Most questions come from a fellow seer that will remain anonymous. She is kind and respectful, and I am grateful to have met her.
And, I feel it is necessary to state that my Maya Nagual cares not at all about this Blog or my sharing. It is just my tendency to share, that's all (withholding 97% of the insights)...
Here we go:
Q:
How did you come to be interested in this subject (sorcery, shamanism, Castaneda)? Is there something specific you are working on and looking for?
A:
Yes, I am into Nagualism, have been for decades.
I am currently working on a website to share some of my experiences with the Maya Lineage of Seers.
Here are some details:
Maya Lineage I belong to differs considerably from the Don Juan/Castaneda Lineage.
It is a long story but in short, there is little focus (none actually!) on the low astral inorganic beings and their energy (which is quite important in their Lineage, we can see that from the Castaneda books).
Stages of learning dreaming are also different, shape-shifting takes the main place, Maya 'god forms'
are integrated into the development of awareness, organic energy is also very important, there is no trace of depending on the energy of astral beings, death defiers have no saying in Maya Lineage at all, etc...
It is different, no doubt there. In my opinion.
The aim is the same: freedom. Not immortality by itself, only freedom.
Black death defiers are also immortal, but not free at all as they dwell only at the lower astral level of awareness.
Q:
Do you also do dreaming practice? Where have you met your Nagual, a Maya seer? In person?
Maya god-form?
A:
Yes, I do dreaming practice.
Mostly I do the dreaming awake (especially after "the form" has left) and W.I.LD., of course.
I also work with inorganic spirits, but not in the Carlos Castaneda (CC) style. Never did like his approach, too much indulgence for my taste. And the state he ended up in (a black death defier), well, not really my goal. I work with lower astral beings (the ones Castaneda wrote about), higher astral beings (known also as "demons"), and also with angles and various god-forms.
Maya God-form I know and work with is Kukulkan, the Feathered Serpent,
integration of "spiritual" awareness and organic reality (Underground as Maya call it).
No, I've never met my Maya Nagual in physical form, only in dreaming and meditation.
The teachings are real, very real, and can be validated even physically.
This Lineage (there are other Maya Lineages, to be sure) is under the wing of Maya "god-form" Kukulkan, the Feathered Serpent, and the main Temple is at Chichen Itza, the Kukulkan Temple.
If you will, go visit the Temple in your dreaming and see if you can get in, so to speak.
Or, connect with a jaguar in your dreaming, that's your best bet. Jaguars (ordinary and the black ones) in dreaming are Maya dreamers, for the most part. Just be sure to check and recheck, lest you get screwed by some low-level astral inorganic being.
There are three inner levels one can access in the Kukulkan Temple, leading to total Maya worlds where a dreamer can learn all there is to learn about Maya Path to Freedom. See posts on the Blog.
Q:
Is there a formal group of sorcerers involved in the Maya Lineage? Can you tell me more about Maya as you experience them?
A:
Yes, there is a group, an extended family even, that works together. Maya have figured it all out eons ago and they periodically manifest their culture on this planet (and on other planets throughout the multiverse), always seeking the right environment (lots of water underground).
They are true Seers, magicians, sorcerers, healers, shape-shifters, men and women of wisdom and knowledge. And they are peaceful...until they are provoked.
Maya are immortal, truly free, and self-sufficient...
...they need nothing from anyone or anything as they are Free.
The hallmark of Maya tradition is the integration of pure spiritual consciousness and organic energy. This can be seen in their focus on the Underworld, or in modern terms, the dense, dark, and powerful aspects of the overall consciousness (which most of us would rather not face and integrate; in modern times Karl Jung has explored that part of the human psyche...).
And they are way beyond the low-level astral beings ('friendly' inorganic beings Castaneda loved so much) and beyond other astral beings as well (black death defiers, flyers/parasites, 'demons', etc...).
Q:
Two things I'd like to ask you, if I may.
- How is organic energy linked to God-forms? Aren't gods also inorganic?
- Can you tell me more about the place where the Giant Trees are?
A:
Organic or material is not linked to the transpersonal/spiritual/god-forms, at first glance.
God-forms are spiritual, material is, well, material.
When one enters certain paths (i.e. Maya path, Tantric path, etc...) which integrate the material into the spiritual, it turns out that material or organic is only an aspect of spiritual...
...and after experiences manifest, the integration of organic energy into spiritual awareness makes things more real, down-to-earth, more powerful and progress quicker and more thorough.
Maya excel at that integration. Their rituals all revolve around the integration of light and darkness, as it were.
Of course, god-forms are inorganic (not material), too. But only certain paths integrate organic/material/"underground" even into spiritual development.
Kukulkan is both, spiritual and material, light and dark, underground and divine.
Way beyond low astral level inorganic beings the Don Juan and Castaneda lineages depend upon.
Looking at the Castaneda lineage, inorganic energy is what they rely on. It is a tricky business as any given inorganic being is not spiritual (perfect, free, omnipresent) by default. And
in the case of Castaneda lineage, inorganic beings are in fact low astral spirits, rather far away from any kind of real spiritual (perfect, enlightened, free, omnipresent) awareness.
