Clarity
The clearer I see things the more I want to grab the world by the tail and put it in my pocket. We are told to treat clarity as though it is a mistake. What does that mean? A point before our eyes that we trust enough to act according to, but not believe? What do you guys think? I’m confused and want to proceed the right way without acting foolishly.
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The way i see clarity (as an enemy) is that it is makes you think that your better than everyone else. We are getting a different perspective of the world than most people. And we think that it is right (the Warrior’s Way) and every other path is wrong. So it’s really dangerous to act with this clarity because if you think people are wrong, you might not respect them and everyone needs to be given at least a little respect. Or else they become a danger to you.
Since we’re talking about the Natural Enemies, what i want to know is how do you know what enemy your facing. i’m not even sure i’m facing Fear yet.
Fear is a lack of mommentum. At first it’s gripping, later it’s felt as a sticking point. Anytime you Intend to do something and you feel a part of you holding back your experiencing fear. Energetically speaking your point of perception won’t budge because of a lack of energy.
The way don Juan lays out the four natural enemies of a warrior in the first book seems to give us a map to guide us on the path of knowledge. And stalking is the method used to hunt our natural enemies.
If fear is our first enemy, then we must stalk fear. Discover what it is you are afraid of, perhaps beginning with the most obvious. Then confront that fear by facing it over and over until it is overcome. Along the way the more subtle and hidden fears will start showing themselves as we continue stalking. And then at some point we will overcome fear and move on to the next natural enemy.
So do you suppose that the moment we set foot of the Path, we come face to face with Fear?
I think we experience fear in one form or another everyday. When we decide to walk the path of the warrior we chose to face it and not run away from it.
I wouldn’t say we come “face to face” with fear until we intentionally confront it. Or I suppose you could say that in order to “set foot” on the warrior’s path, we must intentionally begin stalking our fear.
Basically, I’m just saying I agree with Nick.
I�m not there yet but I�ll venture an opinion for what it�s worth. I think it means that when one has clarity one knows something beyond all doubt but before one acts on this knowledge one should pause in humility & reconsider this knowledge & the act one intends in response, deliberately ignoring ones own certainty. Then act without fear or regret.
Incidentally, I disagree with DJ 😮 . I think doubt is the first enemy!
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In my opinion, clarity is dangerous because it makes you believe you can do anything, and you will end up doing something stupid. Its like when people take PCP and they think they can fly and they end up dead at the bottom of a building. The point is that clarity is an illusion, and it makes you do stupid things.
Isn’t doubt just an aspect of fear?
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Ya, I remember reading something along the lines of; we all See, but choose not to remember what we See. That could mean that at ‘a level’ we all know the truth. Some of us choose to face the truth, we feel it deep down inside, but doing so makes one feel scared. Parts of us have to die in order to fully claim truth.
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You may be right, ensoÃ?±ar, but I don’t get it. Can you provide an example of what you mean?
I was thinking more along the lines of this�
When I was a Christian, I feared God because I believed in Him and the Bible.
Now that I am no longer a Christian, I no longer fear God. I don�t believe in Him and doubt His existence (as presented in the Bible.)
Also, DJ seemed to spend a lot of effort attempting to convince CC that there is more to this world. And remember that time when CC, DJ & DG were in the house & DG let strange beings inside but CC couldn�t see them because of his natural shields. In my opinion, CC couldn�t see them because, in HIS reality, strange beings could not just walk right in.
On the other hand, DJ said that fear is the first enemy of a Man of Knowledge. I have not encountered real fear so that may be because I am not a Man of Knowledge yet, in other words, I�m not on the path. Or maybe, as others have said, I�m not acknowledging the fears I do have, like the fear of public speaking for instance.
I’m still not sure I understand what you mean OldDog. When you say doubt, as in “I doubt God’s existence”, do you also mean doubting the sorcerer’s world as described in Carlos’ books?
If so, I would consider that a fear of being duped. That’s where believing without believing, or acting without expectations comes into play. Facing that fear would be acting for the hell of it.
Also, fear of public speaking is a REAL FEAR! One well worth facing I’d say.
I can�t answer your question about doubting the sorcerers� world because my answer would be too complicated and we would have to get into specifics and I would have to examine my feelings on each one but Carlos definitely did doubt many times and he often assumed DJ was being metaphorical.
In regards to your second statement ââ?¬â?? this topic deserves its own post.
I do believe that it is common to doubt without having fear as its shadow in the background. Remember fear is not the same as concern. Fear is a bonafide physical feeling.
This is an interesting thread. Clarity a mistake? Is sobriety a mistake? And what of the warrior? Here is what I mean :
On the one hand, I understand and envy the psychologist that gives up all his posessions and money, inserts himself into the lowest level of society and poverty, and studies this realm by experiencing it first hand.
One the other hand, do you remember when Don Juan said “A warrior is never drunk.” What does he mean by that? I used to think that it meant, a warrior should not drink alcohol, because it puts you in a position where you are risking power by losing inhibitions. But, after a couple years of not drinking, I came back to this and realized that it meant something else.
Think about it.
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Duh, I don’t get it. Can you please spell it out for me?
Sobriety IMO is the clarity of mind brought about by the persistent deconstruction of beliefs so that knowledge will not contaminate our perception. We are drunk on our knowledge/beliefs.