We Are Men And Our Lot In

To Be A Warrior Is Not A Simple Matter Of Wishing To Be One. It Is Rather An Endless Struggle That Will Go On To The Very Last Moment Of Our Lives. Nobody Is Born A Warrior, In Exactly The Same Way That Nobody Is Born An Average Man. We Make Ourselves Into One Or The Other.

Our Normal Expectations About Reality Are Created By A Social Consensus. We Are Taught How To See And Understand The World. The Trick Of Socialization Is To Convince Us That The Descriptions We Agree Upon Define The Limits Of The Real World. What We Call Reality Is Only One Way Of Seeing The World, A Way That Is Supported By Social Consensus.

The Fate Of All Of Us Here Has Been To Know That We Are Prisoners Of Power. No One Knows Why Us In Particular, But What A Great Fortune!

There's No Way To Put A Limit On What One May Accomplish Individually If The Intent Is An Impeccable Intent. Don Juan's Teachings Are Not Spiritual. I Repeat This Because The Question Has Come To The Surface Over And Over. The Idea Of Spirituality Doesn't Fit With The Iron Discipline Of A Warrior. The Most Important Thing For A Shaman Like Don Juan Is The Idea Of Pragmatism.

What Is A Truthful Life? A Life Lived With Deliberateness, A Good, Strong Life.