c a r l o s
My friend, Randy Hayes (founder of Rainforest Action Network), met Carlos Casteneda at a cocktail party. At the Getty's, I think, in San Francisco. It was the late 1980's.
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Randy thinks for a while about what to ask this man, who had written so many
profound books, inspiring so many people. Randy approaches Carlos.
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Carlos: "You have a question."
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Randy: “Well. I was wondering. In your opinion, does what we are doing matter?”
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[Randy, you must remember, was a guy who spent a great deal of time and energy fighting to prevent very large and powerful corporations and governments from destroying what remains of the world's vanishing tropical rainforests.]
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Carlos looks off into the distance, as if waiting for the answer from some deep, inner voice.
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Then he turns, and looks at Randy and says:
"Yes, but not for the reasons you think."