Integrating darkness into light is the fastest path, in my experience.
And one can really appreciate stars only when it is dark.
The Giant Trees realm is a place that exists in a specific position of AP. There Don Juan and some of his party dwell, amongst others. It is a safe place from black death defiers, flyers, demons, etc...
One can transform his/her dreaming body into a tree there, thus stabilizing awareness without any astral level beings intrusion.
It is a very safe place.
Ask your ally to take you there in dreaming. It worked for me, and it is easy.
Q:
If someone starts to worship an inorganic being form is that spiritual?
If you want to call worshiping low astral level being (akin to any soul of a dead human) spiritual, that's just fine.
To me, true spiritual beings are not manipulative, conditioned, or limited in any way.
An inorganic being in this context is any being that has currently got no physical body. And not having a physical body doesn't mean that being is spiritual or self-realized or perfected.
Spiritual here translates to completely free awareness, omnipresence, omniscience, omnipotence, unconditional compassion and love, respect and caring.
It is obvious that most beings or spirits dreamers come in contact with are not really like that. Most beings a dreamer encounters in dreaming just want to screw him/her for some energy.
That is not spiritual, as I perceive it. That is just commerce.
Q:
Why is there a difference in worshiping a Maya god form vs an inorganic being (IB) form of another kind? (as far as this organic integration is concerned)
A:
If you want to come into contact with, say, Kukulkan, you will have to open up a whole lot more. IB Castaneda introduced are just low-level astral spirits, not at all liberated or perfected as god-forms are.
If you want to integrate organic energy into your awareness, you will have to open up to your own dark side and embrace everything, your human form, too...
...and all that comes with it: desires, low emotions, distress, illnesses, body fluids, etc... AND integrate all of that onto your spiritual path.
And that's exactly what the Maya were doing. Just look into their ball games...
Q:
Is Christianity then doing the same thing? Integrating organic energy?
A:
No, not even by far. They are still stuck in the denial. It is obvious that their priests do not handle their bodies or sexual energy (just run a search for Christianity sex abuses). Even more, their leader, the current pope, publicly proclaimed that Satan is to blame for all the sex offenses around the world. Clearly, they have not integrated any of the organic sides of energy onto their path. They would have to assume responsibility for all their abuses, which will not happen, of course.
No, while Jesus was indeed a genuine spiritual master, the church is a joke, in my opinion.
Q:
Thank you for your answers. I understand there is a difference between the Maya god-forms and the Castaneda inorganic beings. But I do not understand how an inorganic - deity/god - links to integrating organic energy.
Is it then because of what you describe here how working with those god-forms forces us to look at the most organic aspects of ourselves? (desire, illnesses, etc).
What is this system's approach to illnesses?
A:
Yes, working with certain god-forms opens up a whole new area of exploration.
Human consciousness has so much to offer and ignoring, avoiding, or suppressing the dark side of ourselves tends to limit the reach of our awareness, especially in dreaming.
If this happens (not dealing with our own dark side), things tend to go strange. Castaneda is an example of that, isn't he?
The Blue scout incident is a glaring example of how things can go wrong.
Opening up to our dark side is not just the Maya system, lots of other systems embrace the same approach, say Tantra, Vajrayana, authentic Kabbalah, etc...
None of these systems deny ego, desires, passions, body fluids, etc...
The dark side or as Maya say, the Underground, in this context translates to death, ego, negative emotions, attachments, aversions, illusions, ignorance, indulgence, aggression, pride, etc...
Lots of energy is stored in the dark places of our awareness!
Working with "darker" god-forms tends to bring up these darker components of ourselves. When you deal with the dark, the dark gets into you, as it were...
...and when you come out of the dark on the other side, well, you are free and have so much energy at your disposal.
Yes?
Denying or ignoring these dark things in ourselves only brings troubles, in the long run.
Illness always has a cause and bringing illnesses and their causes on our path are important, yes.
Q:
Christianity... of course I am not going to waste time thinking about idiots. But some Christians are sorcerers they just approach things from a different angle.
Angels, for example, are also inorganic beings. So I was wondering where this would fit into the system you speak of.
A:
Yes, angels are also inorganic beings (by the way, how come Castaneda did not work with them?) and much higher on the evolution ladder than mere dead humans or Castaneda's inorganic or any other low astral level beings.
Working with angels (Gabriel, Seraphiel, Metatron, etc...) can bring so much into the awareness of a dreamer, no doubts there.
I am certain that many aspirants in Christianity are really advanced, yes.
In short, as you so eloquently put it, "...working with those god-forms forces us to look at the most organic aspects of ourselves...", yes.
There is so much energy stored in there, in these dark organic aspects of our overall existence. So much.
One can advance without ever really looking into these darker things, of course, but it takes so much longer and it isn't really thorough, is it?
And Maya were and still are masters of being thorough.
