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 Anahuac, but the world.

The "modern" human being has lost the ability to "connect" with all that surrounds him. The everyday life maelstrom —anguish, concerns, the having, frustrations, fears, technologies, etc.— covers all our attention and does not allow to realize that we are part of everything else.

The "modern" people have based their existence in consumption. The divine and sacred, the immeasurable has disappeared from their life and world. The modern human being consumption needs are unlimited and consumption addiction becomes a drug.

"Don Juan asked me listen carefully to what he was going to say. He said that thousands of years, through their seeing ability, the witches discovered that Earth is a live being and conscious, whose conscience could affect human beings consciousness...

Don Juan had assured me that our great collective failure, is living our lives without considering that connection at all. For us, our hurried existence, our inflexible interests, concerns, hopes, frustrations and fears, have priority. In terms of our practical matters, we have no clue that we are jointed with everything else."... C.C.	    

THE THOUGHT DEADLY LEAP

A warrior is essentially an impeccable man in his acts and feelings, with great flexibility, fluid resources, and refined tastes and behavior; in short, a warrior is a man whose job is to polish all its sharp edges and one of the most important is his conduct. A warrior is always attentive against the natural abrupt human behavior.

Stalking is an excellent tool that allows us to polish our conduct; stalking is a special behavior that is determined by certain principles; it is a hidden, furtive and misleading, conduct intended to give the apprentice a mental shock. Some hallucinogenic could have the same effect, but with a very high cost for the body and also, one can get lost along the way. Self "Stalking" it is the method invented by the new Toltec seers to move the lace point, using our own behavior in an astute and compassionless manner.

The warrior must have death consciousness, but detached; with this comes sobriety and beauty. The only thing certain for a warrior is that he must die, so consequently, acts: is patient without ceasing to act, accepts without being stupid, is astute without bragging or faking, and, above all things, may not be compassionate, as he does not surrenders to personal importance.

In the "profound Mexico" popular culture, the relation with death is total and overwhelming. Mexicans toy with death, is their companion: dance, eat, sings, challenges it. This "surrealism" is nothing more than a deep and ancient Anahuac cultural root.

"Without a clear death vision, there is no order for them, there is no sobriety, no beauty. Witches strive relentlessly to have their death present, in order to know, at the deepest level, that they have no certainty but death. This knowledge gives the witches the courage to be patient while acting, gives them courage to access, to accept everything without being stupid, gives them courage to be astute without bragging and, above all, gives them courage to be compassionless without surrendering to personal importance."... C.C.