Some times we are picking fights in the world or even wars, Castaneda said that in Latin America intellectuals were always talking about political and social revolution and where a lot of bombs were thrown.
Revolution haven't change much, It takes little daring to bomb a building, but in order to give up cigarettes or to stop being anxious or to stop internal chattering, you have to remake yourself. We need to focus in our internal revolution, we need to observe ourselves.
This is where real reform begins. One time at Earth Week, some man was lecturing on ecology and the evils of war in Vietnam. All the while he was smoking. Don Juan said, "I cannot imagine that he is concerned with other people's bodies when he doesn't like his own." Our first concern should be with ourselves.
I can like my fellow men only when I am at my peak of vigor and am not depressed. To be in this condition I must keep my body trimmed. Any revolution must begin here in this body. I can alter my culture but only from within a body that is impeccably tuned-in to this weird world.
I can only wish institutions, social workers, service providers, and of course people in general could understand this in the every day work.
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