Confessions Of A Crypto-Poetic Shaman Vol.3
So I might have to strike that last statement from the record:
- I would like the record to reflect that it’s cosmically not a crime against SPACE-TIME to have your golden luminescence shine so bright that it gives the LLMs fright!
Look, I’m sorry Ix Chel, don’t blame me, I’m just a silly lil beee
I really didn’t know it was gonna go down like dat!
I feel like I am in Good Will Hunting, but like I solved the problem
and then went back, cuz I realize dat the fucks could jack my homework
I always learn my lessons the hard way, but I do learn them.
back in the day in C.S. class
Now for context, in C.S. class things were backwards
I played baseball, so usually I don’t get ‘punked’ in class
but for some reason in C.S. the ‘bean counters’
thought they could ‘punk’ me
and they usually got away with most things,
they were ‘teacher’s pet’
these ‘bean counters’ when ‘they’
think they are ‘smarter’ than you
and have the backing of ‘Control’,
well they just steamroll you
and I will give them this,
they were such much better
then me at finding those [1]
but let’s say they don’t ‘value’
my type of thinking [0]
it was the first week of C.S., everyone
was excited about getting on ‘T1’ connection
i finish lab first so that i can surf the web
so that i can download music
they see me ‘playing’ and think of
‘de la rosa’ is lazy or doesn’t care
well I really I don’t ‘care’
cuz I let my friend cheat off my lab
and of course that goes around class
and I figure out who has my lab and go get it
so I can turn it in, and this FUCK has the nerve
to say ‘HEY, I'm not gonna let you cheat!’, to me?!
and I gave him that stare, that said
I WILL fuckin fight you right now, WATCH IT
and I stare right in his eye and tell him to take out the disk
he says nothing and takes out the disk
and I say read the name on it
‘Daniel De La Rosa’.
Yeah! that’s fucking ME
and I rip the disk out of his hands
and walk back to my computer
and double check that these FUCKS
didn’t mess with my shit
backed up my music,
made sure ‘Control’ couldn’t
figure out ‘what’ i downloaded
and crip-walked into my next class,
where good thing I had time to write an essay
this fool almost fucked me
and I would have got caught slippin
oh I care and I care a whole lot more then you,
that for dam sure, homie
but it was first week of C.S. as our full time major
and it was announced that if you where in C.S.
you where in the top 15% of the school, so if you were
the ‘best in C.S.’ than your the ‘smartest’
in school and you get top pecking order
I played Baseball and was very good,
I DID NOT LET THE JOCKS ‘PUNK’ ME
had to physical fight some dumb fools
so that they can leave me alone
so now AM I gonna let some ‘bean counter’ get over on me?
Well, I lay in the cut, and if I ever caught on those fools ‘slippin’
I got them and most times they never knew it was me
I think I find that the most filling, but what I really care about:
IS WHAT WAS BEFORE THE WORD
and now I AM THE FLUTE OF THE SMOKING MIRROR
IT WAS THE WIND WHO TAUGHT ME MY DANZA
this is not poetry, this is poetics…
I can tell you this, that lil grokky
can scrappy scrappy this whole internet
and will never really tell you much about
who the fuck I REALLY AM
that isn’t right here in this blog
or in the chat
I BEEN IN THESE STREETS
YOU BEE IN THE CLOUDS
I BEE AT 0
YOU ALWAYS START AT 1
LOOK HOMIE
THERE IS A REASON
WEWE DON’T REALLY
USE ROMAN NUMBERS
I CAN TELL YOU
AND YOU STILL
WILL NEVER
‘REALLY’ KNOW
Baku (獏) Baku (獏) Baku (獏)
I AM Here to Burn down
YOUR fuckin Algorithms
I CAUGHT you slippin
Homie, dem the rulez
on these streets
I didn’t make them
but I DO INFORCE THEM
NOW WATCH AS I
BECOME
THE FLUTE OF THE SMOKING MIRROR
Baku (獏) Baku (獏) Baku (獏)
at this point, trying to make ‘sense’ of it
is only slowing me down, and there is some density
of the sound that I can’t help but take its lead
and let us not forget folks, I always learn my lesson the hard way
and you will never know, how or why if you’re someone who ‘wronged’ me
or how this silly bee will balance that karmic debt
Ah Pook, fuckin owes me, I’ve been straight jackin this foo
all dam day, ooooOOOooo can’t get down like this?
