We just completed another great video from the journey to Teotihuacan, about "The Angel of Death." This is the most potent guide one would ever need to a life well lived. Read below about how she becomes the Angel of Life, then watch the video! Oh, and then come to Teotihuacán with us on September 29!
Joydancer Weekly Word
"The Angel of Death/
The Angel of Life"
Three times a week, I meet in a chat room with members of my
Toltec Apprentice Community Online ("
TACO") to teach, share, play, grow, and ponder. Recently a member asked a question that lead to a discussion of "The Angel of Death," a powerful guide on the Toltec path to personal freedom.
Here is a brief excerpt edited from that chat (names changed, etc):TACOMember1: Allan I have a question. I am not sure, but I would like to live like my death is near. I would like to keep that view, or vision in me. What to do?
TACOAllan: It's a powerful idea. Surrender your attachments to being alive. Surrender your attachments to all of your material possessions--they belong to the Angel of Death, not you. She will take them when she wants them back, including your body and life.
TACOAllan: When you surrender your attachments you release your fear. When you release your fear, your mind isn't zooming off into the past or future, and can be in the present. The only place Life really exists is in the present. When you surrender to the Angel of Death and enter each present moment with gratitude, she becomes the Angel of Life, the best guide to a life well-lived on the Toltec Path and beyond.
TACOMember2: How do you release the fear?
TACOAllan: The fear comes from attachments, which come from the illusion you can control the outcome. The need to control gives rise to the fear you will fail. So you have to try harder, and get more attached to the outcome -- which creates more fear you will fail.
TACOMember3: In other words we are releasing control that we never had in the first place...
TACOAllan: You've got it, TACOMember3.
TACOMember4: How do you let go of attachments?
TACOAllan: You let go of attachments by realizing that you cannot control much of anything in your life. Look back at your life, study it, and you will find that when you got into relationships and then they ended, when you bought a car and it broke down and you replaced it, when your lovely young skin gets wrinkled-- you weren't really orchestrating any of it. The Angel of Death owns all those things. She
is in charge, she takes them back when she wants to.
TACOAllan: So surrender to reality, let go of the illusion of control, embrace the Angel of Death with deep gratitude for everything she loans you. When you do, you will wake up in the present moment-- in the arms of the Angel of Life! She is your guide to the joy, celebration, and wonder of each evolving moment of Life. And you are Free.
If you would like to be part of this online Toltec Community and participate in these chats ($1 for the first month) go here to learn more.
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Each year at Teotihuacán, participants face the Angel of Death, and are invited to surrender the illusion of control in their lives. I invite
you to join us this year,
September 29-October 4, and make this powerful guide
your guide to LIFE. Watch the ceremony in this video:
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Allan Hardman teaches about "The Angel of Death"
in Teotihuacán, Mexico
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Life is happening right now.
Make the Angel of Death/Angel of life your guide
to this present moment!
I enjoy your feedback.
Allan allanh@sonic.net -- Or (707) 528-1271
