Lujan Matus Parallel Perception

Great Experience with the Nagual Lujan Matus

2012-02-10T12:23:00.004-06:00

I sat on the sofa and in front of me was a wooden table, about 3.5 meters of distance and the Nagual Lujan was showing to me magnificent movements.

His movements were very harmonious, transmitting peace and fluidity to the environment. He was really playing with the energy and then after sometime I could see from him something else appearing between his body and his arms, his silhouette started to flow from him with the same shape as him as it was filled with a translucent, soft and faint gold color; the shape of the same size of Lujan was coming out from him and comes toward me, as it was proportionally descending in shape and floating getting close to me until reach the wooden table in front and then it was fading.

Continues watching the harmonious movements from Lujan, still I could see the fluid shape between his arms and his body and given me the sensation of the fluidity of the energy that he was transmitting.

Before he finishes these powerful movements, my eyes were intercepted and quickly I saw the Nagual Lujan twice together doing the same movements, it could be my eyes was crossed or something else, I don’t know, I was rapt in his movements.

I could see he attempted to finish the movements, by again he resume them for a little more time.

So when he finished I felt the sensation of the environment was full of peaceful energy, and I also felt that something else was there given a comfortable sensation.

When we stop the wrong things we are doing and we are still, the nature of our being is open.

Sincerely,
Julio Cesar

Photo courtesy of H.Koppdelaney

Shadows in the Twilight: Conversations with the nagual Lujan Matus

2012-02-08T12:05:00.002-06:00

This book is an atomic bomb of information that will change the way you see everything.

When Bill asks Lujan Matus for feedback on enigmatic events that have marked his awareness, he discovers exactly how his expectations and conditioning have prevented him from truly seeing the marvels that dance before him. Like countless others, Bill’s personal journey was influenced by seminal works published in the 1960s that introduced subjects like ‘the energy double’, ‘dreaming awareness’, and ‘first and second attention’, into popular culture. Exploring these fascinating propositions in waking and dreaming life, Bill was confronted with discoveries and challenges utterly unaccounted for by conventional interpretations of reality. Naturally he wanted to know what was really going on and, fortunately for us, fate delivered him to Lujan Matus.

An easy flow of dialogue belies the gravity of the material, as the nagual deftly elucidates the very fabric of existence with unequivocal yet humble authority. These are no second hand sorcery tales but astounding revelations from a seer bound by his own inevitability to communicate what he knows to those who wish to wake up. Suffice to say that Lujan depicts the workings of the holographic matrix of reality with a precision that could not be invented, decoding riddles of human perception that up until now have been surrounded by confusion. The sometimes alarming nature of what he reveals is tempered by his consistent and multi-faceted affirmation that the key to finding freedom lies in the integrity of our hearts. Don’t expect easy answers or ego-gratifying platitudes however - Lujan’s voice is devastating to preconception and leaves no room for convenient interpretations and personal agendas.

Lujan identifies, in concise and uncompromising terms, the pitfalls that may encumber one’s quest for awakening and how to overcome them. Highlighting kindness, truthfulness and humility as our greatest allies in the struggle to evolve within the complex arrangement that is both our gravest entrapment and our most magical opportunity, Lujan’s words are a luminous bridge to the next level of awareness.

Nagual Naomi Jean

Coming soon …

Shamanic Tuition in Costa Rica: Windlock System

2012-02-06T11:53:00.004-06:00

I am sitting here in Costa Rica a week after my Windlock tuition with Lujan. The changes that have taken place and which continue to morph inside myself are plenty. There are so many directions and levels that this practice has pierced within my construct. At one point I left the day's practice with a feeling I have if someone I'm close to has died - without the grief. I walked away, everything looked the same, the grass, trees, buildings - but it was a different world and I was new to it.

In just two weeks of practice I have become stronger muscularly all over my body. I also feel it mirroring a strength brewing within myself. All of the movements have martial art or close quarter combat applications which Lujan demonstrated. This for me was about learning how to protect my space - knowing when to start and stop.

My energy has increased - even after a 3 hour practice daily, I'm not tired. I look forward to it every morning. After my practice, my energy is centred and silent and this follows me through the day.

At one point I felt a heat in my feet and legs and sometimes there are little electric pricks of energy, mostly in my legs.

The greatest gift was the realization that I don't need anything at all. I feel so complete physically and energetically. It's a space that I could explore for quite some time and works very well with the 8 Gates of Dreaming Awake. I look to what the next few months will reveal through my practice.

Katherine de Boda
Canada
k_deboda @ yahoo.ca

Photo courtesy of Shchukin

Testimonial for the Windlock Kung Fu System

2012-01-30T12:03:00.003-06:00

I recently attended a week of tuition with Lujan Matus learning the Windlock System. What’s most noticeable to me after practicing for a short time, is that each movement or each section of movements works on a specific area of the body, not just the upper body, arms, or core muscles, but it seems like also the inner organs.

Because of this, the series is very rejuvenating. When finished, I’m left with a very pleasant mix of feeling that I’ve worked hard but simultaneously being recuperated or physically restored.

After only a few days, I saw weight shift from my midsection to my upper body and arms, which is actually a bit surprising because I had already considered myself in very good shape and didn’t envision such a noticeable change in very short period of time. And the increase in strength is pretty amazing too.

Another direct result is that I’ve been able to experience more prolonged and sustainable periods of silence, both directly after and throughout the day.

The martial applications of the practices are also very apparent. When teaching, Lujan had pointed some of these out. He had mentioned that the Windlock movements are the basics for the more advanced Kung Fu techniques he may teach, and that the basics by themselves are very effective if they needed to be used in a combat situation.

