THE TOLTEC TEACHINGS
Volume II
Building upon the fundamental concepts in Volume I, and introducing more advanced teachings of the Warrior's Path surrounding the mystery of awareness. The practical techniques include how to stop the internal dialogue, stopping the world, plus detailed information on setting up dreaming, together with the universal symbols to aid dream interpretation. Also included is an extensive grounding in cosmology, which clearly brings to light the deeper implications for us as men and women.
ISBN 0-958-4675-2-8
This book was first published in 1997 under the title Cry of the Eagle.
EXTRACTS FROM VOLUME II
CONTENTS
Prologue
Introduction: Challenges of the Present Day 1
PART ONE: Living The Life of a Warrior - Transmutation
Chapter 1 - Acquiring the Strategy of a Warrior 25
Chapter 2 - The Four Attributes of Warriorship 37
Chapter 3 - The Four Natural Enemies 63
Chapter 4 - Having to Believe 113
Chapter 5 - The Mood of a Warrior 129
PART TWO: Erasing Personal History - Transformation
Chapter 6 - Stopping the Internal Dialogue 151
Chapter 7 - Stopping the World 179
Chapter 8 - Intelligent Co-operation 205
Chapter 9 - Dancing with Death 239
PART THREE: Dreaming - Transfiguration
Chapter 10 - The Dreamer and the Dreamed 267
Chapter 11 - The Technique of Dreaming 333
Chapter 12 - A Guide to Dreaming 361
Bibliography 391
Table of Diagrams 392
Index 393
EXTRACT FROM CHAPTER FIVE - THE MOOD OF A WARRIOR
SHOULD A WARRIOR FEEL THE NEED TO BE COMFORTED, HE SIMPLY CHOOSES ANYONE OR ANYTHING, BE IT FRIEND, DOG, OR MOUNTAIN, TO WHOM HE EXPRESSES HIS INNERMOST FEELINGS. IT DOES NOT MATTER TO THE WARRIOR IF HE IS NOT ANSWERED, OR IF HE IS NOT HEARD, BECAUSE HE IS NOT SEEKING TO BE UNDERSTOOD OR HELPED - BY TALKING HE IS MERELY RELEASING THE PRESSURE OF HIS BATTLE.
There comes a point in every apprentice's training, after he has done a fair amount of recapitulation and acquired some measure of sobriety, when he quite spontaneously experiences a most definite mood swing. Such a change of mood, depending upon the individual, can either be extremely noticeable to the individual himself, or not. Even if the individual at first notices nothing, those around him will nevertheless notice a definite change in his approach to life. However, such a change of mood, whether noticed by the apprentice or not, always has a most profound impact upon his life as a whole.
This change of mood happens because the apprentice has begun to see his life for what it really is. Gradually but surely, he is beginning to grasp the fact that he is not a victim of his birth or circumstances but, on the contrary, can and must take responsibility for who he is and for what is taking place in his life. Once the apprentice has made this realisation, he quite unconsciously initiates the transmutation process, whether he knows of this process or not. Although in the beginning these changes are invariably small, they soon start to gather momentum to bring about effects which rapidly increase in number and in significance.
Because the apprentice is hardly ever aware that he has initiated the process of transmutation, he generally only recognises within himself the feeling that he must change his old behaviour patterns. No longer at ease in his old world, the apprentice starts to see aspects of himself which he had never before questioned, but which he can now see need to be re-evaluated if they are not to be detrimental to his well-being. Starting to work on these aspects by using the technique of not-doing, one thing leads to another, until one day the apprentice realises that he has crossed an invisible threshold. Having crossed that threshold, the apprentice no longer has any desire at all to return to his old world.
The two aspects that every apprentice sooner or later has to face, and therefore re-evaluate, are self-pity and self-importance. These two aspects are in fact identical, being but the opposite poles, or expressions, of the same force, namely, egotism. Also, every aspect in the life of an apprentice that may be classified as a vice or shortcoming can be traced back to the feeling of either self-pity or self-importance. These form the very basis upon which man builds his common view of the world, and are therefore also the two major factors impinging upon the development of social conditioning.
THE WHOLE OF SOCIETY PIVOTS AROUND THAT FORCE WHICH MAN HAS COME TO UPHOLD AS HIS PRINCIPAL DEITY - EGOTISM. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THIS JEALOUS DEITY, MAN IS FORCED TO PERCEIVE THE WORLD AROUND HIM ONLY IN TERMS OF GROSS SEPARATIVENESS; HIS PREVAILING THOUGHTS EVER CENTRED UPON THE THEME OF "I HERE, AND THE WORLD OUT THERE".
Egotism is one of the most debilitating forces active in the life of man, for under its impact men and women always feel either victimised, or else exceedingly self-important. So it is vital that we look at this concept most carefully, for not only is egotism a crippling force, but it is also not at all what it appears to be.
Although egotism manifests as either self-pity or self-importance, these two principal expressions can and do manifest in literally myriads of different guises. Thus it is impossible to list and discuss them all, but by pointing out the modus operandi of egotism, all individuals who are serious about wanting to walk the Warrior's Path will be able to work out for themselves how this force manifests within their own lives. In this respect it is important to realise that no man or woman is free from egotism, for this force is an integral part of life upon the physical plane.
EGOTISM IS AN INHERENT QUALITY OF THE ISLAND OF THE TONAL AND THEREFORE CANNOT BE ERADICATED - IT CAN ONLY BE TRANSMUTED INTO ITS PROPER PURPOSE, AND PLACED IN ITS CORRECT SPOT UPON THE ISLAND.
The aphorism above serves to remind the apprentice that everything in life is there for a purpose. Although many purposes may at first not be apparent, we nevertheless cannot rid ourselves of anything that forms a part of the island of the tonal. The important point to be grasped here is that we can think it is not nice to be egotistical, and we may even deny most indignantly that we are egotistical, but the only way to achieve success upon the Warrior's Path is to adopt a stance of complete honesty. The reader would do well at this point to revise the teachings given in Volume I concerning the concepts of vices or shortcomings.
Let us now look at each of the two expressions of egotism separately, and see firstly; how they tend to cripple us, and secondly; how we can transmute them. In this respect the reader is asked to bear the following aphorism in mind throughout this section of the teachings.
THE WARRIOR'S SHORTCOMINGS ARE HIS TICKET TO FREEDOM.
A great many people suffer from self-importance without even realising it, for the simple reason that they tend to equate self-importance with conceit. However, conceit is just one of the great many manifestations of self-importance, and is probably also the least offensive of them all, in that it is easily recognised and dealt with. The underlying cause of all aspects of self-importance is the sense of inferiority. Every man or woman who acts in a self-important manner feels inferior in some way or another. Let us look at two examples in order to see how this comes about.
