This very rock where we're sitting is a rock because we have been forced to give out attention … - Carlos Castaneda

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I like all the families in the U. K. But what I like about the idea of the royal family is. . . they seem like they're well educated and there's something admirable about them. And the Queen. . . she reminds me of my grandma.

Carlos Castaneda

This very rock where we're sitting is a rock because we have been forced to give out attention to it

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Forget the self and you will fear nothing, in whatever level or awareness you find yourself to be.

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A warrior must cultivate the feeling that he has everything needed for the extravagant journey that is his life. What counts for a warrior is being alive. Life in itself is sufficient, self-explanatory and complete. Therefore, one may say without being presumptuous that the experience of experiences is being alive.

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When a warrior has put an end to his routines, when he doesn't care anymore whether he has company or is alone, because he has heard the silent whisper of the spirit; then you can say that, truly, he has died. From that point on, even the simplest things in life become extraordinary for him.

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