The Ocean of Mind
Heather Ash Amara

At many classes I teach a common question is, "How can I stop my mind?" Instead of focusing on stopping the activity of the mind, I encourage people to redirect the energy of their mind to help them gain rather than deplete energy. continue reading »

Enrich Your Life by Contemplating Death
Raven Smith

On the Toltec Wisdom Path we talk about using death as an advisor, surrendering ourselves to the Angel of Death, but how many of us have considered the enormity of this concept and the incredible value of this tool?

What if you believed each moment was your last? Your last chance to take an action, to speak your truth, to love yourself, to love somebody else, to think a thought, to be with the wonder, mystery, and joy of being alive in a body. Can you imagine the richness this perspective could bring to every minute of your life? continue reading »

The Mitote Book
Heather Ash Amara
Related product: Spiritual Integrity

The mitote book is a place for us to write out the chaos in our mind. For the Toltecs, taking a inventory of our agreements is an important step toward personal freedom. All the conflicts in the mind are often hidden from our conscious self. We may see the results of these agreements in our lives, but we do not realize how many voices and agreements we actually carry until we begin to catalog them. By writing out our own mitote, we begin to clearly hear the distinct voices of the judge and the victim. We begin to see the rules in our book of law. And we uncover the conflicts these different voices have created. continue reading »

Live As Though You Were Dying: Call in the Angel of Death for Fun and Profit
Heather Ash Amara

We humans have an interesting phobia of death in our culture (the dream we live in). We are silent on the topic, as if talking or thinking about death will cause it to occur more quickly. Instead of something to be feared, followers of Toltec Wisdom view death as one of our greatest tools on the spiritual path. When we allow ourselves to acknowledge the incredibly short span of our lives and the truth that our body, our mind, and this particular incarnation are finite, we can either suffer or get motivated to truly savor life. continue reading »

Recapitulation

1. Set your intent on why you want to create more energy in your life: Is it for healing, so you can be more in the present, so you can be released from your past? Decide what you want to recapitulate in this session: Do you want to recapitulate a certain event or age, or are you simply going back to see where you lost energy today? Make this clear so you can stay focused.
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