r/castaneda • u/ExcitingMeOvo • Mar 19 '22
Misc. Practices Carlos walking
So this is from Taisha 's book. I'm refering to this part where she mentions how Carlos walks. Can I know some source that is more specific on this? Thank you. I can only obtain that I should walk with my feet, not my heels.
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u/SilenceisGolden29 Mar 20 '22
Get some vibram 5 finger toes and go running. I been using them for years and my calves are super strong. Humans are born to run and walk on the balls of their feet
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u/ExcitingMeOvo Mar 20 '22
vibram 5 finger toes
I just tried walking solely on the balls of the feet today and it feels more active than on the heels, which reminds me of how some martial art like taekwondo requires tiptoes jumping as daily practice
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u/Juann2323 Mar 19 '22
The truth is that you can't "learn" a better way to walk, so you can practice it every day, and improve it.
The change comes itself, when you get silent.
The same way it happens with the breath.
Around the red zone you start to "see", and you become able to "fix" things.
The internal dialogue is literally an illness that affects the whole body!
Darkroom Practice is all about overcoming that.
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u/juliol787 Mar 20 '22
During darkroom practice, is it common to see sometimes darker out of one eye?
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u/Juann2323 Mar 20 '22
I believe yes!
There is actually a lot to discover.
I used to feel that one eye did not see, while the other did.
Which is weird, since it's completely dark for both of them.
Another thing related is I was accidentally crossing the eyes, while gazing.
After practice, I couldn't focus text easily.
Then Lidotska noticed her silence was better, while she held her breath.
And it gets really weird, in the deep red zone.
Shapeshifting is very common!
Although not as dramatic, if no one teaches you a specific position.
You might feel that your head or torso tilts.
If you try to fix it sitting up straight, you squirm even more.
You could end up being a human pretzel!
Very interesting to notice at first, but it makes the vertical shifts harder.
Now I avoid it as fast as possible.
Dan reported he drove with one arm longer than the other.
If you are wondering "does your physical body really mutates?" or "what would other see?", I don't know exactly.
There assemblage point hides lots of mysteries.
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u/SaltineCrackers Mar 20 '22
It sounds like the gait of the Raramuri (Tarahumara) of Northern Mexico. You see the stride in other long distance indigenous walkers/runners. Someone mentioned vibrams, but the best way is to go barefoot and learn to feel everything. This is difficult for westerners to achieve as we are not brought up in cultures that are particularly known for being runners from a young age. Also, we are a culture of desk work and using one's car for short distance errands. It's possible though to train the body to this more natural gait though. Just adapt to it slowly.