“Fire from Within” is a complete reversal in the way one perceives Don Juan’s teaching. Castaneda recalls it by shifting his “assemblage point” into the very same states of heightened awareness in which his training took place. He finds his own wholeness. We meet Don Juan again and are introduced to the stunning concept of “small tyrants”—the possibility of considering any negative situation as a means of learning and getting rid of the feeling of one’s own importance.