"Our normal expectations about reality are created by……" — Carlos Castaneda
"Our normal expectations about reality are created by a social consensus. We are taught how to see and understand the world. The trick of socialization is to convince us that the descriptions we agree upon define the limits of the real world. What we call reality is only one way of seeing the world, a way that is supported by social consensus."
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Carlos Castaneda
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158 Quotes by Carlos Castaneda
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