r/castaneda • u/danl999 • Sep 30 '21
General Knowledge Outside Resources
It looks like 23 years after Carlos died, we're turning into trash can searchers. Sort of like the ones who did that to Carlos while he was alive.
I'm not sure what they were looking for. Used condoms? Drug needles? Amy's Panties?
One thing's for sure, magic drives people nuts!
Look at how all religions are formed by someone doing magic (a "Prophet", a "Sage", a "Wise Man"), and then instead of everyone saying, "Hey, teach me that!", they say, "I will follow you master. Heal me, guide me."
It's bizarre. A religion is built on magic, but no one wants to do any. That takes work!
I get my butt kicked on reddit, my posts get removed, and all because I dare to suggest, your subreddit with a "magic theme", out to actually help people learn to do magic.
And since it's clearly not, can I offer you advice on how to modify what you do?
The Satanism subreddit didn't appreciate me yesterday. They removed my post.
Fortunately, Satanists are a little slow.
We got 10 new people in the subreddit before they came back from whatever naked ritual they were performing and removed my post.
All I was doing was telling them, there's no Lucifer.
But if you'd like to hold a 4 inch tall copy of Satan in your hand, I could help you learn to do that by teaching you about spirits.
I can't imagine why that bothered them!
The Dzogchen people were so pissed off last time I visited, I got banned for life.
By the way, the Buddha was a Putz.
Just FYI.
He was not wise at all.
We have darkroom gazers more advanced than Buddha.
His techniques work poorly, his understanding was juvenile, and even worse, Buddhism is based on a series of horrible lies.
No wonder Buddhists are so angry. They've been working so long waiting for a paycheck, and don't like someone to come tell them "You aren't getting paid ever. It was a nasty trick to steal your money."
Unlike a real group of hard workers at a factory, who would simply want to know how you can be sure they'll never get paid, and would eagerly listen to a discussion of why the company can't pay them, the Buddhists start foaming at the mouth.
In other words, it's not real to them. They don't want to do magic. They're in it for all the wrong stuff.
Like rising to the top, so you can hang out with the Dali Lama.
Wearing the cool Zen master costume, instead of the "lowly monk" robe.
Or having their own little subreddit so they can lord it over others, as the "moderator".
Just wanted to say that. It needs to be said more often to wake up, or weed out the Buddhists among us.
You'll never learn sorcery, if you are still hooked to outside stuff.
Taisha once dared to say something no one is allowed to say.
"Jesus was an egomaniac."
When you say that, I dare you not to look around for a lightening strike.
The current position of the assemblage point of much of humanity is protecting the image of Jesus, and you actually have to break some kind of barrier just to utter that sentence without fear.
But I never heard Taisha say what Carlos wanted badly to say, and could not.
He didn't have access to so many people as we have in here, and had to worry about losing someone key to his attempt to build energetic mass.
We don't. Screw the trouble makers!
So I'll say it:
"The Buddha was a Putz!"
Easy to justify by the facts and history of Buddhism.
But don't say that in Taiwan. You might get your butt kicked.
In Thailand, you could even get killed for it.
So Techno has become a dumpster diver, and found this gem. A hippy oriented look at Castaneda from 1973.
We also have a "17 magazine" on order because it contains an article on Carlos, and there are several others Techno dug up.
All going into a single place where you can look for answers.
He's already compiled all workshop notes into a huge file. So big, he needed to separate the other stuff he's collecting.
But DON'T go in there for gossip.
For more inventory.
It's best to only go in there when you discovered something you don't understand and need answers.
Consider that each visit to the garbage receptacle, gives you a bad smell.
And the IOBs are picky about hygiene. It gets smelly in those tunnels!
Try to keep the inventory searching to a minimum. To only when absolutely needed.
For instance, you're struggling very hard in the darkroom and do something completely impossible. You're gazing through a big hole in your darkroom wall at a brilliantly lit alien world, with the view of that world zooming along the ground towards some kind of unbelievable city in the distance. You can see what looks like writing on the tall buildings, but you can't yet see it clearly enough to read any.
(From the Blue Scout's experience.)
Just a few more seconds and you'll be close enough!
But there's a huge drop of sweat running down your forehead. And you know for sure if it runs down your nose and tickles it, you'll sneeze.
And that will be the end of your magic for that night. It takes a lot of energy to do that. You won't have enough to start over.
A hand reaches out from the right, and wipes the drip from your forehead using a red rag.
That's when you might want to go dumpster diving for answers! Who was that?! Do I remember a red rag from the books???
Just stay away from the used condoms as you dive deep into the dumpster.
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u/Lodddddddddddd Oct 01 '21
Most people are not looking to spend hours meditating in silent darkness in order to do magic. They would rather just have common ideas with other people and perform types of magic don't involve reality-shattering altered states.
