The Toltec saw the ability to shift levels of awareness as an amazing aspect of our magical abilities. What we choose to focus our attention on will determine what kind of world we assemble for ourselves Whenever we focus our attention with our eyes, we assemble our normal world of the Tonal. When we focus our attention using our Nagual, our assemblage moves and we start to assemble the world of the Nagual. How far we shift from one point of view to the other determines what we see. That is why having control over our attention is so important, we use it to determine what reality we choose to perceive.
Let's look for a moment at how we use our attention in our normal world of the Tonal. The ancient Toltecs observed that when a person's attention was focused on something enjoyable, the person was happy, but if his or her attention was focused on something unpleasant, the person would be unhappy. So where do you think our attention would be best focused? I think this is a no-brainer; obviously we would want to train our attention to focus on the beauty of life.
Whenever we find ourselves feeling like things are unfair in life and we're the victim of circumstances, then we'll be unhappy. This is because our attention is on what we believe about life instead of on life itself. If we can change our limiting beliefs about life, we will no longer create suffering, disappointment, and heartbreak in our reality. By simply getting control of our attention and choosing to focus it in a different way, our assemblage point shifts and we can change our entire reality and the way we see life. And that, my friends, is real Toltec sorcery and magic in the most practical of ways!
The above was reprinted from the book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Toltec Wisdom by Sheri A Rosenthal, DPM
