Unfortunately with books, you have to interpret a lot. Personal
interaction with the teacher seems essential to really get the truth
for oneself. One technique taught by my teacher is the closest thing
I have found to the stuff in Castaneda's books. It is called
Impersonal Movement:
http://www.kabbalah.org/IM_1.html
Interesting to me (as photographer) is that one of the steps
specifically works with the visual cortex. I have not been practicing
as much lately, but when I do and combine it with photography, I get
interesting results. As soon as I get done moving dirt, rocks, and a
few other building projects (the endless honey do list), and have some
more time for photography, I hope to put together a series of photos to
compare how such a technique actually does alter my photography.
(note the word "hope" in that statement :-)
Wayne
At 04:29 PM 6/23/2004, you wrote:
>One of the most important of his books because it's the one where Don
>Juan finally tells him that drugs aren't really necessary for any of the
>shamanic work. There are other doors. Attitude/approach and
>attention/presence, what Don Juan calls impeccability, are far more
>important than specific technique.
>
>It has the same failing as virtually all of the books on the general
>subject in that it has the underlying assumption that the specific ideas
>and techniques in it are the "right" way. There are a whole lot of ways
>to access the non-ordinary aspects of reality, some pretty outré and
>some pretty ordinary seeming.
>
>Moose
>
>Piers Hemy wrote:
>
>>Perhaps I should?
>>
>>Piers
>>
>>
>>Hi Piers:
>>
>>Have you been teading Journey to Ixtlan?
>>
>>Don Gordos
>>
>
>
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