Carlos Castaneda Quote

The diagram in the ashes had two epicenters; one he called reason, the other, will. Reason was interconnected directly with a point he called talking. Through talking, reason was indirectly connected to three other points, feeling, dreaming, and seeing. The other epicenter, will, was directly connected to feeling, dreaming, and seeing; but only indirectly to reason and talking. I remarked that the diagram was different from the one I had recorded years before. The outer form is of no importance, he said. These points represent a human being and can be drawn in any way you want. Do they represent the body of a human being? I asked. Don’t call it the body he said. These are eight points on the fibers of a luminous being. A sorcerer says, as you can see in the diagram, that a human being is, first of all, will, because will is directly connected to three points, feeling, dreaming, and seeing; then next, a human being is reason. This is properly a center that is smaller than will; it is connected only with talking. What are the other two points, don Juan? He looked at me and smiled.