I have been getting pretty deep into some Toltec philosophy lately: the concept of the warrior, the man of knowledge, the person who sees (i.e. perceives the world directly, in terms of energy). It’s a philosophy that resonates with Buddhism, the Seth material, and many other things that I have studied, but at this point I prefer this presentation because it makes the most sense to me.
There is a concept called ruthlessness. The idea is that one must be ruthless with oneself, because death is just around the corner and so there’s no time to waste on self-pity or anger or anything that drains energy away and puts it into something useless. It is a sober way of looking at the world, to see it with new eyes at every step and unbending intent in every action. Ruthlessness entails living fully in the moment, in reality and not fantasy, with no expectation of past or future, pitilessly straightforward. (The counter to this is compassion, which is also required; but it’s far easier to understand being compassionate to oneself and the world than to understand being ruthless at the same time, so I’ll focus on the latter.) Read the full post
