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A Toltec Way Part 3: The Stalker

The Stalker of power in the Toltec way is the one who hunts for the gravity without which nothing of importance ever changes.

The Stalker is the hidden one who lies in wait and shadows power, in order to eat it.

Why? Personal power is necessary in order to achieve that which one wills. It is necessary in order to become of service in the higher dimensions.

As previously discussed, the Warrior is the aspect of the developed self that acts with discipline, relentlessly following out the course that is required. The Dreamer is the aspect of the developed self that shifts through non-ordinary spaces, recognizing and moving within the higher dimensions that interpenetrate ordinary existence of the sleeping and the waking.

The Stalker is a trickster aspect of the developed self, neither evil nor good but masked. He sniffs out the Mystery and finds whatever it is he needs in order to eventually upscale.

If our entire lifetime were a car, the Warrior would be the discipline of driving; the Dreamer, the ability to move sideways; and the Stalker, the weird hitchhiker on the side of the road.

In literature, we often encounter the shaman as a strange and somewhat marginal character. The shaman in Castaneda's works is a strange, old Indian guy. In the stories, Castaneda has to pester Don Juan for months before he would even acknowledge knowing anything of the sacred plants about which he was an expert. This ordinary-seeming, slippery fellow who knows too much but blends into the landscape may be seen as an image of the Stalker.

Necessity is a powerful ally of the Stalker. The Toltec Man of Knowledge Koyote tells the story of when he first met his benefactor, the one who would eventually pass the lineage onto him. In a dream, his future benefactor said, "We'll meet when you have acquired enough personal power." Later, he saw the old Indian in the flesh in San Diego. Koyote presented himself, not as a student, but as someone ready to assist the shaman's work. He became the one who would drive the shaman back and forth across the US–Mexico border. Was Koyote ready for all that he would encounter as a result of shouldering this responsibility? According to Koyote, no, not at all! But Koyote, a clever Stalker, knew that by assisting one who already bore many duties in the higher dimensions, he would by natural law acquire what he needed to do that job, whether he liked it or not.

The Stalker doesn't go to community college or even a metaphysical teacher to learn about astral travel. Rather, if she wishes to astral travel, she makes astral travel necessary by taking a position that requires it.

To exercise your own Stalker nature, find power, become a part of it, and don't get eaten too early or by someone that doesn't suit your ultimate purposes. Of course, if you don't know yourself at all, Stalking power is not only dangerous, but stupid. In that case, I recommend you invoke the luck of drunks and babies, whose innocence sometimes protects them.

Beyond that, I can offer the advice of the very wise Patricia Elizabeth, Co-Director of the Labyrinth Readers Society. Pat once told guests of The Tequihua Foundation that a good compass for whether you're heading in the right direction is simply this: am I being of service? If you are trying to acquire powers and abilities because they are nifty or cool, you are wasting your time—which is your prerogative, of course. If you are doing things to help others when you haven't been invited, ask yourself if that is really service. In asking this question, beat yourself up a little. Be merciless—but be fair. Learn to know when you might really be being of service and when you are only fooling yourself. If you are going to be selfish for a while—and most of us are from time to time—admit it so that you will know the difference. If you want to know how it feels to be of service in the higher dimensions, ask Atlas.

Finally, I can offer to the weary traveler the Holy Hobo's Prayer: "I know that I am looking for something. I don't know what it is. I only hope that I may recognize it when I find it."

 Eric N. Peterson is a Toltec priest and member of The Tequihua Foundation, a Riverside, Southern CA nonprofit whose mission is to continue the ancient consciousness-transforming arts of the Toltecs. The Aka Dua is an energy prepared by a particular Toltec line. The Aka Dua assists in the alchemical process of transformation by which an ordinary human becomes the shaman.

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