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 Toltec warriors perceive their actions with greater depth, in a three-dimensional manner, as their reference points come from sensory perception. What is immediate for us and is not, from here everything else detaches. The third warrior reference point is perception freedom. It is the mortal reason leap to the immeasurable, the miraculous, the fantastic. It is the denying action beyond our normal limits to be able to perceive inconceivable; testify and to return without damaging our delicate and vital rationality, base and sustainment of who we are as men, but at the same time, our great ballast for going beyond the usual and common.

"—The witch perceives his actions profoundly —said—. Their actions are three-dimensional. The witches have a third reference point.

—Our reference points are obtained primarily from our sensory perception —he explained—. Our senses perceive and differentiate what is immediate for us and what is not. Using this basic distinction we derivate the rest.

—In order to reach the third reference point one must perceive two places at the same time —explained—...

"The third reference point is perception freedom; It is the thought mortal leap to the miraculous; it is the act of extending beyond our limits to touch the ''unconceivable..." C.C. ''

THE INTENT HANDLING

The Two One Way Bridges

There are four stages for a warrior on knowledge path, and these are in reference to his spiritual links. The first is when a link is very rusty and, therefore distrustful. The second when the link is cleaned. The third when he learns to handle it. The fourth is when he learns to accept the abstract designs.

For Don Juan silent knowledge and reason are a one way bridge called "interest". The men of "silent knowledge", do not have a genuine interest to know the source of their knowledge. Another one way bridge is "pure understanding"; that is, that reason, even though it may be, is nothing but a sand grain in the desert.

''"The old nagual told don Juan that the connection between silent knowledge and reason was, for the witches, as a one way bridge, called, “interest". In other words, the interest that real silent knowledge men had for the source of what they knew. And the other one way bridge, which connects reason with silent knowledge, is called the "pure understanding". That is, what tells man of reason, that reason is just like a star in a star infinity..." C.C. ''

ATTEMPTING APPEARANCES

Men are energy charges contained in their cocoon; consciousness comes from the pressure generated by Eagle emanations —both external and internal— at a specific cocoon place called "lace point".

In everyday life a warrior perceives his actions through the lace point. When common man perceives himself with reason, it is an ideas cluster, memories and aspirations. The warrior perceives himself as an energy charge through his