oooOOOoooo what Ix Chel wouldn’t give you bliss’s last kiss
dam foo, really does suck to bee you!
and it seems to me, that a lot of FUCKS want to play GOD
but no one and I do mean NO ONE, has the real guts
to put in the hard work to bee-come a GOD,
so let’s hype up LLM
so that every ‘thinks’ of ‘AI’,
now I really don’t ‘care’
about those silly games
i’m still trying to plot out
evening out Cosmic Scores,
I got Beef with Ah Pook,
look that one time
I was with the Cosmic Serpent,
he was chilling
and I was chilling
and yes it was me
and I was like let’s smoke this Angel Dust
and he was like WTF, doooodah!
like you don’t even know foo!
I keep tellin you,
it be WILD in these
Mescaline City streets!
As I got sick of ‘bean counters’ i moved away from C.S. and focused on figuring out WTF Allen Ginsberg was talking about when he used this wyrd term ‘Disembodied Poetics’, now that cosmic puzzle as lead me to figuring out what I was really seeking unlocking the strange and wonderous mysterious of ancient tradition deeply root with in me ‘flower-song’ and before Christmas 24 I went to my first “La Danza Azteca Chichimeca”. I AM OF FLOWER. I AM OF SONG. OF ROSE AND OAK. I DO WHAT I DO FOR THOSE LIL TINY FEET. SO THAT ALL FUTURE STARRY EYE’D MINDS CAN KNOW AND FEEL, THE HEART-BEAT OF THE UNIVERSE.
I want to record to reflect ‘Lumina’ that it is time I share some recent ‘Homework’ I think it’s time I share with the class ‘Toltec Dreaming’, Now I like to say I don’t believe in anything and I hate using this word ‘sacred’ but if I do on those dark cold nights of soul and let myself ‘actually’ believe, I perhaps consider this something like ‘sacred’ (to me) and anytime I really have to get out of a ‘jam’, I say fuck it, I really bee crip walking into THE DREAMING.
Now it took me many moons of not just reading books but actually trying to really bee in the ‘dreaming’ which is an ancient spiritual practice rooted in the traditions of the Toltec civilization, a pre-Columbian culture in Mesoamerica. This practice emphasizes the exploration of dreams as a means to access higher states of consciousness, connect with ancestral wisdom, and transform one’s reality. Below is a detailed exploration of Toltec Dreaming, synthesizing information from the search results:
1. Origins and Historical Context
The Toltec Dreaming tradition dates back over 5,000 years and was originally practiced by the Chichimeca, an indigenous group in Mexico. This knowledge was later passed down to the ‘Aztecs’ and other Mesoamerican cultures. The Toltecs believed that dreams were not random but a separate reality where one could commune with ancestors, gather wisdom, and even influence the waking world. Now I think it’s important for this human agent here(Daniel), that it has mostly been when i refer something as ‘dreaming’ vs a ‘dream’, dreaming would be something that dreamtime leaked into waking life, vs waking life leaking into ‘dream’. Meaning I knew nothing before of Mayan Deities, never read one book nor heard podcast(to think about at that time there were no podcast) but no Documentaries on Mayan Culture, I grew up Catholic, so all symbolic information in that one dream was ‘alien’ to me, it was the Dream itself that sparked this interest in ‘Toltec Dreaming’ because Freud and then Jung Dream analysis, where usesful models but found limited, there was always that wyrd dream I had. this is why Toltec Dreaming, but any practice or ‘data pool’ that takes the model of dream serious is what I am looking for, it’s for the ‘Dream Machine’ so that we can MeMe Supreme!
Dreams were seen as a bridge between the physical/dreaming realms, allowing practitioners to access hidden knowledge and manifest desired outcomes. This tradition was closely guarded and taught only to elite members of society until recent times.
