Why does anyone seek to quiet the mind? The popular impulse for meditation and mindfulness is to obtain relief from worries, anxiety, concerns, etc., constantly stirred up by our interaction with the everyday world. For the shamanistic lineage of Carlos Castaneda, there is also a more far-reaching purpose: to see energy as it flows in the universe. Seeing in this sense can mean a visual experience, but it is much more—a whole body feeling that gives one the absolute certainty about what is really going on with people and situations. It is like intuition, cultivated to the level of an art. It tells us whom to trust, what situations to avoid, what decisions to make, and when to change directions in life. We start to detect how energy is flowing by practicing and accumulating inner silence, a state in which the body is calm but alert, and the flow of circular thoughts is suspended. In that place, we make our best decisions, decisions that are not controlled by fear, ambition, greed, insecurity, personal importance, or neediness. Inner silence is deeply life-affirming, and, at the same time, a state of inaccessibility created with a wall of intent. The intent is to step away for a moment from the world of culture and society and into the energetic flow of the universe.