Touchstones of Transcendence

Many age-old methods of developing awareness share common components. While these systems pave the way to similar destinations, the paths themselves have different colors, flavors, textures. Traditional American Indian practices seek partnership with the Great Spirit yet the end point is not dissimilar from the end point of Zen Buddhism or Christianity. Here are six Toltec guidelines for developing transcendental awareness.

Ethics
Find an ethic based on personal freedom rather than the accumulation of power.

Power
In essence, remember not to will an outcome or even test the possibility of being able to do so. By not using power, you’ll develop an exquisite balance.

Love
Love is awareness itself, the feeling of ongoing expansion.

Patience
Patience is a silent force that forms cohesions. It means keeping your awareness clear and unfettered. Patience is measured with the body, and is therefore a step toward managing body knowledge. Your body feels simultaneously relaxed and attentive.

Impeccability
Part of impeccability is honest self-appraisal. Emotional stability, calmness, and nonattachment are all signs and effects of having character.

Being
Being is arriving at and maintaining a connection with the core of your energy body. While being, we experience our lives from the vantage point of a flow of events, the circumstances of our lives. We relinquish notions of ourselves in order to experience more of ourselves.

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Adapted from Toltec Dreaming, by Ken Eagle Feather (Inner Traditions, 2007). Copyright (c) 2007 by Ken Eagle Feather. Reprinted by permission of Inner Traditions.
Adapted from Toltec Dreaming, by Ken Eagle Feather (Inner Traditions, 2007).

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Kenneth D.

8:11AM PDT on Mar 19, 2012

thanks

send a green star

Robert O.

1:10AM PDT on May 4, 2011

Very true.

Bon L.

5:22AM PST on Nov 29, 2010

Thanks for the info.

5:21AM PST on Nov 29, 2010

David M.

9:40AM PDT on Jul 6, 2010

In his classic series of books on the teachings of Don Juan, Carlos Casteñeda has this Yaqui Indian wise man from Sonora repeatedly stressing the concept of being "impeccable" in every part of our lives. Especially in the book Journey to Ixtlan. The ideas here do seem very pervasive in many writings with wisdom.

Connie B.

10:26AM PDT on Aug 18, 2007

The world will be a perfect place when we all realize that we are all one!

Apolonia P.

2:36AM PDT on Aug 17, 2007

Very wise and simple.

Cindi G.

7:39PM PDT on Aug 16, 2007

One doesn't have to subscribe to the "faith" of the Toltec to appreciate how universal the foundations are. Excellent.

Skyler R.

4:09PM PDT on Aug 16, 2007

WONDERFUL-This helps to confirm
"WE Are All Together" Thank You!