Why We Stay Un-Impeccable
The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of the onlooker and calls that self-confidence. The warrior seeks impeccability in his own eyes and calls that humbleness. The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to infinity.” — Don Juan Matus
It is far too easy to remain upon the un-impeccable path. Although, at some level we know when we are not being impeccable, we continue to think and behave counter to our connection with source. We take the easier, more familiar route, held fast by our justifying inner dialogue, as well as our peers.
Society rewards us when we ignore self-responsibility and indulge in playing self-important games. Our un-impeccable acts, through a lifetime of stacking, garners us what we believe are wins, while we are unaware of the long-term ill effects the compounding of un-impeccability conjures.
Our stacking of un-impeccable acts begins at a very young age. We lie to avoid punishment and to gain praise. We manipulate our parents against one another to our advantage. We quickly find that if we bend the rules, instant rewards follow.
Understanding Impeccability
Carlos Castaneda often used old and obscure words when conveying shamanic concepts. That is because much of our language is routine, in which we automatically attach meaning to words, drawn from our personal history. By using these lesser-known terms, he could communicate these new cognitions without the inherent baggage of common language. One such word is “impeccability”.
“Impeccability, as I have told you so many times, is not morality, it only resembles morality. Impeccability is simply the best use of our energy level. Naturally it calls for frugality, thoughtfulness, simplicity, innocence; and above all, it calls for lack of self-reflection.” — Don Juan Matus
Human beings have been programed since birth to travel a certain path… one that has led us to our current state of being. Each un-impeccable act we take, gives us the illusion that we are progressing. However, in actuality, such acts stack upon themselves… further cementing what we perceive into a known, the basis of our twisted human form.
The seers in the lineage of Carlos Castaneda have uncovered another path… one that has function at its core, in the words of the seers’: an “impeccable path.”
By taking this less traveled path, embracing self-responsibility, making conscious choices for our acts, the results of our actions also stack. Yet they compound in a different way: to connect us with infinity, allowing source to guide us in both the first and second attention.
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