Pasadena - November 1996
To: alt.dreams.castaneda
Accounts of the Nov 29th - Dec 1st workshop that took place in Los Angeles
(Pasadena), California.
The theme of the workshop was "The Two Bodies That Form A Human Being".
The workshop was organized by Cleargreen, Inc.
From "unimportant" (a.d.c); Sat Nov 30 1996:
CC was really funny tonight at workshop. One remarkable thing was
that for several times he cricitized DJ and other sorcerer for
being limited to reach certain people and even said that they
were afraid of breaking their rules to do so...
CC said there is no rules. And this is what he gonna do till he
has time to reach as much as people as he can.
This little guy (CC) is really astonishing......
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From "mviismith" (a.d.c); Mon Dec 02 1996:
A few (very few!) people left the Workshop early, disappointed
(their dignity was hurt, or, as one person said, "Carlos injured
my soul!")
I couldn't even walk before the Westwood Workshop, and now after
this Pasadena Workshop, I can run! Tensegrity is magical. And
Carlos is for real.
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From "cymediatek" (a.d.c); Tue Dec 03 1996:
It is hard to describe exactly how I felt when I heard CC and
Taisha speaking of how, after all their impeccable attempts, they
were finally being forced to consider that they "may not be able
to give this knowledge to ANYONE after all". It felt like having
my heart cut out. I felt shamed. Desperate. I felt ashamed, not
only of myself, but of all of mankind. And personally I felt like
the biggest fool on earth, because I should have been able to do
something about it, and didn't.
And yet...the feeling of the energy which came at the crucial
moment when Taisha gave us that final movement of power, in
absolute silence before 800 people, and her appearance, that of
an eagle in flight or "the great bird of the Tao", was so
awe-inspiring that anything seemed yet attainable.
Hearing the quickly stifled tremor in the Blue Scouts voice when
she read to us that part of CC's upcoming book (Memorable Events)
having to do with his feelings upon the return of Carol Tiggs
after her 10 year absence from this earth, we got another little
glimpse of a warrior's affection.
Thirty minutes after Kylie's final accurate and timely warning to
push on and not give in to the inner-dialog which was telling us
all that we just couldn't take much more, the deafening sound of
the applause, the WILD screaming, mad dancing, shaking, leaping
and cavorting which capped that final grueling three hour session
of Tensegrity gave a real taste of the vigor and optimism of a
warrior's discipline to everyone there.
The impressive international flavor of the entire event made it
seem even more new, alive, and of planetary significance, with
translators for Spanish, Italian, and Russian speaking to around
a hundred and fifty speakers of those languages wearing special
headphones to receive the translations, all impeccably set up by
the impeccable crew (as usual).
The thrill of finally being able to purchase Florinda's book, the
Witch's Dream, long unavailable, and autographed! By the way,
that book was published in 1985, ten years before Tensegrity
workshops, two years before CC's the Power of Silence, and in it,
Florinda states that she was a disciple of don Juan Matus. The
foreword is by, who else...Carlos Castaneda, and in it he
affirmed even then that Florinda was indeed part of the world of
don Juan Matus. Of course, that should already be obvious to
anyone with a bit of a clue...
The laughter, which followed Florinda's revelations of her
not-doings in the raw, pasting dead insects on her breasts,
chopping off her beautiful hair, and walking around imitating
some old nanny with her butt sticking out, and Carol Tiggs doing
a marvelous job of portraying someone getting really "high" on
water, totally cut through the stuffy crap of the usual social
facade.
And when Carol Tiggs concluded her antics, soberly returning the
800 participants to blanket inner silence, and all the warriors
then mounted the stage together to give us that one final
message, the combined energy, intent and affection of all of them
at once staggered me, and melted my heart.
All in all, it was magic. Unforgettable.
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From "cymediatek" (a.d.c); Fri Dec 06 1996:
Here is a short breakdown of the magical passes taught at the
last workshop. They put stricter copyright on the printed
material from the workshop this time, so I'm not going to post
the actual lists of pass names verbatim.
A great many of the magical passes taught at the Pasadena
workshop were designed to enhance tendon energy, particularly on
the left side of the body. The passes taught were divided into
several series.
"The Heat Series" was subdivided into two parts, the first part
consisting of 13 movements, and the second part consisting of 11
movements.
"The Egg Series" consisted of 6 movements performed together as a
separate unit.
