“For me the world is weird because it is stupendous, awesome, mysterious, unfathomable; my interest has been to convince you that you must assume responsibility for being here, in this marvelous world, in this marvelous desert, in this marvelous time.
Beyond the knowledge that nothing matters, there is no purpose - except the purpose of knowing that fact deep within, completely, beyond this ALL, I do think there is value in authenticity. Castenada unfortunately and as complex a man as he was, didn't have much. I studied Anthropology when his works were all the rage - but there were no trips to the desert, no old man Don Juan ... but he did make a pretty penny and had time for more excuses ...
Beyond the knowledge that nothing matters, there is no purpose - except the purpose of knowing that fact deep within, completely, beyond this ALL, I do think there is value in authenticity. Castenada unfortunately and as complex a man as he was, didn't have much. I studied Anthropology when his works were all the rage - but there were no trips to the desert, no old man Don Juan ... but he did make a pretty penny and had time for more excuses ...