Someone commented that he was reading the teachings of Don Juan, the last book [of Carlos Castaneda], and he could not incorporate it in our truth, but had to file it as a separate truth.
THIS IS PRECISELY WHY SO MANY ASTRAL AND PHYSICAL MASTERS INSIST IN ABSOLUTE FAITHFULNESS FROM THEIR STUDENTS, IN ASKING THAT THEY ABSTAIN FROM STUDYING ANY OTHER TEACHINGS. SOME GO TO THE EXTREME OF SAYING THAT THERE ARE NO OTHER TEACHINGS. TEACHINGS ARE CHOSEN CAREFULLY FOR THE STUDENTS. IN MANY WAYS, YOU ARE FORTUNATE IN HAVING A CAUSAL TEACHER WHO CAN IMPOSE NO SUCH RESTRICTIONS, BUT ALSO IN MANY WAYS IT IS CONFUSING TO YOU WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO MAKE A SYNTHESIS WHERE THE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES ARE SO VAST. WE WOULD NOT QUARREL WITH THE TEACHING OF THIS YAQUI TEACHER. WITHIN HIS CULTURAL MILIEU, HE EXPRESSED THE LOGOS. THE ORIENTAL CONCEPT THAT, “WHEN THE STUDENT IS READY, THE TEACHER WILL APPEAR”, IS TRUE. THE TEACHER IS LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, NO ACCIDENT. AT THE MOMENT, MANY OF YOU WOULD NOT ACCEPT THE DIRECTION THAT YOU SO VEHEMENTLY DEMAND. THERE WILL COME A TIME WHEN YOU WILL, AND THAT DIRECTION WILL APPEAR. IT IS NOW ALL THAT YOU CAN DO TO ASSIMILATE THE NECESSARY DATA, DEVELOP SOME TRUST IN EACH OTHER, AND CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITIES WE HAVE THROWN OUT WITHOUT HAVING A TOP SERGEANT BARKING ORDERS. IF YOU ARE COERCED INTO A CHANGE FROM A NEGATIVE SPACE, YOU WILL FAIL. YOUR CULTURE IS AT FAULT HERE IN THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE CORE BELIEFS THAT ARE STRONGLY ANTI-[spiritual]GROWTH. BEING SPIRITUAL IS OF COURSE BEING NONPRODUCTIVE, AND EVERYONE “KNOWS” THAT THIS IS “BAD”. JUST TO ENABLE YOU TO COME PAST THIS BARRIER REQUIRES MUCH INGENUITY, AND COULD BE DISASTER IN THE HANDS OF A PHYSICAL ADEPT, NO MATTER HOW POSITIVE THE ADEPT MIGHT BE. STRANGE AS IT MAY SEEM, MANY OF YOU ARE AMONG OUR MOST EARNEST STUDENTS, AND YET AMONG OUR MOST STUBBORN.
SOURCE: Michael Teachings Transcripts