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Carlos Castaneda, cuyo nombre original era Carlos César Salvador Arana Castañeda , fue un antropólogo y escritor peruano naturalizado estadounidense, autor de una serie de libros que describirían su entrenamiento en un tipo particular de nahualismo tradicional mesoamericano, al cual él se refería como una forma muy antigua y olvidada. Dichos libros y el propio Castaneda, quien en escasas ocasiones hablaba en público acerca de su obra o de sí mismo, son objeto de mucha controversia.

Sus partidarios afirman que sus libros son veraces en su contenido, o que al menos constituyen obras de valor antropológico. Sus críticos señalan por el contrario que sus libros son una farsa, trabajos de ficción, y que no son verificables como obras de antropología, al contrario de lo que el autor afirmaba. Harris, De Mille y otros fundamentan errores en cuanto a las tradiciones yaquis, y De Mille muestra varias ocasiones en las cuales las fechas de los libros de Castaneda afirman que estuvo con Don Juan en México, cuando en realidad estaba en la Universidad de California en Los Ángeles.

Dicho antropólogo y escritor aseguraba haberse convertido en un chamán nagual tolteca tras un intenso entrenamiento de modificación de la conciencia y su percepción, que incluía el uso ritual de enteógenos en una primera etapa; a posterior este tipo de sustancias fueron innecesarias, e incluso nocivas, sobre todo para su estómago, según sus propias palabras.

Sus libros, que tienen un carácter sincrético ya que son mezcla de autobiografía, alucinógenos, rituales toltecas, misticismo y religión, han tenido un tremendo éxito de ventas, tanto que hoy en día son traducidos a los más variados idiomas del mundo.

Sus primeros libros están ligados a la psicodelia y la contracultura de fines de los años 60 y 70. Wikipedia  

✵ 25. diciembre 1925 – 27. abril 1998
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Frases célebres de Carlos Castaneda

“Añadió que nada en este mundo era un regalo: todo cuanto hubiera que aprender debía aprenderse por el camino difícil.”

Carlos Castaneda libro Las enseñanzas de Don Juan

The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge

“No tienes que hacer nada para caer bien o mal. O te acepta o te tira de lado.”

Carlos Castaneda libro Las enseñanzas de Don Juan

The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge

“¡la claridad! Esa claridad de mente, tan difícil de obtener, dispersa el miedo, pero también ciega.
"Fuerza al hombre a no dudar nunca de sí. Le da la seguridad de que puede hacer cuanto se le antoje, porque todo lo ve con claridad. Y tiene valor porque tiene claridad, y no se detiene en nada porque tiene claridad. Pero todo eso es un error; es como si viera algo claro pero incompleto. Si el hombre se rinde a esa ilusión de poder, ha sucumbido a su segundo enemigo y será torpe para aprender. Se apurará cuando debía ser paciente, o será paciente cuando debería apurarse. Y tonteará con el aprendizaje, hasta que termine incapaz de aprender nada más.”

Carlos Castaneda libro Las enseñanzas de Don Juan

The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge

“Ningún camino lleva a ninguna parte, pero uno tiene corazón y el otro no. Uno hace gozoso el viaje; mientras lo sigas, eres uno con él. El otro te hará maldecir la vida. Uno te hace fuerte, el otro te debilita.”

Carlos Castaneda libro Las enseñanzas de Don Juan

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Fuente: Las enseñanzas de Don Juan: una forma yaqui de conocimiento.

“Poco sabía yo en ese tiempo que don Juan no me estaba dando solamente una descripción intelectual atractiva; me estaba describiendo algo que él llamaba un hecho energético. Para él, los hechos energéticos eran las conclusiones a las que él y los otros chamanes de su linaje llegaron a involucrarse en una función que llamaban ver: el acto de percibir energía directamente como fluye del universo.”

Carlos Castaneda libro Las enseñanzas de Don Juan

The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge

“La idea de que las interpretaciones perceptuales que configuran el mundo tienen un fluir es congruente con el hecho de que corren sin interrupción y rara vez, o nunca, se ponen en tela de juicio. De hecho, la realidad del mundo que conocemos se da a tal grado por sentada que la premisa básica de la brujería, la de que nuestra realidad es apenas una de muchas descripciones, difícilmente podría tomarse como una proposición seria.”

Carlos Castaneda Una realidad aparte

Una realidad aparte (1971)

Carlos Castaneda: Frases en inglés

“For an instant I think I saw. I saw the loneliness of man as a gigantic wave which had been frozen in front of me, held back by the invisible wall of a metaphor.”

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Carlos Castaneda libro Journey to Ixtlan

Fuente: Journey to Ixtlan

“We are men and our lot in life is to learn and to be hurled into inconceivable new worlds.”

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Carlos Castaneda Una realidad aparte

Fuente: A Separate Reality

“I had been experiencing brief flashes of disassociation, or shallow states of non-ordinary reality.”

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Carlos Castaneda

Fuente: The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge

“A warrior takes his lot, whatever it may be, and accepts it in ultimate humbleness. He accepts in humbleness what he is, not as a grounds for regret but as a living challenge.”

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Carlos Castaneda

Fuente: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe, (1998), Quotations from "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.”

