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 In this book, Castaneda selects parts of his work, which we would present, because they are self-explanatory, which may mean that people form their young under these premises:

"He explained that the warrior path was a frame of ideas established by ancient Mexico shamans. Such construction derived from those shamans ability to see energy as it flows freely in the universe. For that reason, the warrior path was a superb conglomeration of energy facts, of irreducible truths exclusively determined by the energy flow direction in the universe. Don Juan categorically affirmed that there was nothing in that structure that could be objected, nothing could be changed. It was a perfect structure in itself and by itself, and anyone who followed that path was cornered by energy facts which allowed no discussion or speculation about its role or value.

He unequivocally affirmed, that the warrior path was an essential construction without which the initiated shamans would sink in the universe immensity.

''Don Juan said that the warrior path was the ancient Mexico shamans masterpiece. He considered it his most important contribution, the essence of their sobriety...''

''—Is the warrior path so overwhelmingly important, don Juan? —I once asked him.''

''—To say "overwhelmingly important" is a euphemism. The warrior path is everything. It is the archetype of the physical and mental health. I cannot explain it in any other way..." C.C.	  ''

The Castaneda work has not been worked from the Toltecáyotl philosophical aspects. As a human wisdom legacy, produced by one of the oldest civilizations in the world. Wisdom that produced a thousand years of splendor (200 BCE - 850 CE). Unfortunately it has become a "new age Best Seller" and has been reduced to small groups of fanciful fanatics, which hallucinate in the nahual world, that is only reserved for persons who after many years of draconian discipline have managed to polish their body and purify their spirit.

"The wheel of time", can symbolically be, the monolith called "Aztec calendar" and all the energy-spiritual wisdom, which is waiting for the moment of its exalted revelation. In this way, the Carlos Castaneda works, are just one piece in the cultural identity of the Anahuac peoples puzzle, and somehow, in the cultural identity of all peoples with indigenous origin of the continent, from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego.

''"The don Juan Matus action line was a deliberate attempt to push me towards, as he said, was a different cognitive system. When don Juan spoke of that cognitive system, he referred to the cognition usual definition, or the: "processes responsible for everyday consciousness, including memory, experience, perceptions and expert utilization of any given syntax". What don Juan stated was that the ancient Mexico shamans actually had was a different cognitive system from that of common men..." C.C. ''

DON JUAN TEACHINGS

The power resides in the kind of knowledge one possesses. What is the sense of knowing useless things? That does not prepare us for our inevitable encounter with the unknown. (43)

Getting upset with people means that one considers that the actions of others are important. It is imperative to stop feeling this way. Acts of men may not be important enough to counteract our only viable alternative: our unchanging meeting with infinity. (96)