TSC,227.
 
NUMBER FOUR
the number four is a power number for them. SRP,40.
 
NUMBER FOURTY-EIGHT
while discussing corn sorcery and divination, that the number of corn kernels that a sorcerer possessed was 48... fourty-eight is our number..that's what makes us men..I don't know why. TOP,40.
 
12. STRENGTHENING OUR NEW CONTINUITY
 
DEALING WITH A SHIFT IN THE AP/KEEPING SANE
 
FEELING OF GOING INSANE
...while Clara maintained that my energy was unmistakably on the rise because I could now have conversations with Manfred, I believed the opposite was true: I was slowly going over the deep end. TSC,157.
 
TWO WAYS TO DEAL WITH THE NEW CONTINUITY
There are two options opened to warriors whose AP has shifted. One is to acknowledge being ill and to behave in deranged ways, reacting emotionally to the strange worlds that their shifts force them to witness; the other is to remain impassive, untouched, knowing that the AP always returns to its original position. FFW,138.
Since our minds are our rationality, and our rationality is our self-reflection, anything beyond our self-reflection either appalls us or attracts us, depending on what kind of persons we are. POS,229
If the AP never returns to its original position then those people are lost.. they are either incurable crazy, because their AP could never assemble the world as we know it, or they are peerless seers who have begun their movement toward the unknown. FFW,138. Impeccable warriors don't lose their marbles. They remain untouched. FFW,139 in order for you and me to be sane, we have to work like demons at balancing, not the body or the mind, but the double.. TSC,232
 
DEALING WITH A NEW WORLD VIEW
the naugal Julian used to tell them that they had been evicted from the homes where they had lived all their lives. A result of having saved energy had been the disruption of their cozy but utterly limiting and boring nest in the world of everyday life. Their depression...was not so much the sadness of having lost their nest, but the annoyance of having to look for new quarters...the new quarters are not as cozy..but they are definitely more roomy. Your new level of energy will create a spot to house your AP. (his AP has shifted to a new permanaent position) FFW,172. There is a drawback from time to time as the AP returns to its original position. FFW,173
 
BEGINNING TO ACT AS A FLUID BEING IN A LUMINOUS WORLD
A fluid warrior can no longer make the world chronological..and for him, the world and himself are no longer objects. he's a luminous being existing in a luminous world. TOP,50.
 
WHAT ANY OF US DOES WITH THAT INCREASED PERCEPTION, WITH THAT SILENT KNOWLEDGE, DEPENDS ON OUR OWN TEMPERMENT
And what any of us does with that increased perception, with that silent knowledge, depends on our own temperment. POS,9 once a warrior finishes his task, either in success or defeat, will have the command over the totality of themselves...it means that a warrior has finally encountered power..no one can tell what each warrior would do with it; perhaps you two will roam peacefully and unnoticed on the face of the earth, or perhaps you will turn out to be hateful men, or perhaps notorious, or kind. All that depends on the impeccability and the freedom of your spirit. TOP,274. ....once he has sunk, the expression of the nagual is a matter of his personal temperment. If the warrior is funny the nagual is funny. if the warrior is morbid, the nagual is morbid. If the warrior is mean the nagual is mean. TOP,175.
 
SILENT PROTECTOR HELPS STRENGTHEN THE NEW CONTINUITY
silent protector is a surge of inexplicable energy that comes to a warrior when nothing else works..these are sorcerers options..which are positions of the AP..to strengthen his new continuity.. POS,191
 
BEGINNING TO ACT AS A FLUID BEING IN A LUMINOUS WORLD
A fluid warrior can no longer make the world chronological..and for him, the world and himself are no longer objects. he's a luminous being existing in a luminous world. TOP,50.
 
WHAT ANY OF US DOES WITH THAT INCREASED PERCEPTION, WITH THAT SILENT KNOWLEDGE, DEPENDS ON OUR OWN TEMPERMENT
And what any of us does with that increased perception, with that silent knowledge, depends on our own temperment. POS,9 once a warrior finishes his task, either in success or defeat, will have the command over the totality of themselves...it means that a warrior has finally encountered power..no one can tell what each warrior would do with it; perhaps you two will roam peacefully and unnoticed on the face of the earth, or perhaps you will turn out to be hateful men, or perhaps notorious, or kind. All that depends on the impeccability and the freedom of your spirit. TOP,274. ....once he has sunk, the expression of the nagual is a matter of his personal temperment. If the warrior is funny the nagual is funny. if the warrior is morbid, the nagual is morbid. If the warrior is mean the nagual is mean. TOP,175.
 
SILENT PROTECTOR HELPS STRENGTHEN THE NEW CONTINUITY
silent protector is a surge of inexplicable energy that comes to a warrior when nothing else works..these are sorcerers options..which are positions of the AP..to strengthen his new continuity.. POS,191
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The End.