anything is one of a million paths [un camino entre cantidades de caminos]

☞ ☞ ☞ truth is a pathless land / Krishnamurti*

Carlos Castaneda:

Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn't, it is of no use. Both paths lead nowhere; but one has a heart, the other doesn't. One makes for a joyful journey; as long as you follow it, you are one with it. The other will make you curse your life. One makes you strong; the other weakens you.
/ see page 76 in the Google Books reader below – or enter camino in the reader search box

Before you embark on any path ask the question: Does this path have a heart? If the answer is no, you will know it, and then you must choose another path. … A path without a heart is never enjoyable. You have to work hard even to take it. On the other hand, a path with heart is easy; it does not make you work at liking it.
/ scroll down to page 118 in the Google Books reader below – or enter embark in the reader search box

/ see also note appended to this post

“Both paths lead nowhere; but one has a heart, the other doesn't. One makes for a joyful journey; as long as you follow it, you are one with it. The other will make you curse your life.” / emphasis added




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Does this path have a heart? If the answer is no, you will know it, and then you must choose another path. (!?)

the line above ends with an embedded link to results of a search for what precedes the parentheses; the Castaneda block quote in this post is taken from one of those results, edited for length, and then commented with directions for finding the sources in Castaneda’s original text for the two parts of it: the first part on page 76 of the text displayed in the Google Books reader, and the second on page 118

Krishnamurti says truth is a pathless land.

Castaneda says this: Paths lead nowhere. There are a million paths. You may choose to follow one, but choose one that has a heart, one that makes for a joyful journey; as long as you follow it, you are one with it. Following a path that has no heart will make you curse your life.

2023-08-27…added the above note and added emphasis – bolding and increased font size – to first line of post
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“the machine appeared in the distance, singing to itself of money”



… The mind achieved what the heart could not. He began planning the destruction of the long peace of the place. The machine appeared in the distance, singing to itself of money. Its song was the web they were caught in, men and women together. The villages were as flies to be sucked empty.

God secreted a tear. Enough, enough, he commanded, but the machine looked at him and went on singing.

—R.S. Thomas (!w)*


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