Toltec Aphorism

DETACHMENT MEANS WE DO NOT INDULGE OURSELVES IN ANYTHING, OR DENY OURSELVES ANYTHING. ONLY BY REMAINING ACUTELY AWARE OF DEATH STALKING US CAN WE BECOME SUFFICIENTLY DETACHED NOT TO ABANDON OURSELVES TO ANYTHING, BUT ALSO NOT TO DENY OURSELVES ANYTHING. THE WARRIOR WHO HAS THIS TYPE OF DETACHMENT DOES NOT PINE FOR ANYTHING - SINCE HE HAS ACQUIRED AN INNER LUST FOR LIFE AND FOR ALL THE MANY RICHNESSES OF LIFE. BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT HIS TIME ON EARTH WILL BE OVER ALL TOO SOON, HE SAVOURS ALL OF LIFE'S RICHNESSES - WITHOUT EVER BECOMING ATTACHED TO ANY OF THEM TO THE EXCLUSION OF THE OTHERS.

- The Toltec Teachings Volume VI (The Book of Aphorisms) by Théun Mares

Toltec Aphorism

YOUR MISTAKE IS THAT YOU PRIDE YOURSELF ON YOUR ABILITY TO THINK, AND TO JUSTIFY YOUR VIEW OF THE WORLD THROUGH YOUR INCESSANT TALKING. IF YOU WANT TO SUCCEED IN BECOMING A WARRIOR YOU MUST STOP TALKING TO YOURSELF INTO BELIEVING THAT YOUR VIEW OF THE WORLD IS INVIOLABLE.

- The Toltec Teachings Volume VI (The Book of Aphorisms) by Théun Mares

Toltec Aphorism

AVERAGE MAN PREFERS TO AVOID HIS CHALLENGES RATHER THAN FACE THEM AND, AS A RESULT, IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR ESCAPISMS. BUT THE REAL CULPRIT THAT MAKES OF MAN SUCH A COWARD IS HIS REASON, WHICH WOULD RATHER FAIL ON ITS OWN TERMS THAN RELINQUISH ITS CONTROL. MAN'S REASON THEREFORE DRIVES HIM TO SEEK REFUGE IN FAILURE, SO THAT HE CAN SURRENDER ON THE TERMS OF HIS REASON. HOWEVER, THE LUMINOUS BEING OF MAN GUARDS AGAINST THIS, AND THUS IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO FAKE EITHER FAILURE OR TRIUMPH, WHILE PLEADING IGNORANCE OF THE PRETENCE.

- The Toltec Teachings Volume VI (The Book of Aphorisms) by Théun Mares

Toltec Aphorism

WHENEVER YOU FEEL THAT LIFE HAS BECOME TOO MUCH OF A BURDEN, YOU SHOULD TURN TO YOUR LEFT AND SEEK COUNSEL FROM YOUR DEATH. ALL SENSE OF PETTINESS IS DROPPED INSTANTLY, SHOULD YOU CATCH A GLIMPSE OF YOUR DEATH, OR SHOULD IT GESTURE TO YOU, OR EVEN IF YOU CAN JUST SENSE YOUR CONSTANT COMPANION WATCHING YOU.

- The Toltec Teachings Volume VI (The Book of Aphorisms) by Théun Mares

Toltec Aphorism

AVERAGE MAN IS TIMID, AND THEREFORE HE GOES FROM ONE ACT TO ANOTHER WITHOUT ANY THOUGHT OR CARE. A WARRIOR, ON THE OTHER HAND, ASSESSES EVERY ACT WITH THE UTMOST CARE, AND BECAUSE HE IS INTIMATELY AWARE OF HIS DEATH, HE MOVES PRUDENTLY, AS IF EVERY ACT IS HIS LAST BATTLE. ONLY A FOOL WOULD FAIL TO SEE WHAT ADVANTAGE THIS IS. A WARRIOR GIVES HIS LAST BATTLE HIS FULL RESPECT, FOR IT IS ONLY RIGHT THAT HIS LAST ACT ON EARTH SHOULD BE HIS FINEST ACT AND A REFLECTION OF HIS IMPECCABILITY. IT MAKES HIS ACT A JOYFUL ACT, AND IT TAKES THE EDGE OFF HIS FEAR.

- The Toltec Teachings Volume VI (The Book of Aphorisms) by Théun Mares

Toltec Aphorism

IT IS ONLY THE PRESENCE OF DEATH THAT ENABLES US TO BELIEVE, FOR WHERE THERE IS NOT AN AWARENESS OF DEATH EVERYTHING BECOMES MUNDANE AND TRIVIAL. ONLY WHEN WE ARE AWARE THAT DEATH IS STALKING US DO WE START TO RECOGNIZE THE MYSTERY SURROUNDING US ALL.

- The Toltec Teachings Volume VI (The Book of Aphorisms) by Théun Mares

Toltec Aphorism

WHAT YOU LOOK UPON AS BEING SO REAL IS NOT REAL AT ALL. IT IS ONLY REAL BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT YOU KEEP TELLING YOURSELF. YOU LOOK AT A ROCK AND YOU THINK YOU KNOW THAT IT IS A REAL ROCK, JUST AS YOU LOOK AT A TREE AND THINK YOU KNOW THAT IT IS A REAL TREE. BUT WHAT IS A REAL ROCK? AND WHAT IS A REAL TREE? WHAT DO YOU REALLY KNOW ABOUT ROCKS AND TREES, OTHER THAN HOW THEY FIT INTO YOUR VIEW OF THE WORLD, AND THE VIEWS OF OTHERS?

- The Toltec Teachings Volume VI (The Book of Aphorisms) by Théun Mares