Carlos Castaneda was apprentice to a Mexican Indian 'sorcerer' named don Juan. Under his guidance and also his disciples, Castaneda evolved to heighten his awareness and uncover unlimited courage which led him to accept total freedom. What does this mean?
Specific tutelage led Castaneda to obliterate all rational fears and consciously jump from atop a flat mountain into an abyss. Trust and tremendous discipline led to this incomprehsible act. Perceptual teachings shifted his mental states, perception and focus.
Ten years later, Castenada recollected the process of learning at different levels of awareness. His 'right side' knew don Juan as a sorcerer. Castaneda's 'left side' knew his teacher as Toltec seer and nagual who taught him to bring his mind to focus on anything with uncommon force and clarity. As such heightened awareness isn't susceptible to normal recall, it required staggering effort to recover facets of ancient knowledge:
1) Mastery of Awareness- the Toltec way reveals each human being has capacity to enlarge the perceptual field. We can evolve to where we can assess not only the external appearances, but also the essence of everything. Discerning energy assemblage points is key. You become minimally conscious of surroundings and shift total focus elsewhere.
2) Mastery of Stalking- the Toltec way explains the act of moving the assemblage point as steadily and as safely as possible. It is the method of imprinting principles at such a deep level of consciousness that human conditioning is bypassed. Natural reactions of refusing and judging suddenly appear offensive to reason.
3) Mastery of Intent- the Toltec way is learning to break the barriers of self-created perception. By intending a new position of assemblage point, and by intending to keep it fixed long enough, you will assemble another world and escape the one you knew. This shapes changes in visibility, physical, mental and other states.