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 unique in history, it is hard to believe it happened.

"We do not know, in all universal history, a single empire that was formed without recourse to, albeit indirectly, weapons, and in fact, in almost all cases, were mainly based on them, even when it is clear that above them was an ideology directing them."

''"There is Also the possibility that the expansion was based on a dominant or more prestigious religion and therefore did not need to resort to force. Christianity and Buddhism, for example, have been extended immensely, without weapons playing an important expansion role." ''

And the second is Miguel León Portilla :

"But despite the extraordinary social and political organization implied by the Teotihuacan flourishing, towards the mid IX century CE., its mysterious and until now unexplained ruin ensued. This was not an isolated and exceptional event. In the Maya world around that time something similar occurred. The ruin and abandonment of the great ritual centers of Uaxactún, Tikal, Yaxchilán, Bonampak and Palenque, took place at a time very close to the Teotihuacán collapse. And we must admit that so far it has not been convincingly explained, the cause of this that could be called death of ancient Mexico classical splendor."

One of the possibilities of the unexplained "classical period collapse" in which at the same time were destroyed the so-called archaeological zones from Zacatecas to Nicaragua, that according to Don Juan, were constructions for practicing the challenges of "the second attention", was that the Toltec "changed their lace point" and aligned another world. The Quetzalcoatl return prophecy could have a new interpretation from this perspective.

"—Freedom is like a contagious disease —he said—. It is transmitted; its carrier is the impeccable nagual. Perhaps people do not appreciate it, but that is why they do not want to be free. Freedom is frightening. Remember it. But not for us. Almost all my life I have prepared for this moment. And you shall do the same...

—It is very important that right now you remember the occasion when your lace point reached that position and created your reverie body —said with tremendous urgency.

He smiled and said very little time was left, and that the memory of the main journey of my reverie body would place my lace point in position to break the perception barrier and align another world...

—You traveled because you woke in a far-off reverie position —continued—. When Genaro pulled you that day, from this very chair, and made you cross the square, he arranged everything so your lace point moved from the normal consciousness location to the position in which the reverie body appears. In the blink of an eye, your reverie body flew an incredible distance. And yet the great distance is not important; the reverie position is. If it has enough puling strength, you can go to this world confines and beyond, just like ancient seers. Many of them disappeared from this world because they woke up in a reverie position beyond the limits of what is known. That day your reverie position was in this world, but distant from the city of Oaxaca…" C.C.

BREAKING PERCEPTION BARRIERS

In Castaneda seventh book, he discusses what the ultimate goal of ____________________