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 —A life lived with clear certainty of living it; a good life, strong...

—Before embarking on any road you have to ask the question: does this path has a heart? If the answer is no, you will know, and must then choose another path.

—But how do I know for sure if a path has a heart or not?

—Anyone can know that. The problem is that no one asks the question, and when you finally realize that a path without a heart was taken, the road is already about to kill you. Under these circumstances very few men can stop to consider, and even fewer may leave the path.

How should I proceed to make the appropriate question, don Juan?

—Just ask...

—I told you that to choose a path, you must be free of fear and ambition...

—The desire to learn is not ambition —said—. Wanting to know, is our destiny as men, but inviting the devil weed is requesting power, and that is ambition, because you are not doing it to learn. Don't let the devil weed blind you...

—The thing to learn is how to get the crack between the worlds and how to enter in the other world. There is a crack between the two worlds, the world of the “diableros” and the world of living men. There is a place where the two worlds are mounted one above the other. The crack is there. It opens and closes as a door with the wind. To get there, a man must exercise his will. He must, I would say, develop an indomitable desire, a total dedication,. But he must do so without help from any power or man. Man must only reflect and wish until the time his body is ready to take the trip..." C.C.