T H E   T O L T E C   P A T H
 A Newsletter from The Toltec Mystery School of Light


August 2001, Issue #4

  Welcome to The Toltec Path. In this issue we have two  great articles - "Graduating From Beliefs" and "Spiritual Constipation."

 
 The Mastery of Awareness Course has been a great success.  Participants in the class have been making so much movement in their personal growth that we have decided to graduate  the class to The Mastery of Transformation ahead of  schedule.
 
  Due to the interest in the Course we will soon be starting up another 6 month course .  We expect this to also fill up  quickly.  Go to this link to find out the details about the class:
 
 http://www.toltecmysteryschool.com/onlineclasses/awarenesscourse.htm
 
 The response to the Newsletter has been great.  We have over 1100 subscribers. Many of these new  subscribers are from referrals from  people like you,  who have found the Newsletter beneficial to their path.
 
  Please continue to share this Newsletter with your friends.  Have them go to:
 
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 Don't hesitate to keep asking your questions.  Your questions keep the flow of this Newsletter moving and  alive.

  Past issues of the Newsletter are now available on the web. Go to:
 
 http://www.toltecmysteryschool.com/newsletter/


 GUIDE POSTS

 
Spiritual Constipation
 
 In the Mastery of Transformation we shine the light of awareness on our wounds, patterns and emotional pains so that they can be healed.  When we heal these areas and bring them into the light, we become lighter and are truly free.

 But, it’s not a comfortable process. After all we have spent a lifetime from the time we are very young suppressing and repressing our emotional pain. As our Awareness moves deeper into our subconscious it is able to connect to who we truly are at our core - our Essential Self.  This Self feeds on experience.  It doesn’t judge whether the experience is a good or bad experience. All we need to do is bring the
suppressed charge to our awareness and the Self begins to digest it.

 The problem is that we many experiences and pains that we have crammed into our subconscious that is can seem overwhelming when we begin the healing process.  It is as though we have been constipated for many years.  Due to this constipation, the Essential Self has not been able to eat the experience.  For many of us our Essential Self has been starving for many years.  When we no longer avoid and deny
the experience the Self feeds.  As it feeds it expands and growth occurs.  We gain true personal power.  Not the false power of the ego, but the empowerment of Self 
 The problem is that when an experience is painful we have a tendency to suppress and repress the experience.  We bury it deep inside and wall it off.  As with any food over time it rots and putrefies. It turns toxic and poisons our system.
From our earliest childhood we begin the process of suppressing painful experiences and the food remains undigested in our system and we become constipated.

 When we sincerely embark on a growth path, all of the putrefied stuff comes back up to be processed.  Yes, it is painful and leaves us nauseous.

 When we are constipated we lose the ability to consume even the good experiences and Self is starved.  Our Essence, our Core Self, being cut off from the food of experiences, doesn’t grow.

 When we begin to let the pockets of painful experiences loose to surface they build up a momentum of their own.  Once you start the process you really don’t need to do anything.  All you need to do is just be with it.  The process of digesting experience is a natural function, just as we don’t need to try to digest a slice of bread we eat, we don’t need to try to digest experience.  It is a natural function of self.  What we don’t want to do is to retreat back into avoidance, denial and try to suppress what comes up.

 Once uncorked it will come up on its on accord.  But it takes time to digest all of the experiences we have suppressed since childhood. It takes time. We then begin to reach the point where our capacity to digest larger experiences increases.  Our Dreamer brings us larger experiences through life.  Whether the experience is "good" or "bad", pleasurable or painful, it all begins to have a sweetness to it as it is
consumed by Self.

 The healing process is not always fun.  But it will give you the freedom, the personal power and the true connection to Spirit and Self - well worth it.

Love and Light,

Kris


 
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 MORE GUIDE POSTS



Graduating From Beliefs
 
 Eventually there will come a time in your growth that you will need to drop your belief 'system'. This includes nagualism or any other path you use.   Our inner teacher is unstructured.  It does not adhere to a belief system or a set of doctrines.  To develop our inner guidance we must be free of existing beliefs and, what Toltecs call, our inventory.

