Engaging Your Enemy of Old Age

The Last Enemy: Old Age

“The man will he, by then, at the end of his journey of learning, and almost without warning he will come upon the last of his enemies: Old age! This enemy is the cruelest of all, the one he won’t be able to defeat completely, but only fight away.

This is the time when a man has no more fears, no more impatient clarity of mind—a time when all his power is in check, but also the time when he has an unyielding desire to rest. If he gives in totally to his desire to lie down and forget, if he soothes himself in tiredness, he will have lost his last round, and his enemy will cut him down into a feeble old creature. His desire to retreat will overrule all his clarity, his power, and his knowledge.

But if the man sloughs off his tiredness, and lives his fate through, he can then be called a man of knowledge, if only for the brief moment when he succeeds in fighting off his last, invincible enemy. That moment of clarity, power, and knowledge is enough.” — Carlos Castaneda

How Will You Live Your Final Days? 

Most of us meet the enemy of old age ill prepared. We allow our health to decline… our energy to wain… and watch helplessly as we yield to our last enemy.

How do you want to live your final days? What do you want to accomplish while you are still here in this realm? It’s never too late to transform the enemy of old age into an ally… a teacher.

The last year’s of the life of Carlos Castaneda were some of his most productive. He knew that his time was coming… and he WASTED NO TIME in sealing his own end with a golden clasp, as Don Juan told him to do with his lineage.

In the final 3 years of his life, he wrote and published the books; Wheel of Time and Active Side of Infinity. He also penned the Author’s Commentaries for the 30th Anniversary Edition of his first book: Teachings of Don Juan, providing his perspective on the beginning of his journey from that of its ending.

Additionally, he became a public speaker and conducted workshops in Culver City, Los Angeles, Hawaii, Pomona, CA, etc, while training nearly 20 apprentices how to take over after he was gone.

In the wake of illness, old age, and many responsibilities, Castaneda did not waiver. He knew his task was engineered by infinity, and kept at it until his last day.

Engaging The Final Enemy

“Only the idea of death makes a warrior sufficiently detached so that he is capable of abandoning himself to anything. He knows his death is stalking him and won’t give him time to cling to anything, so he tries, without craving, all of everything.” — Carlos Castaneda 

Most of us wait too long to engage our final enemy of old age. When we are young and invincible, the notion of old age is something so far in the future, that we pay it little, if any, attention.

It is not until the accumulation of our ill-preparedness begins to manifest, that our enemy is close enough for us to take notice. 

By engaging old age now, and making it your ally, you can live your purpose now as well as preparing yourself to postpone its effects; empowering you to write your own ending. 

“A man has four natural enemies: fear, clarity, power, and old age. Fear, clarity, and power can be overcome, but not old age. Its effect can be postponed, but it can never be overcome.” — Carlos Castaneda 

Seal Your Ending With a Golden Clasp

"Don't die with the music still in you." — Dr. Wayne Dyer

Engaging your enemy of old age is not merely about the end of your life. It's about fulfilling the tasks engineered for you by infinity—your music.

When you join us in the Engaging Your Enemy of Old Age workshop, you will be part of small group of participants meeting with Renata Murez once per week for 6 weeks. In these 2-3 hour group sessions, you will discover the personal history forming your current understanding and behaviors about old age. You will grind away that history through Magical Passes® and Recapitulation exercises with the group as a whole, with a partner as well as homework assignments to accomplish throughout the week.

Find your Purpose... the task engineered for you by infinity. Address the areas of your life which are vital to fully living your purpose, as well as the practical affairs of daily life: Health, Relationships and Financial Security.

We are purposefully keeping the enrollment small so that everyone will have the opportunity to fully participate. This will be an intimate, powerful, interactive workshop designed to empower you in fully engaging your enemy of old age, transforming it into your ally. 

“Don Juan described the total goal of the shamanistic knowledge that he handled as the preparation for facing the definitive journey: the journey that every human being has to take at the end of their life." — Carlos Castaneda