the paths of the heart

…For me there is only the traveling on the paths that have a heart, on any path that may have a heart.

--The Teachings of Don Juan, Carlos Castaneda, 1968

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You see, the path of the heart is not a road of incessant introspection or mystical flight, but a way of engaging the joys and sorrows of the world. This world, where each one of us is related at molecular levels to every other wondrous and dynamic manifestation of being…

Eventually I saw—I saw—that the path of the heart requires a full gesture, a degree of abandon that can be terrifying. Only then is it possible to achieve a sparkling metamorphosis.

--Portrait of a Sorcerer: An Interview with Carlos Castaneda, Keith Thompson, New Age Journal March/April, 1994