 In the beginning humans need structure, a system for growth. It is part of our make up. We cannot take our first steps of growth without structure. At its basics we need a common system just to communicate the concepts. But whether it is nagualism, Taoism or whatever, there is a tendency to turn the system into a belief system. This is necessary in the beginning as the new belief system replaces the detrimental belief system given to us in our upbringing.

 However, when we move from the Mastery of Transformation to the Mastery of Intent it becomes necessary to transcend our belief systems. We begin to live our lives from intent which comes through our Dreamer. It is no longer our beliefs that create our lives it is the intent of our Dreamer. It is at this point that events in our lives truly have meaning. We are connected to the power of the Nagual. We no longer need
to go outside of ourselves for answers. It is a wonderful stage in our growth.

 The point is, don't get too identified in the system of growth you are using. Know that at sometime you will graduate from needing it and/or it may take on a form very different than you had thought it to be. I am presently writing this using the language of nagualism.  At the present time I find nagualism to be a very good structure. But this same message could have been given in the language of any number of systems of growth. What is important is that whatever system you are using is bringing you closer to that which you really are, and you are gaining more personal power every step of the way.

Love and Light,

Kris


 THE TOLTEC MASTERIES - AUDIO COURSE
 An Alternative


  For those who are unable to work directly with a  teacher, or for those who wish to experience that energy  of that which comes through dialog, Kris has created The  Toltec Masteries Audio Course.
 
    *-------------------TESTAMONIAL--------------------*

       Here is a testimonial. Thank you Michael!
  
   "Hi Kris,Mistake! I only ordered your first CD -
   having listened to it over weekend I am now
   anxious to listen to, and use, the rest of your
   course.
  
   It was an incredible listen. I was particularly
   impressed by the clarity of your message, but more
   importantly by the energy you have been able to
   transmit through medium. The warmth and power
   that you convey has given me a fresh impetus which
   has lifted me out of 'doldrums' that I have
   recently been experiencing on my path (do we
   sometimes have to experience a 'big' doubt before
   being able to find our way back through all the
   <mind's> detours on our road?)
  
   I asked for help in finding my way back during my
   dreaming /meditation, Kris, and, right on cue, there
   came your invite to subscribe to your newsletter.
  
   The Nagual works in mysterious ways! Many thanks for
   being there at the right time.
  
   I would most certainly be interested in an internet
   based course and will be ordering your second CD
   shortly.
  
   Love,
  
   Michael"

  
       *-----------------TESTAMONIAL------------------*
 
  The first two CD's begin with the Mastery of Awareness,  giving an introduction to the Toltec Path. Following CD's  move through the Mastery of Transformation, and progress  to the more advanced Mastery of Intent.
 
  Beginning with the second CD, energetic processes are  included. Kris moves in and out of the 2nd attention in  the CD's.  We have found that the energy of processes are  actually carried through electronic medium.
 
  For more information go to:
 http://www.masteryofawareness.com/audioseries.htm
 


 ASK THE GUIDES


   
  The questions you have asked will be answered in a  Supplement following this Newsletter. Please don't  hesitate to ask your questions.
                       
 If you have a question  please email it to:
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CROSS-ROADS - Upcoming Classes and Events at the Toltec Mystery School of Light


 ONGOING CLASSES
 The Mastery of Intent  Class - Saturdays, 10:00 am (North
 Denver, Colorado)
 
 http://www.toltecmysteryschool.com
 
 Weekend Workshops & Series
 
 The Four Agreements - 
 Four week class in North Denver  - space is limited

 WEEKEND WORKSHOPS
 The Mastery of Awareness,
 
 The Mastery of Transformation
 
 All classes and workshops are held in North Denver

 APPRENTICESHIPS

 A limited number of apprenticeships with Kris are
 available in North Denver. Please call for information.
 
 For those not in the Denver area, a limited number of Long
 Distance Apprenticeships are available with Kris or
 Kalyn. Please visit http://toltecmysteryschool.com for
 information.


   Copyright 2001 Kristopher and Kalyn
  



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