Everyday Wisdom: Teotihuacan

The history of the Toltec culture at Teotihuacan is shrouded in mystery.

Anthropologists have spoken of the Toltec as a nation or a race, but in fact, the Toltec were scientists and artists who formed a society to explore and conserve the spiritual knowledge and practices of the ancient ones. For centuries, the Toltec have been known throughout southern Mexico as "women and men of knowledge". It may seem peculiar that they combined the secular with the sacred, but the Toltec considered science and spirit to be one. They believed all energy, whether material or ethereal, was derived from the one source and influenced by the same universal laws.

The Toltec came together as teachers (Naguals) and students at Teotihuacan, the ancient city of pyramids outside Mexico City. Teotihuacan was the Toltec center of spiritual knowledge and transformation for thousands of years. It was known as a living repository of "silent knowledge" and as the place where "man remembers his divinity".

Using the city of Teotihuacan as a university, the Naguals guided their apprentices through three Toltec masteries: The Mastery of Awareness, The Mastery of Transformation and The Mastery of Intent. The goal of the students was to transcend the realm of ordinary human awareness and attain personal freedom. The age-less wisdom of the Toltec Masteries survives to this day as powerful tools for personal transformation.

SPIRIT KNOWLEDGE

The ancient Toltec knew that our "reasoning mind" perception of reality was just a point of view. A point of view that generally doesn't consider how we fit into an expanding, living, intelligent universe. As we begin to become aware of the fact that our mind is not a tool of perception, but only an interpreter of it, we can begin notice how limiting we have been conditioned to think. Experiencing this can transform our world into one of wonder, abundance, joy and expanding possibilities.

We can all dream a new dream and live a life of freedom - it is a matter of choice and will. To transcend the realm of our old dream and move into our full potential, we need to transfer the point where we "assemble" our perception from our "reason" to our "will". Shifting the source of our personal power from our mind to our spirit allows us to access "silent knowledge" and create the energy necessary to remember what we have forgotten. Once we make that choice, it is helpful to find a guide to assist us on our progression towards freedom.

Teotihuacan

The Heart of Toltec Wisdom