Some of this sounds like Gurdjieff and Ouspensky – The Fourth Way…

Castaneda is told that all he has to do to stay is to state his intention to do so out loud, because "[e]verything you say out loud in this world is for keeps." Id. Castaneda is suspicious that he is being tricked, but the voice tells him, "I cannot lie to you, because a lie doesn’t exist . . . I can tell you only about what exists. In my world, only intent exists; a lie has no intent behind it; therefore, it has no existence." pp. 114-15. When Castaneda thinks to himself that "there is intent even behind lies," the emissary supposedly responds "behind lies there is intention but that intention is not intent." p. 115.

Blue Scout Chronology Part II