In the knowledge system of Juan Matus and Castaneda,Go to page "see" and "look" express two distinct ways of perceiving. "Looking" is for the ordinary way of perceiving the world, while "seeing" suggests a complex process by which a "man of knowlege" can see the essence of beings and things.

The "darkness of the day" is the best time to see. (source)Carlos Castaneda, The Teaching of Don Juan As often as possible, stay outside in the wild while the day breaks. Then, there is nothing but power. A pure delight. To see, it is when the third eye pierces appearances. It is the vision of auras, but not the "gift of second sight" that allows Madame IrmaOr other fortune tellers predict your future. In the best case, Madame Irma sees visions by flash that come without warning. And when the flash is off, Irma improvises by unwritten rules of the basic psychology. And it works!

Still a man hears

what he wants to hear

and disregards the rest.

Paul SimonSimon & Garfunkel, The Boxer

Seeing is not a gift, but the result of work on oneself, which is always long and arduous. The way is demanding long before becoming rewarding. Methods existed once to accelerate it electricallyGo to L'énergie fulgurale but they are not used anymore by "los Nuevos Videntes", the various clans of witches and naguals in America, according to Carlos Castaneda. They are trained in the hard school of fear, to overcome the visceral fear of the unknown, to acquire enough inner fluency and speed to assemble other worlds.

Overcome Complacency

The warrior must first subdue his fear. Submit and attach it to his feet, like the two shamans of the Devil - Arcana XV.Go to page Unfortunately, when that moment of truth comes, Castaneda breaks. His fear prevails. "You were scared and you ran away because you believed that person was your damn important. Believe that it is important adds, makes clumsy and vain. To become a man of knowledge must be absolutely light and fluid." (source)Carlos Castaneda, The Teaching of Don Juan And to become light and fluid, you must track your sufficiency.

Kill the Feeling of Your Own Importance

Seeing is therefore an enviable knowledge? Not really. Like every coin has two sides see. "Once man learns to see, he finds himself alone in the world with nothing but madness. " (source)Carlos Castaneda, "Voir", p.83 "Madness of the wise, wisdom of the fools". (?)Go to page To not be alone, man can choose to be defeated. Quietly join the party with all the Fools,Go to page it si more comfortable. Being defeated is inevitable. Each of us is either victorious or defeated; you are sometimes executioner and sometimes victim.

As long as you don't "see".

"To see" chase the illusion of victory, defeat, suffering." (source)Carlos Castaneda, "Voir", p.137

To see chase Maya, Tibetan name for illusion. One day, Castaneda asked his benefactor:

"Do you think that the Tibetans can "see"? - I doubt it. When a man learns to see, not one thing predominates among those he knows. Not one. If the Tibetans could see, they will notice immediately."
Don Juan Matus often evokes the danger of seeing without being a warrior. (source)Carlos Castaneda, "Voir", page 208

"See" requires an iron discipline.

The Warrior and the Sorcerer

   Being hungry or suffer means that the man had let him go and is no longer a warrior. The forces of his hunger and suffering will destroy him. (source)Carlos Castaneda, "Voir", p. 141 A warrior does not let go to anything, not even to his death. A warrior is never a volunteer partner. (source)Carlos Castaneda, "Voir", p. 176 A warrior is not available. A sorcerer does not need to see to be a sorcerer. He only needs to know how to use his control. (source)Carlos Castaneda, "Voir", p. 193 Compared to those who see the sorcerer is a poor guy. (source)Carlos Castaneda, "Voir", p. 193

A wizard is not much better off than the average man. Witchcraft embarrasses him, makes him vulnerable.

The inexplicable and unbending forces that surround all of us (...) are for the sorcerer a risk even greater. (source)Carlos Castaneda, "Voir", p. 208

A sorcerer, by opening up to knowledge, falls prey to these forces and has only one thing to oppose them: his will. So he must collect and act like a warrior. On the path of knowledge, we can only survive by being a warrior. (source)Carlos Castaneda, "Voir", p. 208

In the life of the man of knowledge, there is no vacuum. Everything is filled to the brim. (source)Carlos Castaneda, "Voir", p. 89

To become a man of knowledge, be a warrior, not a cry baby. Strive, without giving, without wavering, to be able to see, and to realize that nothing matters. (source)Carlos Castaneda, "Voir", pp. 89-90

All our actions are useless, and yet we must act as if we do not know. That is controlled folly of sorcerers. (source)Carlos Castaneda, "Voir", p. 79

What can a man have

apart of his life

and his death?

Carlos Castaneda"Voir", p. 97