The Toltec Art of Life and Death Flashcards
What we believe
possesses us
What is truth but
the lingering silence at the end of a valiantly posed question
Like Don Ezequiel, can you show your parents
respect for the words they speak, but not necessarily believe them
Like Don Ezequiel, can you play with
words and ideas like a child at the beach, building wet sand into structures, then dissolving them
The mind doesn’t __, the body does. But the mind…
feel.
The mind __ the __ as if __.
The mind creates a __ around the __, and the body __.
For example,
The mind feels the pain as if it is it’s own.
The mind creates a story around the pain, and the body pays the price.
For example, the mind tells a story about guilt, shame, or anger in response to a trauma or event, and the body pays the physical consequence.
