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)

the human journey is a process of the Divine becoming aware of Itself.
This is what resentment is: self-inflicted suffering with the emotional poison we wish for another.
“I, __________, am ready to forgive all those who inflicted pain and suffering on me in the past. I choose to forgive them so that their actions of the past can no longer affect my present. My wish is to see them through the eyes of unconditional love. I also forgive myself for anything and everything related to these events. I was doing my best at
... See moreYou 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.
As a Master of Self, the way out is to remind yourself that you are perfect in this moment and you don't need to do or achieve anything in order to be complete. It's absolutely fine to want to accomplish things in the Dream of the Planet, to see what your strengths are and see what you are able to do; but as a Master of Self your priority is to
... See moreAnother problem that occurs when you identify with a mask is that you will often try to keep that mask alive long after the need for it is gone. We see this in many manifestations in the Dream of the Planet, such as when parents attempt to manage the lives of their children long after they have grown up, or when someone continues to base his or her
... See moreTo be clear, forgiveness does not mean apathy. Forgiveness in this context means that in order to create a harmonious Dream of the Planet, you understand that you are only responsible for you. You choose to let go of the anger and hurt in order to bring peace to your Personal Dream, and in that way you actually help the Dream of the Planet, so that
... See moreI 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 moreoften 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.