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Quotes from The Eagle's Gift — Carlos Castaneda

1925–1998 Peru

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A warrior knows that he is waiting and knows also what he is waiting for, and while he waits he feasts his eyes on the world. The ultimate accomplishment of a warrior is joy.

The Eagle's Gift (1981)

Dissipating a mood through overanalyzing it wastes our power.

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.

The Eagle's Gift (1981)

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

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.

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.

The Eagle's Gift (1981)

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.

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.

The Eagle's Gift (1981)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Carlos Castaneda (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.