12-01-2006, 09:59 PM
By all means, do whatever your heart desires. We're all just expressing our opinions and feelings here. If you find it helpful to read that nonsense (J/K LOL)... then go for it! Everyone learns in their own way at their own pace.
Just for clarity's sake though, I'd like to mention that often times the word dogma gets thrown around when speaking of people who are into Castaneda's works more than anything else. However, I believe this is a misunderstanding.
For example, I personally am open to many different religions and philosophies. I pick and choose from them what I feel to be universally true, or to be helpful to me in some way. Just because I don't find anything relevant or useful in books written by people who (IMO) just water down the works of Castaneda, doesn't in any way make me dogmatic in my beliefs.
For me Castaneda's works have been the most helpful, the most useful, the most clear, and the most direct.
Just for clarity's sake though, I'd like to mention that often times the word dogma gets thrown around when speaking of people who are into Castaneda's works more than anything else. However, I believe this is a misunderstanding.
For example, I personally am open to many different religions and philosophies. I pick and choose from them what I feel to be universally true, or to be helpful to me in some way. Just because I don't find anything relevant or useful in books written by people who (IMO) just water down the works of Castaneda, doesn't in any way make me dogmatic in my beliefs.
For me Castaneda's works have been the most helpful, the most useful, the most clear, and the most direct.