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Carlos Castaneda

Fuente: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe, (1998), Quotations from "Journey to Ixtlan" (Chapter 8)

“Wait before revealing a finding. Wait for the most appropriate time to let go of something that you hold.”

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Carlos Castaneda

The Eagle's Gift, (1981)

“The world is unfathomable. And so are we, and so is every being that exists in this world.”

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Carlos Castaneda libro The Wheel of Time

The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“To change our idea of the world is the crux of shamanism. And stopping the internal dialogue is the only way to accomplish it.”

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Carlos Castaneda libro The Wheel of Time

Fuente: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“A warrior is someone who seeks freedom. Sadness is not freedom. We must snap out of it. Having a sense of detachment entails having a moment's pause to reassess situations.”

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Carlos Castaneda

Fuente: The Eagle's Gift, (1981)

“Losing the human form brings the freedom to remember your self. Losing the human form is like a spiral. It gives you the freedom to remember and this in turn makes you even freer.”

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Fuente: The Eagle's Gift, (1981)

“At the level of luminous beings the range is so broad that it is futile to try to establish limits--thus, the energy of a luminous being can be transformed through will into anything.”

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Carlos Castaneda

Fuente: The Eagle's Gift, (1981)

“What channels the energy of our total being to produce anything that might be within the boundaries of possibility is known as will.”

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Fuente: The Eagle's Gift, (1981)

“The compulsion to possess and hold on to things is not unique. Everyone who wants to follow the warrior's path has to rid himself of this fixation in order not to focus our dreaming body on the weak face of the second attention.”

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Carlos Castaneda

Fuente: The Eagle's Gift, (1981)

“Silent knowledge is nothing but direct contact with intent.”

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Carlos Castaneda libro The Wheel of Time

Fuente: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from "The Power of Silence" (Chapter 18)

“Warriors have an ulterior purpose for their acts, which has nothing to do with personal gain. The average man acts only if there is the chance for profit. Warriors act not for profit, but for the spirit.”

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Carlos Castaneda libro The Wheel of Time

Fuente: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from "The Power of Silence" (Chapter 18)

“The spirit manifests itself to a warrior at every turn. However, this is not the entire truth. The entire truth is that the spirit reveals itself to everyone with the same intensity and consistency, but only warriors are consistently attuned to such revelations.”

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Carlos Castaneda libro The Wheel of Time

Fuente: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from "The Power of Silence" (Chapter 18)

“A warrior must cultivate the feeling that he has everything needed for the extravagant journey that is his life. What counts for a warrior is being alive. Life in itself is sufficient, self-explanatory and complete.”

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Carlos Castaneda libro The Wheel of Time

Fuente: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“Warriors do not win victories by beating their heads against walls, but by overtaking the walls. Warriors jump over walls; they don't demolish them.”

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Carlos Castaneda libro The Wheel of Time

Fuente: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“Whenever the internal dialogue stops, the world collapses, and extraordinary facets of ourselves surface, as though they had been kept heavily guarded by our words.”

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Carlos Castaneda libro The Wheel of Time

Fuente: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“Knowledge comes to a warrior, floating, like specks of gold dust, the same dust that covers the wings of moths. So for a warrior, knowledge is like taking a shower, or being rained on by specks of dark gold dust.”

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Carlos Castaneda libro The Wheel of Time

Fuente: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“Knowledge is a most peculiar affair, especially for a warrior. Knowledge for a warrior is something that comes at once, engulfs him, and passes on.”

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Carlos Castaneda libro The Wheel of Time

Fuente: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“A warrior considers himself already dead, so there is nothing for him to lose. The worst has already happened to him, therefore he's clear and calm; judging him by his acts or by his words, one would never suspect that he has witnessed everything.”

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Carlos Castaneda libro The Wheel of Time

Fuente: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“Solace, haven, fear, all of these are words which have created moods that one has learned to accept without ever questioning their value.”

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Carlos Castaneda libro The Wheel of Time

Fuente: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“When a warrior learns to stop the internal dialogue, everything becomes possible; the most far-fetched schemes become attainable.”

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Carlos Castaneda libro The Wheel of Time

Fuente: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“If a warrior is to succeed in anything, the success must come gently, with a great deal of effort but with no stress or obsession.”

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Carlos Castaneda libro The Wheel of Time

Fuente: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“The only possible course that a warrior has is to act consistently and without reservations. At a certain moment, he knows enough of the warriors' way to act accordingly, but his old habits and routines may stand in his way.”

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Carlos Castaneda libro The Wheel of Time

Fuente: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“There are lots of things a warrior can do at a certain time which he couldn't do years before. Those things themselves did not change; what changed was his idea of himself.”

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Carlos Castaneda libro The Wheel of Time

Fuente: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

“A warrior doesn't know remorse for anything he has done, because to isolate one's acts as being mean, or ugly, or evil is to place an unwarranted importance on the self.”

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Carlos Castaneda libro The Wheel of Time

Fuente: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from "Journey to Ixtlan" (Chapter 8)

“A warrior acts as if he knows what he is doing, when in effect he knows nothing.”

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Carlos Castaneda libro The Wheel of Time

Fuente: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from "Journey to Ixtlan" (Chapter 8)

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