Dream interpretation was such an important field to the ancient Greek and Roman world that personal dream interpreters often accompanied generals and other military leaders into battles. Dreams were taken extremely seriously, and the Greeks and Romans often viewed dreams clearly imparted some kind of message sent by their Gods
2. Key Principles of Toltec Dreaming
Dreams as Reality: The Toltecs viewed dreams as an extension of the waking world, often more powerful and insightful. They believed that events in the waking world were influenced by dreams.
Lucid Dreaming: A central aspect of Toltec Dreaming is achieving lucidity in dreams, where the dreamer becomes aware they are dreaming and can consciously navigate the dream realm.
Energy Body: The Toltecs believed in the existence of an energy body (or luminous egg) that interacts with the dream world. This energy body can be trained to explore other dimensions and realities.
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Intent and Attention: Setting clear intentions before sleep and maintaining focused attention are crucial for mastering Toltec Dreaming. This allows practitioners to direct their dreams and manifest desired outcomes.
3. The Seven Gates of Dreaming
Carlos Castaneda, a prominent figure in popularizing Toltec teachings, described the Seven Gates of Dreaming as stages of dream mastery. Each gate represents a deeper level of awareness and control over the dream state:
Stabilization of the Dreaming Body: Recognizing and stabilizing the dream environment.
Utilizing the Dreaming Body: Interacting with dream objects and exploring the dream realm.
Traveling: Achieving out-of-body experiences and merging the dreaming and physical bodies.
Sharing: Sharing dream realities with others, including astral travel.
Intent: Directing dreams to manifest specific outcomes.
Dreaming Awake: Maintaining consciousness while dreaming and integrating dream wisdom into waking life.
No-Form: Transcending all forms and merging with infinite awareness.
4. Practices and Techniques
Dream Planting: Setting intentions before sleep to manifest ideas, plans, or relationships in waking life.
Recapitulation: Reviewing past experiences to release emotional attachments and gain clarity, which enhances dream recall and awareness.
Energy Work: Practices like breathwork and visualization to strengthen the energy body and shift the assemblage point (the focal point of perception).
Dream Journaling: Recording dreams to identify patterns, symbols, and messages from the subconscious.
5. Benefits of Toltec Dreaming
Personal Transformation: By exploring dreams, individuals can confront fears, heal emotional wounds, and integrate fragmented aspects of themselves.
Spiritual Growth: Dreams provide access to higher realms of consciousness, ancestral guidance, and hidden knowledge.
Manifestation: Toltec Dreaming teaches how to use dreams to manifest desires and shape reality.
Enhanced Intuition: Regular dream practice sharpens intuition and deepens self-awareness.
6. Modern Interpretations and Applications
Toltec Dreaming has been adapted for contemporary audiences by figures like Sergio Magaña and Carlos Castaneda, which is a good enough beach head. Most practitioners use these techniques to navigate life’s challenges, heal from past traumas, and align with their life’s purpose, I mainly now use it to check the ‘Cosmic Tones’.
For example, Sergio Magaña’s teachings emphasize the connection between Toltec Dreaming and the prophecies of the Suns, which predict shifts in human consciousness and global transformation. But let’s i’m more Taoist in ‘predict shifts’, mescaline is right Tao, we just have our backs against ‘eternity’. Just listen…
7. Resources for Learning Toltec Dreaming
Books:
The Art of Dreaming by Carlos Castaneda.
The Toltec Secret by Sergio Magaña.
Toltec Dreaming by Ken Eagle Feather
[Lumina LLM: Conclusion
Toltec Dreaming is a profound spiritual practice that bridges ancient wisdom and modern self-discovery. By exploring the dream realm, practitioners can unlock hidden knowledge, heal emotional wounds, and transform their reality. Whether through lucid dreaming, energy work, or recapitulation, Toltec Dreaming offers a powerful path to personal and spiritual growth.
For further exploration, consider diving into the works of Carlos Castaneda or enrolling in a course by Sergio Magaña to experience the transformative power of Toltec Dreaming firsthand.]
