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Possibilities and opportunities that seemed boundless when we were children now appear to be narrower and more limited, and because of these limitations, we find it harder to maintain our balance, a sense of self, and a sense of purpose in our lives. We then wake up to the fact that, instead of being on a journey of adventure and excitement, our life has somehow lost its sense of meaning.
Often this is classified and dismissed as some sort of mid-life crisis – a skip in the groove of our life – that can be overcome. And so people mostly do nothing, or they search for a short while and may find themselves in a slightly different groove. And continue as before. Rare are those individuals who can use the sense of dissatisfaction to fathom their lives, and rediscover true meaning and purpose.
Is there a remedy? Yes, – and this is to undo our social conditioning and dismantle our view of the world. This is part of the journey undertaken by all those who tread the Warrior’s Path.
However, Toltecs have learned over the ages, that just as it takes time to acquire one’s social conditioning, to construct and to concretise one’s view of the world, so does it also take time to undo the effects of one’s social conditioning and to dismantle this view of the world. Therefore, in spite of what some people may profess, there are no quick or easy solutions.
What’s more, Toltecs have learned through experience, that even if there were easy and quick solutions, these would not be advisable or desirable. The reason for this is that life is a journey. Everything upon our journey has a gift. A vital part of our journey on the Warrior’s Path is learning how to extract those gifts as we dismantle our view of the world. If we avoid extracting those gifts, not only do we fail to enhance our awareness, but we also invalidate or deny our life’s experiences. If we do not enhance our awareness we might as well remain as cabbages, and denial is a far cry from breaking free from our limitations.
Through learning how to dismantle our view of the world, and to extract the gifts of power, we are able to claim the knowledge or power that our life has given us and we can begin to see our life in its proper perspective. In this way we can truly release the grip of our past and shape our future, free from our self-imposed limitations.
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