Toltec

intro to the Toltec peoples www.youtube.com en.wikipedia.org www.mnsu.edu

Toltec The Power of Seeing Your LIfe as a Dream

toltecmysteryschool.com In this video, Kristopher talks about the Power of Seeing Your Life as a Dream. Kristopher worked with Carlos Castaneda and don Miguel Ruiz (author of the best selling book The Four Agreements), and is now sharing the powerful knowledge, both esoteric and practical, of the Toltec Path. Kristopher has been gifted with incredible knowledge through out his path, and now wishes to share what he has learned with those who wish to live a live of personal empowerment, abundance, love, magic and daily miracles. This knowledge takes one beyond the Law of Attraction to finding one’s life purpose and bringing their dreams manifest now. To receive notice of the latest free videos, mp3′s, and eBooks, go to http

Toltec Wisdom

Some Toltec Wisdom of What am I? What are We? The mind, the body, and the force…

The Fifth Agreement – Brushing Aside Existing Views as a Way to Freedom and Completeness

Famed creator of The Four Agreements, don Miguel Ruiz, has released his newest book, The Fifth Agreement. What is this principle all about, and why is this such an essential doctrine?

Background of don Miguel Ruiz

Don Miguel Ruiz belongs to a clan of curanderas (healers) and was brought up in a hinterland in Mexico by a curandera mother and a nagual (master shaman) grandfather. The family believed that Miguel would take up their old legacy of healing and teaching, and promote the mystic Toltec knowledge. Instead, disturbed by modern life, Miguel chose to go to medical school.

A tragic experience changed his plans in life. Shocked by this experience, he began a complete practice of self-study. He committed himself to the full learning of the age-old ancestral wisdom, studying consistently with his mother, and finishing an apprenticeship with a powerful nagual in the Mexican desert. In the established practice of the Toltecs, a shaman helps a mortal to personal freedom. Don Miguel is a shaman from the Eagle Knight ancestry, and is dedicated to transmitting his knowledge of the principles of the ancient Toltecs. He is the author of The Four Agreements, The Mastery of Love, and The Four Agreements Companion Book. At the moment he is promoting The Fifth Agreement.

From the accounts of those who have worked with him personally, don Miguel is a very perceptive and enlivening person. When he first began teaching, he would frequent at private residences  in California and share his knowledge in Toltec. This was before he turned into a recognized sage. He was always gracious and displayed love. During his talks he would frequently say, “Don’t believe me, don’t believe anyone else, don’t believe yourself.” They were compelling words, which don Miguel has now converted into a  new masterpiece, The Fifth Agreement.

Brushing aside belief systems is the main teaching of the Toltec Path. Whenever you already have a conjecture, you no longer inquire what it really is. You perceive only what Toltecs label, the smoky mirror. You interpret what you see through colored glasses. Like for example, in Japan the number four is something that connotes death or misfortune. The word ‘shi’, which means four in Nihonggo sounds like the Nihonggo word ‘shinu’ which means death. For this perception, they eliminate the fourth floor in their establishments. Also, the number 13 is almost always considered disastrous in western cultures, and the 13^th floor is at times excluded in buildings. Each culture really interprets  certain things and events differently.

Another concrete example –  in many countries suicide is believed to cause terrifying consequences in the afterlife. This is attributed to the influence of Christian beliefs about heaven and hell. In Japan, on the other hand, the Samurai treated suicide as an honorable act. If defeated, a warrior considered suicide victory. To this day, suicide is perceived strangely in Japan.

Why is this principle crucial on a spiritual path? It is crucial because in order to attain the truth, to realize reality fairly and squarely, one must be free from old perceptions. One must change the way they  think of themselves and their surroundings in order to grow and succeed. Toltecs term the old belief systems inventory. In order to grasp reality and beyond into what Toltecs term the second attention, the world of energy, they strive to say goodbye to all inventory. This is much like interpreting the world through the eyes of an infant, or what Buddhists term ‘The Beginners Mind’.

It is not hard to understand how things such as  racial prejudice and discrimination are frequently based on existing belief systems. If a person is convinced that a race of people is  inferior or less significant, they will actually perceive things that match their views. They perceive the world through lenses colored by their usual perceptions.

Don Miguel Ruiz aspires to transform this world into a better place. To do so we must first transform our personal aspirations. We must become clear, devoid of the existing belief systems that handcuff us. This is the potency of the Fifth Agreement.

Speak Up For Your Self

Speak Up For Your Self

Speaking up for your self doesn’t mean that you have to speak down to anybody.

The Big Lie: Change is Hard

It’s actually a much harder life if you don’t change the fears and false beliefs that are driving your unhappiness.

The most common comment of resistance that I hear while guiding people through the process to change their beliefs and emotional driven behaviors is:  “This is Hard.”

It’s a simple enough comment and we might easily accept it as true.    But here’s the trap.  It’s a lie that makes the changes you are attempting more difficult.

Yes it is difficult to change beliefs.  It is challenging.  However to say that it is hard, implies that doing nothing is easier.  And this is a lie.  It is actually harder to continue to live with the same false beliefs that are driving your unhappiness.

This post originally at Change is Hard

ToltecSpirit.com is a guide for Spiritual Warriors using the Four Agreements

Some people say change is hard.  It’s one of those things that sounds true, but turns into a big lie.   Change is challenging,,, but not to change,,,, that is a really hard way to live.

Awakening Consciousness

Awakening Consciousness

The human being is a pod.  It is essentially a cocoon,,, for a seed of consciousness to mature and become self realized.  Most human beings live their lives in varying degrees of unconsciousness, never giving birth to a fully mature consciousness.

Nobody is Perfect

Sometimes you will  hear people say, “Nobody is Perfect.”

Generally they include themselves in this category of not being perfect.
It’s an odd kind of self judgment.

It’s an odd kind of self judgment based on this idea of perfection.  However, there’s nobody in this category of “Perfection.”    And if perfection is an empty group then “perfection” doesn’t really exist.

The consequences of that is that “imperfection” doesn’t exist. Then there is no one that is imperfect either.  Including you.

Saying that you aren’t perfect is like saying that Tuesday is not tall enough.   “Not tall enough” does’t exist as a category for Tuesdays.   Then the category “Too Tall” doesn’t exist eigher.   The categories don’t apply.

So applying the category descriptions of “perfect” and “imperfect” to your self, and other people, doesn’t make much sense.

This post originally published at  www.ToltecSpirit.com  a blog about the Four Agreements.

For practical exercises in being Impeccable and Not Taking things personally listen to the audio sessions in the Self Mastery program.

Power and Worth

There are associations that our mind makes, particularly where our self importance is concerned.  We build a self image structure of beliefs.   In that structure of beliefs we usually think of people in powerful positions, as being more important.  The associated belief is that if we have less power, then we are less important.  And to our belief system less importance means less worth.

The emotional math we do with our self image is to associate our self worth to our power.  The more power we wield, the more important and valued we are.  The less power we have, the the less we feel we are worth.

This is all to say that we use the subject of power to create beliefs about our self worth.  While that may seem to make sense to some people,,,, what gets really weird is when you become aware of the kinds of power we usually use to base our self worth on.

Being a Moral Person

Being a moral person has gotten confused by a lot of people to mean being right.   I don’t think it really means that.  Being moral person has more to do with being kind, compassionate, and respectful.