We’re cunning: We aren’t cruel with ourselves.We stalk it like prey so we can kill its limiting ways. We’re ruthless: We aren’t harsh with ourselves.
The tricks of the ego are numerous and difficult to recognize, especially when we’re lost in the thinking mind. Don Juan explains: “Ruthlessness should not be harshness, cunning should not be cruelty, patience should not be negligence, and sweetness should not be foolishness.” These precepts of the rule help warriors stalk themselves ruthlessly, cunningly, patiently, and sweetly. Being one part of the world frees us to apply our power to influence everything. Being more or less important than others fades into being equal. One is equal to everything.” There’s no place for ego here, separate from the mystery around us. Consequently, for a warrior there is no end to the mystery of being, whether being means being a pebble, or an ant, or oneself.
“ The third, that a warrior, aware of the unfathomable mystery that surrounds him and aware of his duty to try to unravel it, takes his rightful place among mysteries and regards himself as one. We don’t do them because they ‘re good for us we do them for their own sake, because being engaged in the struggle to unravel the mystery, gives us a feeling of being alive. The power in this paradox is that it shifts our focus onto the practices themselves. Knowing that we can never achieve the goal focuses our attention on practices we do each day that take us toward a goal we can never achieve. The goal is to figure out the mystery, knowing that we’ll never figure it out. “ The second precept of the rule is that we must try to unravel these mysteries, but without ever hoping to accomplish this.” Here don Juan posits the paradox of life. We may then think that applying an effort to impact how we live our lives isn’t necessary. “ The first precept of the rule is that everything that surrounds us is an unfathomable mystery.” Don Juan tells us the reality that surrounds us is a mystery, meaning we can’t figure it out. He taught Carlos the “rule for stalking” so we can become aware of its negative influences. Using the mind’s thinking capabilities can be helpful, but don Juan knew its limitations they can be influenced negatively by the ego. The ego will want to use its intellectual thinking capabilities to bring order to a chaotic world. You figure out your routines until you know all the doing of your weaknesses and then you come upon them and pick them up like rabbits inside a cage.” You do it in the same way you stalk prey. 
“An impeccable stalker can turn anything into prey. We must work ceaselessly to dethrone it.”ĭon Juan calls this dethroning process: the art of stalking. Don Juan tells Carlos Castaneda in The Second Ring of Power: “Egomania is a real tyrant. We learn to observe the way the mind and ego distract our attention. Much of mental training is about developing self-observation skills. Warrior’s Way trainer Carlos showing his skill
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