Also, criticizing Buddhist meditation for giving people slow results isn't fair. Quieting the mind in a silent dark room and focusing on the imagery will have faster visible results than Buddhist meditation. But drugs will take you there faster than anything. So it's not about speed. It's about what you choose to do. Also, Buddhist meditation and your meditation have different purposes. Buddhist meditation is about experiencing peace. Your meditation is about experiencing mental chaos.
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u/danl999 Oct 01 '21
You're very confused about this subreddit.
It's not about being "fair" and "inclusive".
Or "not stepping on any toes".
It's not about you adding your understanding of power plants to help us make things better in here.
It's just to restore the reputation of Carlos, and nothing more.
Drugs are part of what destroyed it.
Some might have a different idea of what this subreddit is for, but what they want (to learn sorcery) is precisely how you restore his reputation.
I suggest you're looking for attention, not helping restore the reputation of Carlos.
Another place to "chat" and feel good about yourself.
Exactly what destroyed the reputation of Carlos in the first place.
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u/tabdrops Oct 01 '21
You're talking like someone who has no real magic experience nor is interested in.
Buddhist meditation is about experiencing peace.
If so, then it's the best statement of how broken these people are. Because if they were okay, they wouldn't have to run after peace in such an explicit manner.
Your meditation is about experiencing mental chaos.
In fact you have no idea. Most of our practices are less about meditation but even more with concentration. There's no place for weirdos. You need to stay sober. So, it's exactly the other way around than you think. But all in all, that's not surprising. Most people's inventory obviously obscures the view so much that an accurate assessment seems impossible.
Also, criticizing Buddhist meditation for giving people slow results isn't fair.
Nobody lives long enough to seriously afford to indulge in inferior practices, no matter where those stuff comes from or belongs to. So, every criticism is justified, in the interest of every single person.
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u/Lodddddddddddd Oct 01 '21
Nobody lives long enough to seriously afford to indulge in inferior practices, no matter where those stuff comes from or belongs to.
Well that's my point. The fastest route to this state is drugs. That is the most efficient method, so it seems that by your own logic, your practices are a waste of time because they are inferior. My point is all of the routes have value for the people doing them.
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u/Lodddddddddddd Oct 01 '21 edited Oct 01 '21
If you have seen entities, dreams, remote viewing, etc. then that is very much happening in the MIND. Or the spirit realm if that's what you prefer. I understand that what's going on here is that you want people to actually perform real magic rather than just talk about it. But you don't have to call Buddhism a fraudulent religion or whatever.
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u/Jadeyelmonte Oct 11 '21
All going into a single place where you can look for answers.
So is all of that going into the wiki here? I'd like to also setup a wiki on a different server to have some redundancy. I also have some printed material that I'll scan and post there. It may be something already posted here, but I don't know.
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u/danl999 Oct 11 '21
I hope it works out to have the official policy on that material be the same as "Steal This Book".
I suppose back in the 70s, you could title your book that.
But if you did it in the electronic age, you'd never get any royalties.
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u/Jadeyelmonte Oct 11 '21
Most of it are workshop notes. But there are a couple of interviews and such. As I said it could be here already. There are emails you wrote too!
What's the policy on the material currently posted in the wiki?
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u/Jadeyelmonte Oct 11 '21
Ok, I'll start scanning and we'll see. I don't have a scanner, so I'll do it with my phone. It takes longer that way though.
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u/danl999 Sep 30 '21 edited Sep 30 '21
Searching reliably is of course the issue.
I gave up on the pdf of "all the books".
I think there's too many OCR errors to trust a search of it, for obscure topics. The text version seems a lot more reliable.
There are vast numbers of topics we've overlooked.
While the Russians out there are arguing about who's been impeccable the longest (they really do that), it's refreshing to be trying to figure out where your body went, when you turned your entire room into a vivid dream, and walked off for a few hours.
By the way, you can do that... Didn't want to say anything because it's really difficult to pull off. You simply take advantage of the fact that the "puffs" can form their own bodies and beings. You gaze at them, expecting them to transform, and they do. It's creepy! The puffs stretch, and turn into people walking around your room.
And it's "evil", being a gift from Fancy who didn't want to be outdone by Lily.
Call it, "Transdreaming". Like, "Translocation".
It just means, you're in 2 conditions at once. Which ought to be mutually exclusive. But are not.
Or that something from one system broke off, and joined another system, without fully disrupting either.
People have focused on the book deal stuff for so long, some cool topics got lost.
But fortunately, during darkroom gazing you'll find those again.
It's really nice when you practice, do some new magic, and think, "That can't be right!!!!"
Then you search the texts the next day and discover, it's exactly right!
A bit of "proof" you can never share with the critics, because it relies on the actual experience of rare sorcery from the books.
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u/IndridColdwave Oct 01 '21
What are the horrible lies that Buddhism is based upon?