（外文电子版资料）13. Dialogue On The Way Of Knowledge - Part II.docVIP

Dialogue On The Way Of Knowledge - Part ll ? ? ? Ive decided to add, what Im calling, Dialogue on the Way of Knowledge, to my site, Carlos Castanedas don Juans Teachings. It began Mon, Jun 28th, 1999, when I received an E-Mail from Michael. I will use M: to begin his comments, R: to begin mine. This is part two of the dialogue. It continues where part 1 left off.? ? ?-----------------? ? ?(Note to readers: We dont have the E-mail written to Michael that prompted his reply. It is pretty much self explainatory, however.)? ? ?M: To an apprentice FROM MICHAEL? ? ?M: You noted that things are looking a bit odd to you, and probably there are several reasons including the ones previously noted demonstrating the connection between ourselves and the universe and also quite probably the changes that have occurred within yourself.? ? ?M: Also, you asked some questions, so Ill attempt to respond to those.? ? ?Apprentice: 1. What do we need these heavy bodily vehicles for?? ? ?M: The process requires evaluation from the broadest wide-angle view. In my understanding of the evolutionary process, we, and for that matter all of humanity, followed the path of classic evolution from a collection of cells into a far more involved complex organism into the development of true sentient consciousness. The interaction of that sentience with the organic body that facilitated the development of sentience, is intense to the extent that through thought and will, energy that has been produced through cellular interactions within the body can be directed and focused by and through our consciousness. In other words, we need our bodies initially during our evolution as sources of energy for our sentient consciousness to use in turn, in its own development. This process of interdependency continues until the energy of our consciousness develops to the point where the energy (and therefore the dependency) of the body is no longer required.? ? ?M: We know, through sc