The Mastery of Self: A Toltec Guide to Personal Freedom (Toltec Mastery Series)
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The Mastery of Self: A Toltec Guide to Personal Freedom (Toltec Mastery Series)
You decide that the person you are is not enough, so you set a goal to achieve something. You implicitly make an agreement with yourself that you will only be worthy of your own love if the goal is obtained. If you don't meet the goal, you judge yourself accordingly. If you do meet the goal, your inner judge raises the bar.
often wonder what the world would look like today if some of our modern religions taught that self-knowledge, rather than blind adherence to external guidance and dogma, was the paramount goal of the spiritual path.
I am aware that when I say something I am both right and wrong at the same time, because the perception of the individual who listens to me will determine the validity of what I say according to their point of view, and they are free to do so. I celebrate that. Thus, I am only responsible for the clarity and integrity of what I say—not what others
... See more“I am responsible for what I say, but I am not responsible for what you hear.”
Unconditional love allows you to disagree with the choices or beliefs of others while still respecting their right to have them.
The next time you are in a situation and you begin to feel angry, defensive, guilty, sad, or anything similar arising, the first step is to spot the emotion. Admit it exists, and accept that these feelings are inside you. Just identifying, admitting, and accepting the feelings often has a calming effect and begins the process of releasing them.
In addition to forgiving those who harmed you, you also need to forgive yourself. That's because many people, when they look deeply at past experiences of domestication, find that they are angry with themselves for either staying in a situation or not doing more to break free. If this applies to you, remember to forgive yourself for that too. You w
... See moreSelf-domestication is the act of accepting ourselves on the condition that we live up to the ideals we have adopted from others in the Dream of the Planet, without ever considering if those ideals are what we truly want.
In many ways, attachments to beliefs are far more destructive than attachments to external items, because beliefs and ideas are much harder to spot and let go of.