He went on explaining that there were no exact steps to knowing Mescalito; therefore no one could teach about him except Mescalito himself. This quality made him a unique power; he was not the same for every man.
“The devil’s weed has never protected anyone. She serves only to give power. Mescalito, on the other hand, is gentle, like a baby.”
“But you said Mescalito is terrifying at times.”
“Of course he is terrifying, but once you get to know him, he is gentle and kind.”
“How does he show his kindness?”
“He is a protector and a teacher.”
“How does he protect?”
“You can keep him with you at all times and he will see that nothing bad happens to you.”
“How can you keep him with you at all times?”
“In a little bag, fastened under your arm or around your neck with a string.”
“Do you have him with you?”
“No, because I have an ally. But other people do.”
“What does he teach?”
“He teaches you to live properly.”
“How does he teach?”
“He shows things and tells what is what. [enzenna las cosas y te dice lo que son].”
“Mescalito is a protector, a kind, gentle protector; but that does not mean you can make fun of him. Because he is a kind protector he can also be horror itself with those he does not like.”
“Is Mescalito God - the only God? Or is he one of the gods?”
“He is just a protector and a teacher. He is a power.”
“Is he a power within ourselves?”
“No. Mescalito has nothing to do with ourselves. He is outside us.”
“Then everyone who takes Mescalito must see him in the same form.”
“No, not at all. He is not the same for everybody.”
“We will work our way back and pick him [Mescalito] as we cross the field. That is, we will pick him only when he is in our way. He will find us and not the other way around. He will find us - if he wants to.”
“Mescalito is a protector because he talks to you and can guide your acts,” he said. “Mescalito teaches the right way to live. And you can see him because he is outside you. The smoke, on the other hand, is an ally. It transforms you and gives you power without ever showing its presence. You can’t talk to it. But you know it exists because it takes your body away and makes you as light as air. Yet you never see it. But it is there giving you power to accomplish unimaginable things, such as when it takes your body away.”
He said, “You think there are two worlds for you - two paths. But there is only one. The protector [Mescalito] showed you this with unbelievable clarity. The only world available to you is the world of men, and that world you cannot choose to leave. You are a man! The protector showed you the world of happiness where there is no difference between things because there is no one there to ask about the difference. But that is not the world of men. The protector shook you out of it and showed you how a man thinks and fights. That is the world of man! And to be a man is to be condemned to that world. You have the vanity to believe you live in two worlds, but that is only your vanity. There is but one single world for us. We are men, and must follow the world of men contentedly. “I believe that was the lesson.”
"In the first place," don Juan explained, "you must want to become acquainted with him [Mescalito], and I think this is by far the most important thing. Then you must be offered to him, and you must meet with him many times before you can say you know him."
Warrior of Lite
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