My salvation comes from me.

The seeming cost of accepting today's idea is this: It means that nothing outside yourself can save you; nothing outside yourself can give you peace.

But it also means that nothing outside yourself can hurt you, or disturb your peace or upset you in any way.

Today's idea places you in charge of the universe, where you belong because of what you are. This is not a role that can be partially accepted.

And you must surely begin to see that accepting it is salvation.

Everything that occurs is not only usable and workable but is actually the journey itself. I can use everything that happens to me as the means for waking up, not the form but the content is the same. in any conflicting emotion and thoughts or seemingly outer situation to show me where Iam in denial and waking without reservation.

in that awkward, ambigious moment is my wisdom mind as God created me. right there in the uncertainty of everyday's seeming chaos is the knowledge He is Love.

Carlos Castaneda

“To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other.””

“Only as a warrior can one withstand the path of knowledge. A warrior cannot complain or regret anything. His life is an endless challenge, and challenges cannot possibly be good or bad. Challenges are simply challenges.””