As we slam you with more and more devastating blows of the nagual, at the same time, we strengthen and clear the tonal so that it can easily withstand them - so there is no loss in continuity of consciousness.
When you can command the nagual you have a great deal of power, and people know it intuitively. They feel if they can plunge themselves into the nagual they can get anything they want in the tonal.
Humor is the balance of the tonal. Within the tonal you've got reason and humor. The two balance each other so that the tonal can accept and understand the journeys into the nagual.
Whenever you are in the world of the tonal, you should be an impeccable tonal; no time for irrational crap. But whenever you are in the world of the nagual, you should also be impeccable; no time for rational crap. For the warrior intent is the gate in between. It closes completely behind him when he goes either way
I remember I had a psychologist that I worked with in Phoenix tell me one time that the loss of a job and the loss of one's wealth is more devastating to most than losing a loved one or getting divorced. And that really hit me.
The siddhas are developed through the tonal, not the nagual.
The nagual doesn't give you the ability to get what you want in the tonal.
I examine each student carefully: Is there a balance between their tonal and their nagual?
Don Juan speaks of the island of the tonal as something that's in the middle of the ocean ... the nagual.
Your tonal must accept that the nagual exists and that it's beneficial and healthy.
When you're young, all the accidents, all the pain you take them, but at least you're very strong. In fact through time, it's just adding more and more pain, more and more loss and it makes you more fragile.
When you're young, all the accidents, all the pain you take them; but at least you're very strong.
In fact through time, it's just adding more and more pain;
more and more loss, and it makes you more fragile.
If the tonal predominates, which we see now more in the world, there's no mystery - understanding of consciousness or awareness.
In the world order, if the nagual dominates and not the tonal, then we'll live in times of fear and superstition.
In the training process, the teacher addresses two sides of your being. One is the tonal and one is the nagual.
In no way can words convey the nagual. But they open up the possibility. They allow an admission on the island of the tonal.
Born Free is an idea that came from a place of deep respect for the delicate cycle of life. How incredible to be able to work with gifted designers who, as mothers, recognize what the devastating loss of a child could mean and how easily that loss can be avoided.