"The Primate Series" consisted of another 5 movements performed
together as a separate unit.
There was another series of passes called "five magical passes
for the left side and two for the right". The 5 passes for the
left side were all performed in complete silence, flowing one
into the other, as a separate unit. The 2 passes for the right
side were each separate passes, consisting of sequences of 5
movements performed as a unit, and 6 movements performed as a
unit, respectively.
There were two series of passes which made use of some balls
(ceramic?) about the size of ping pong balls, but solid and
harder, which were referred to as "a device to enhance centers of
awareness". The first series was called "passes for the tendons
of the left arm", and consisted of 8 movements performed on the
left arm, wherein we used the balls to vibrate or apply pressure
to certain critical points. The second series was a sequence of 4
movements repeated twice, where in the first part we vibrated 4
key centers of energy, and in the second part we applied pressure
to the same points.
Then finally we learned Taisha's special magical pass.
If we count passes as sequences of movements which are performed
together as separate units, we learned a total of 32 magical
passes. If we count the distinct individual movements we learned
68 (not counting warmups).
All of the movements were extraordinary, as usual.
In the final three hour Tensegrity session of the workshop, of
which I spoke in a previous post, we did significant repetitions
of all of the movements.
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From "Peter Hill" (IML); Fri Dec 06 1996:
the workshop in brief emphasized the following points.......
1. the warrior's way is a pragmatic way and that is where they
are placing the emphasis....
2. as such, the body is the tool which needs to be in optimum
condition because "seeing " is a complete body phenomenan so DO
the movements with that intent in mind but not obsessively or
compulsively because that will break the body down (negative
effects like tendonitis etc.)
3. watch out for the "ME" that creeps into everything, each of
the 4 ' cc, ta, fd, ct all were given different premises for the
warriors way (they each knew don juan as someone else i.e. john
michael abelar.etc. ) and of course each one had the MOST
important premise (ME) ....carol talked about how donjuan helped
her to see how she thought her father handsome because "he looked
like ME" ' self reflection is where our awareness is stuck so we
need to transcend the "ME" in everything.
4. developing the body and writing "blank checks of affection"
are the best ways to reduce the "me" and to bring our awareness
to higher levels. don juan asked carlos if he was willing to take
care of the women ' he readily agreed ' "i would be honored
to"....dj replied he will be very difficult, you must not judge
what they do and you must support them no matter where their
paths go. carlos thought he would get to control them and tell
them what to do but dj had taught them well and they were too
powerful to be told what to do so writing a blank check of
affection was very hard for carlos.....he told a story of a
broken engagement and how much he "loved" her dj replied he did
not love her because all he was thinking about was "ME"
5. the movements for the most part were simple, efficient and of
corse were exercises in applying the philosophy of tensegrity
which is to get your continuos tension members to relax and work
effeciently (not fighting themselves like the bicep fighting the
tricep) and the discontinuos compression members (tendon ligament
sinews) to allow for quick smooth reversal from movement to
movement and of course all joints should be slightly bent to
avoid joint injury. also it is important to listen to your body
because it will speak to you if you are silent enough to listen.
6. right body ' taxonomizing, structure ' interpretation driven,
loves to describe and reproduce.....left body/energetic ' the
travelor, time has no concern to it, sees, feels,
knows.........the movement and ME reduction (with ensuing
silence) will help it awaken and take it’' rightful place WITH
the right body...carol talked briefley about how she had asked dj
"don't you mean right side/left side? like the brain?" not the
case......
7. notdoing promotes cognitive dissonance and will be the next
seminar.....notdoing for one person can be doing for
another.......for instance florinda walking around naked was
notdoing because she was very attached to immpeccable dressing
practises and how she appeared......one of the reasons carlos is
ending the lineage is doing away with the traditions of the
lineage which were harsh and can be accomplished through other
means....tradition can become a trap.
that was BASICALLY it..........
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From "Randy" (a.d.c); Fri Dec 06 1996:
One highlight that immediately pops out is seeing for the first
time one of the Gang actually demonstrate a pass. Taisha, after a
powerful lecture, showed us View From an Energetic Bridge. The
pass resembles the flight of an eagle and as she performed it
with incredible fluidity and strength the impression that she
could take off and fly right out of the room was intense. She
became an energetic eagle; you could see it in her eyes, in her
being. The effect shocked my internal dialogue into a muttering
silence. (The result of doing 'bird' passes is that an energetic
window opens before you on the floor. Through that window one
sees the 'view from an energetic bridge'.) After doing the pass
several times, breaking it down into sections so we could
remember it better, she said, "Enough talk," and left.
