The Magical Portal at Coba

“Everything we do, everything we are, rests on our personal power. If we don’t have enough personal power the most magnificent piece of wisdom can be revealed to us and it won’t make a damn bit of difference.” Don Juan speaking to Carlos Castaneda

The importance of personal power is often misunderstood or undervalued on a spiritual path. Toltec Wisdom acknowledges this and much emphasis is placed upon ‘stalking power’. It is not an exaggeration to say that much of the suffering and difficulties people have in life is directly due to a lack of personal power.

One common misperception people have is that power means that a person will harm others or be used for no good. It is true that power can corrupt when used by the ego, or what Toltecs call ‘human form’. Here I am defining ego as that which promotes separateness from others and exclusiveness, instead of connectedness and inclusiveness. However, the same thing is true with many things in life. Money, for example, can be used for good, altruistic purposes, or for not so good things. Both money and power have been abused throughout history.
However, just because something can be used for both positive and negative things, you don’t want to throw the baby out with the bath water. A man or woman of power has the ability to benefit the world and other humans. A person with little power will not have the same ability. The same is true for benefiting oneself.

Human beings have the capability to manifest and create their reality, for example. Many speak of using laws like the Law of Attraction to manifest what one desires. While this law is true, without personal power one’s ability to manifest will be limited. A man or woman of power is able to create a life full of love and abundance for themselves, and their family. Many times the reason why a person suffers lack is because they lack personal power.

It is often said that a spiritual path is the most difficult thing you will ever do. Because of this it takes an incredible amount of personal power to walk it. Whether it is in your spiritual pursuits or in living a fulfilling life full of love and abundance, the more empowerment you have, the greater will your capability to achieve what you desire.

This video was shot at the sacred Mayan and Toltec pyramids of Coba in the Mayan jungles of the Yucatan.

Bell Rock Vortex, Sedona

This video was made in one of the powerful vortexes in the beautiful high desert of Sedona, Arizona. Typically, wind blows in the high desert, and this is picked up on the microphone. However, most of the dialog is audible.

Ancient Toltecs realized that in order to have a happy, fulfilling and successful life, one needs personal power. For those on a spiritual path, personal power is essential. Without personal power, both a spiritual path and life become very challenging.

When you are empowered, you have dominion over self and your world. Dominion is different than domination. Domination is detrimental to the earth and others around you. Dominion is a positive outcome of having true personal empowerment.

A person with personal power is able to help, not only themselves, but others as well. By being an empowered person, your ability to create the life you desire becomes possible. Even things like financial abundance require personal power.

A Toltec spends time hunting power. What does it mean to hunt power? Hunting power means that you look at life for opportunities to increase your personal power. Working through life challenges with intent, maturity and the attitude of growing from the challenge is the formula for hunting power in the world.

Often, people on a spiritual path will attempt to empower themselves self-to-self. That is they want to walk the path alone and are resistant to going out into the world to find power. They may try to meditate or think their way to power. This doesn’t work. Meditation is a powerful tool for finding energy and aligning to it, however, it is not the proper tool to find power.

One could say that the purpose of life for the spiritual warrior is to use it to empower themselves.