"In the beginning we are born complete, with our energy body, or dreaming body, our twin made out of sheer energy," Carlos Castaneda told his students. "Carol Tiggs says we are love, infinity, simple and pure. We make an agreement to come here, to make a journey-a tour of awareness. As we expand our awareness in what seers call the tonal, or the world of our daily agreement, the awareness of infinity expands."

He said that as we live in the tonal, and begin the process of socialization, we start to forget our origin; and the dreaming body, and our dreams begin to drift away; over time, we start to believe that someone else is responsible for our state, that there is a petty tyrant in our way; we would be living our dreams if our boss or co-workers were more competent, or our politicians were more noble, or our partner made more money, or our parents were more loving, or our children would listen to us, etc. Or if a magic being or formula came to sweep us off our feet, and rescue us from our feelings of unworthiness.

"The petty tyrant, AND the magic being," Carlos Castaneda said, "are both YOU! When the self and the dreaming body are working together, you recognize that you are connected to the intent of infinity-the intelligence of the universe, the Spirit, the source of everything that is. And YOU are the only one stopping yourself from living out the sublime side of human beings."

"You can live those sublime possibilities by being impeccable in the tonal. Warrior-travelers use their energy wisely," he said. "So your job is to get out of your vagueness about what's working in your life, and what isn't, and keep clear, balanced accounts about where you've been, and where you'd like to go. Then the dreaming body will naturally come to play."

In the first series of these practice group classes, we made gratitude an active state, practicing the Tour of Awareness form, and expressing appreciation in our daily choices-in the tonal. Now that we have been practicing thankfulness, in this second class series we will deepen our practice of the Tour of Awareness form and make a tour, a Recapitulation of a whole year, doing stalking exercises to track with a witness where we have allocated our energy in specific areas of our lives, and which choices were functional and which were not-and how all those decisions interrelate. Then we will take what we learn from those exercises to identify specific actions we can take to dream and intend forward.

Classes will take place within registered Tensegrity practice groups, guided by members of that particular practice group who have attended the special representative training sessions given in Hannover, Mexico City, Los Angeles, Buenos Aires and Moscow this year by apprentices of the four students of don Juan.

For information and registration, please contact participating practice groups

* Please note that class dates may vary among individual practice groups.

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