The main task at this phase in Mayan teachings is to learn to will the assemblage point (AP) to move.
Shifts of AP are minute displacements of conscious focus, whereas movements are major displacements of this focus in dreaming (or meditation, visions, etc...). Such movements of AP result in perceiving separate and total worlds, really different universes or levels of existence from ours, similar to those quite known in some other traditions (Vedic, Nordic, Egyptian, Buddhist, Enochian, etc...).
It takes more awareness and energy to move the AP. Shifts are easier.
The first of those universes right next to ours is the realm of slow, immovable, and 'friendly' inorganic beings (IBs), called Nek-tsha (meaning: eternally reposed, always stable, immovable, as per dreaming emissary). That is a low astral world.
The Lineage of Don Juan, most known through Castaneda's books, depends heavily on these 'friendly' inorganic beings and their energy. That is the hallmark of ancient Toltec sorcerers, their Lineage being strongly influenced by black death defiers (like the 'woman in the church' or 'the tenant', written about in the book "The art of dreaming").
These 'friendly' beings, described in great detail in the books by Carlos Castaneda, are actually low astral level spirits. And herein lays a major test for those in the Lineage of sorcerers of antiquity.
The astral world is full of astral glamour, low and illusory energy that can blur the awareness of a dreamer. Their influence is really hypnotic if you let them take the initiative.
At this stage, a dreamer in the Lineage of sorcerers of antiquity is faced with his/her own inner conceptual and emotional identifications that manifest in dreaming when IBs try to trap one in their realm, for good.
If there is not enough clarity and wakefulness in the state of consciousness of a dreamer, chances are that indulgence will prevail.
On the other hand, if one is sober, silent within, and awake enough, the IB trap is easy to avoid. Who, in the true warrior state and intending complete freedom, would ever want to stay there for eons?
Only someone that can't see past shortcomings/illusions yet and someone who loves to indulge (Castaneda's case comes to mind here).
The danger is real to be sure, but the mental/emotional illusions, well, those really are a choice.
We can see that from Castaneda's example: he just didn't see past his own subjective concepts and projections about slavery/freedom, which manifested as a 'blue scout' incident and as his inability to move on his own in dreaming, at that point. His subjective reality was his responsibility which he did not assume, so IBs played him.
Actually, only dreamers in the Lineages of sorcerers of antiquity have to face the realm of the inorganic beings and their traps.
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| Jaguar, a Maya totem animal |
On the other hand, at the present stage, a dreamer in our Maya Seers Lineage is challenged to move his AP and perceive new and total worlds, beyond the low astral level of manipulative inorganic beings.
With the guidance of Maya Nagual, a dreamer is guided to visit those realms via our main temple at Chichen Itza, which offers three groups of stages, together forming nine inner levels of systematic development of dreaming.
And at this stage, a dreamer has to learn to move the AP to a location where he/she perceives a totally new world, quite different from that of the aforementioned world of the inorganic astral entities.
That Maya total world is way beyond the low astral level of existence and offers a safe and yet challenging environment for a dreamer to learn in his/her own pace all about:
- moving around,
- communicate with others,
- gathering needed energy for dreaming,
- acquiring the Maya allies,
- meeting totem animal and shape-shifting into one, etc.
Lots to learn at this stage, important tasks, no doubt!
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