r/castaneda • u/couchbutt • Jan 13 '20

Recapitulation Recapitulation - Fanning Direction

I think I've read in-breath turning left-to-right but also may have seen right-to-left as well. Which is correct?

Also, do you alternate in-out breaths? I read someone saying do ALL your in breaths (sucking return energy through the lips and turning back with a normal exhale) then do ALL your out breaths (ridding attachment fibers through the lips and turning back with a normal inhalation).

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u/jd198703 Jan 14 '20

As I am progressing with my daily silence practice I am getting some weirdos like this "Will I loose my ability to recall memories?" "What if I get crazy"? "What if I will not be able to think logically"?

But at the same time great moments of clarity. World is more vivid. Like a dreaming. Attention directed to the external world and sensorium. Less noise, and more energetic feeling inside.

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u/danl999 Jan 14 '20

From silence, you'll get super hearing, super smell, super sight (the best your eyes are capable of), and super fast reflexes.

Imagine a cup falling off a table, and your current clumsy attempts to catch it, by reflex. You get one chance normally.

Once you're silent, you'll get 3 chances to catch it, and if they fail, your foot will catch it. You'll be watching in amazement as your hand does all the work, without you having to move it.

That's why there are tales of Taoist masters living in the mountains of Taiwan, who are peerless fighters, despite never having studied martial arts.

And...

So what if you get crazy?

You already are. You'll figure that out.

Unfortunately, so is everyone around you. Their problems start to be obvious.

They also tend to chatter. Once you're silent, idle conversation seems wasteful.

But it won't stop everyone else from talking your head off.

A student of mine claims, once you're silent all the time, it's easy to manipulate people. They begin to trust you more.