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"....Anything
is one of a million paths (un camino entre cantidades de caminos).
Therefore you
must always keep in mind that a path is only a path;
if you feel you
should not follow it, you must not stay with it under any conditions.
To have such
clarity you must lead a disciplined life.
Only then will
you know that any path is only a path,
and there is
no affront , to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that
is what your heart tells you to do.
But your decision
to keep on the path or to leave it must be free of fear or ambition.
I warn you. Look
at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times
as you think necessary.
Does this path have a heart?
All paths are the same: they lead nowhere. They
are paths going through the bush or into the bush. In my own
life I could say I have traversed long, long paths, but I am
nowhere. My benefactor's question has meaning now.
Does this path
have a heart?
If it does, the
path is good;
if it doesn't, it is of no use.
Both
paths lead no where; but one has heart the other doesn't.
One makes for a long journey; as long as you follow it, you
are one with it. The
other will make you curse your life. One
makes you strong; the
other weakens you."
- Don Juan in The teachings of don juan: a yaqui
way of knowledge by Carlos Castsneda.( merci Fred :)! )
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Following the path
with a heart. My own experience (so far) and personal observations.
Following the path with a heart seems to go something like
this:
You decide to follow a path.
Cool stuff happens. Crap happens.
Crap makes you hit a brick wall.
You fall to the ground.
You cry/ get anrgy
Then you ask yourself: do i continue or do i do something else?
If you chose to do something else, you do something else.
If you chose to continue, you get up and find a way around/through/over
the brick wall
You keep on going.
to follow a path with a heart one must accept the unexpected
stuff that
comes with it. if the path is fully embraced, the unexpected
stuff can
actually be turned into assets. but these assets can only be
seen
if one continues to enjoy the path with a heart one has chosen
for
oneself.
Don't just passively hope things work out. Be pro active. Through
small daily actions bring about the suceessful results you desire.
It reminds me of mountain climbing. sometimes its hard,
sometimes its easy. But the challenge of the actual climb makes
you enjoy it all the time. And then, only if you enjoy mountain
climbing to start off with and assume responsibilty for climbing
the mountain - with all the problems that this implies - in
the first place.
Assume responsibilty for deciding to climb the mountain and
focus on the thrill of the actual climb not on reaching the
top.
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