I just used

Carlos Castaneda

A comprehensive summary of the main points of Don Juan

by @Rick Mace for the first time, to get my grip onto this gesture by #donjuan about the #warriorsway: h/t @withthegrain

As for 'avoiding pain', I don't think that is mentioned in Castaneda's writings. At one point don Juan tells Carlos that 'pain and hunger are just thoughts, they are just thoughts for me now. I have accomplished that.' In that passage he is referencing turning off the internal dialogue or our ability to stop talking to ourselves. I added a box on my prismagems.com/castaneda page where you can search the whole file for key words or phrases. I just did that for "pain" and it returned this: Carlos Castaneda Don Juan Teachings: A Separate Reality www.prismagems.com › castaneda › donjuan2 ... pain. To be hungry or to be in pain means that the man has abandoned himself and is no longer a warrior; and the forces of his hunger and pain will destroy him. Carlos Castaneda Don Juan Teachings: The Power of Silence www.prismagems.com › castaneda › donjuan8 Death is painful only when it happens in one's bed, in sickness. In a fight for your life, you feel no pain. If you feel anything, it's exultation. One of ... Carlos Castaneda's The Active Side of Infinity - Prismagems www.prismagems.com › castaneda › donjuan12 A warrior-traveler finds that to return to the world of disorder, compulsion, noise, and pain is a most unappealing affair. You must know that your decision ... Carlos Castaneda Don Juan Teachings: Journey to Ixtlan www.prismagems.com › castaneda › donjuan3 If he succeeds in his hunting he can be a man of knowledge. You are a man and like any man you deserve everything that is a man's lot--joy, pain, sadness and ... Carlos Castaneda Don Juan Teachings: Tales of Power - Prismagems www.prismagems.com › castaneda › donjuan4 A warrior acknowledges his pain but he doesn't indulge in it. Thus the mood of a warrior who enters into the unknown is not one of sadness; on the contrary ... Carlos Castaneda's Don Juan's Teachings - Prismagems prismagems.com › castaneda › Carlos_Castaneda_Don_Juan Thumbnail image