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This book opened up a new vista, a possibility of living in a meaningful and honourful way, something I had been looking for all my life, but which always eluded me. In the past I had read the books of Carlos Castaneda, I loved them but the question
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“There is a vast difference between academic thought and intelligence. Academic thought can only function within the context of separativeness, whilst intelligence is a spontaneous co-operation with the fundamental wholeness that is inherent within the process of life.”
― Cry of the Eagle: The Toltec Teachings – Volume 2
― Cry of the Eagle: The Toltec Teachings – Volume 2
“Anything touched by death turns into power. Warriors understand this, and therefore maintain a most intimate relationship with their death - a relationship which in time becomes a dance.”
― Cry of the Eagle: The Toltec Teachings Volume 2
― Cry of the Eagle: The Toltec Teachings Volume 2
“Transformation is the process of death in which the warrior actively engages once he or she embarks upon the warrior's path. It starts with transmutation and ends in transfiguration.”
― Cry of the Eagle: The Toltec Teachings Volume 2
― Cry of the Eagle: The Toltec Teachings Volume 2
“The nature of the female is that she brings forth from out of her own depths fragments of the unknown which it is the duty of the male to make practical upon the physical plane, because it is he who has the ability to reason out what the female has intuited. To this effect the male must also apply his feeling to that which the female brings him, so that he can follow her, and in so doing, fathom the practicability of her gift. In this way male and female together map out the unknown.”
― Cry of the Eagle: The Toltec Teachings Volume 2
― Cry of the Eagle: The Toltec Teachings Volume 2
“When one looks at the world directly, the eyes fixate the assemblage point, and no more movement is possible. Under such conditions there can be no fluidity or sobriety. Therefore one should not look at the world directly; that is, one should not stare, but glance around casually and at ease. This is true even if one is using the inner vision to look at one's own inner world.”
― Cry of the Eagle: The Toltec Teachings Volume 2
― Cry of the Eagle: The Toltec Teachings Volume 2
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