Sunday, June 7, 2009

Toltec Aphorism

IT IS NOT A MATTER OF FINDING WAYS IN WHICH TO LIVE WITH THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING YOUR LIFE, FOR YOU ARE THE CAUSE OF YOUR LIFE. YOU ARE NOT A VICTIM BEING FORCED INTO TOLERATING THIS LIFE - INSTEAD YOU ARE THE CREATOR OF EVERYTHING WHICH IS IN YOUR LIFE; THE GOOD, THE BAD AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. YOU THINK THAT BY COMPLAINING ABOUT YOUR LIFE YOU CAN SOMEHOW FIND A WAY IN WHICH TO CHANGE IT, BUT YOU ARE WRONG. IT IS ONLY THE DECISION TO JOIN THE WARRIORS PATH THAT GIVES ONE THE COURAGE TO CLAIM ONE'S LIFE FOR WHAT IT IS. WHILST YOU CONTINUE TO INDULGE IN YOUR PETTINESS AND YOUR CONFUSION, NOTHING IN YOUR LIFE WILL EVER CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.

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

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