Carlos spoke at the beginning Friday afternoon, gave the lecture
that evening, and the one the following morning. He said there
was an energetic 'crisis' and that the Witches could not lecture
till it resolved itself. He joked that until it did, we had him.
His three talks were over an hour and a half each. He focused
mainly on Flyers without once mentioning them by name. He's a
scary little man, if indeed he's still human
When long tall Taisha came on stage that Saturday evening to
lecture, the crowd broke into a rousing and affectionate
applause, a long ovation. She started out by saying that *we* had
resolved the energetic situation. The intensive Tensegrity of the
day had allowed us to gain energetic mass. She went on to talk
about IBs and not-doing, ending with the Eagle pass.
The last two lectures were Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4pm.
Florinda came up first and spoke for an hour. She told some
hilarious stories about not-doings don Juan had suggested. One,
from the not-doings of clothing, involved walking around naked
(but not in public) with various bugs pasted to her tits. On a
bad day she'd use only flies, she joked. On other days she'd use
butterflies, beetles, etc. When don Juan suggested she tie
tomatoes to her genital area, the spiffy dresser and good German
girl was appalled. She never viewed clothing quite the same again.
When Florinda finished, Carol took the stage. I know it sounds
corny, and my account does poor justice to these events, but
Carol is a show-stopper if there ever was one. She came on
dressed in black slacks and black low-heeled shoes, a black
sweater with red plaid in front, and a black beret with a silver
wave-shaped pin. Her close cropped black and slightly gray hair
contrasted strangely with the beret. Her pale, perfectly smooth
complexion make her look very young. She appears, in both looks
and movement, to be in her early thirties ' spry, great at acting
out different characters, funny as hell. But I can't seem to
remember what she was talking about . . .
We didn't see Carlos again after his Saturday morning lecture.
That afternoon the Blue Scout read another chapter from his
work-in-progress, Memorable Events. The chapter, about Carol
coming back, was very moving. Taisha lectured that evening, but
Carlos was around in the tone and mood (question is, was he ever
there? :-).
To summarize:
1. They are entering a new phase of how they present what they
present lecture-wise. A more pragmatic phase. Instead of merely
talking about sorceric subjects, they're going to focus more on
discussing pragmatic things to do. The first of which are
not-doings. Each of them spoke about not-doings in their
lectures. The next workshop will be devoted to that subject. Now
everyone can not-do a seminar!
2. The internal dialogue is a Flyer installation. Not-doings
shock the internal dialogue into silence. That silence is an
escape hatch from the Flyers. Such an escape is not easy. The
Left and Right bodies must be balanced. Flyers are tenacious. The
discipline needed to shake them is not a discipline we are
accustomed to. Discipline by the mind is useless. The discipline
needed is magical. It is the discipline of Intent.
3. Tensegrity is a not-doing which allows one to reclaim energy
calcified on the outer portions of our luminous being and bring
it back to vital energy centers in order to gain momentum for the
task of throwing off that tick-tock, faster than a heartbeat,
unnatural helicopter in our heads (the crown) . . . and thereby
bring the sixth center back to its former, more fluid, circular
motion.
(How's that for a sentence?)
Carol joked that she was going to demonstrate the not-doing of
Tensegrity next time.
Ha!
Hope this finds you all well . . .
Warmly, Randy
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From "unknown" (a.d.c); Fri Dec 06 1996:
Taisha said that Inorganic beings do not have a shell, though
they do have a definite boundary. They are not amorphous, but are
held together by the binding force of the universe. The same
binding force that holds together the inorganic beings without
the containment of a physical vessel exists within each of us. If
we strengthen the binding force enough to hold ourselves
together, we can live as energy beings without physical bodies.
Awareness in this configuration can be sustained for millions of years.
Dreamers move their Assemblage Points to the realm of the
inorganics without necessarily becoming inorganic, and IBs come
through the hatch into our world without becoming organic. Don
Juan was trying to drum into his apprentices the perils of making
deals with beings in possession of a vastly greater consciousness
than themselves. Taisha says that don Juan told them not to trust
other sorcerers or inorganic beings. Only trust Infinity, he
told them.
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