Abstract from Carlos Castaneda book in his conversation with don Juan
"You speak like a true merchant . What's the risk ? You ask. What's the percentage gain to your investment ? Is it going to better me ? There is no answer to that. The merchant mind does commerce . But freedom cannot be an investment. Freedom is an adventure with no end, in which we risk our lives and much more for a few moments of something beyond words, beyond thoughts or feelings. "
"I didn't ask that question in that spirit, don Juan . What I want to know is what can be the driving force to do all this for a lazy bum like myself ? "
"To seek freedom is the only driving force I know. Freedom to fly off into that infinity out there. Freedom to dissolve, lift off, to be like the flame of a candle, which, in spite of being up against the light of billion of stars, remains intact, because it never pretended to be more than what it is : a mere candle."
Freedom
Posted - Feb 18 2013 : 05:44:07 AM
_/\_ Thank you.