Throughout the course of the week, Lujan had demonstrated some of the applications on the wooden dummy and taught the first section of this sequence. What he demonstrated has the elegance and flow of some of the other movements such as the Jaguar Series. It does not seem to resemble as much what I had seen from my prior limited exposure to another system, which in comparison the movements from this other system now seem somewhat incomplete.

On the last day, we reviewed the Three Treasures. Previously the practice had been very warm in the sense that I could feel my hands passing through warm pockets of energy outside my body. With the adjustments Lujan made, what felt warm is now close to hot. Lujan was able to guide me through two particular sets of movements that it took me a long time to pick up—thinking of my plans for returning the next day had brought up a gap in consciousness resulting from a number of situations I had been reluctantly participating in.

However, I’ve seen that after consistently practicing Windlock, it’s been difficult to keep up this behavior pattern. And along the same lines of very tangible electromagnetic energy, the day after Lujan instructed me on the beginning of Whispering Palms, I had practiced early in the morning. I felt afterwards that I was surrounded by a warm ball of energy. It was so apparent that I had stopped to go over to the electric switch thinking I had forgotten to turn on the fan, but I hadn’t and it had been running on high the whole time.

Eric VanHouten

mikitzli@gmail.com

Photo courtesy of Beverly and Pack

Hieroglyphs from "The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception"

2012-01-23T13:18:00.000-06:00

Hieroglyphs from "The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception" by Lujan Matus.

Eight Gates of Dreaming Awake Testimonial

2012-01-11T14:11:00.004-06:00

I've written this testimonial about the Eight Gates of Dreaming Awake in the hope that others will feel connected and willing to give it a go. For me it is such a special practice and has been so instrumental in helping me grow. I know everyone has different particular experiences when practising this technique, as all our needs and strengths are different, yet I share mine in the hope that we can connect by a need we all have: to awaken to who we truly are.

The first time I practiced the Eight Gates of Dreaming awake my body went into the most blissful state of relaxation. Years of stress and strain dissolved and I felt like a child. I laid for hours just feeling, and this made me realise how much my body was suffering from the onslaught of my unruly mind. The stress created by the disconnection to the intuitive parts of me was taking an incredible toll and I was not prepared to let this continue.

And so the Eight Gates opened a door to a real awareness of my needs, the needs of the part of me that had been entrapped in the socialised nightmare we call reality. Through practice I am learning to disentangle myself from this craziness, because it is, that was making me behave in a way that diminished the better parts of me as I felt in a continuous state of war with people and the world around me. As my awareness grows through this practice I am able to appreciate the true circumstances of our predicament because it propels me to work through the predicament myself. And so my heart opens to others, as it is a war now tempered with understanding rather than judgement and a love for the possibilities inherit in everyone of us. That is the magic of this practice: you get to know the you that is full of possibilities as the awareness and ability to act past our limitations gain power.

The Eight Gates of Dreaming Awake are gates, gates to a freedom and awareness that is ours to reclaim.

Nagual, this is my thank you for this beautiful gift.

Love,

Luma Chichiwa

Photo courtesy of Zenonline

The Dragon Gate

2012-01-06T12:17:00.004-06:00

Here is an email that was received from one of Lujan's students, Luma. She has given permission for us to post it here on the blog.

Dear Lujan,

I am writing as I feel a need to crack open my impulse to be secretive and fully acknowledge the reality that exists within and without, everywhere and nowhere that is now called for. It just is and I gotta get used to it : ))

During the 8 gates Malayian took me to this place where everything glowed in the blue spectrum light. We were in front of a stream and opposite was a large cave with a black chinese gate. He told me it was the Dragon's gate, also known as the Shadow's gate. So we went in and there was this huge black dragon who very sharply rebuked my acknowledgement of it's beauty. When he spoke my name, Luma Chichiwa, it rang all over my body like a bell. He examined my hands that now bear the torus symbol. He then asked me what I want "What do you want?" The words echoed through me and I looked deeply into my heart and I saw the Earth and all beings upon it and my love flowed to them, and I told him that more than anything else I wanted them all to know a life free of shadows.

He took me into the void and showed me my future, the Heart Warrior's Path. He said this world would never be fully free of shadows "it is through struggle one builds strength".

What an amazing creature that dragon spirit, his complete unflinching directness made me look into my heart and find, or choose, my life's purpose though it seemed like I had a choice to leave for the stars as I was tempted to ask at first. He called me other names like star child, and in this experience I felt so much younger than now.

This wonder-full journey continues...

Lots of love,

Luma Chichiwa.

Photo courtesy of Rahuldlucca

Winner of the Parallel Perception Scholarship and A Special Opportunity for All Applicants

2012-01-02T11:04:00.006-06:00

We are happy to announce the winner of the Parallel Perception Scholarship. The entry that received the highest amount of votes was Navi, with her essay, A Call To Awaken.

Congratulations to Navi who will receive one week of tuition with the nagual Lujan Matus in the Earth Energy Tapping program. Navi, please send an email to info @ parallelperception.com so that we can make arrangements for you to undertake the program.

Thank you to everyone who participated. Lujan appreciated all of the essays and would like to offer a special opportunity for another applicant to undertake the online Eight Gates of Dreaming Awake program.

Entry is only open to those who have already submitted essays for the scholarship. If you would like to be considered please write a comment on the blog where your original essay was posted, stating why you would like to do this program.

The winner will be personally selected by Lujan on Friday, January 13th.

Best of luck to everyone!

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Shamanic Tuition in the Philippines

2011-12-29T11:57:00.002-06:00

We are excited to announce a new venue for shamanic tuition in 2012:

Boracay Island in the Philippines.

Boracay is an island of the Philippines located approximately 315 km (196 mi) south of Manila and 2 km off the northwest tip of Panay Island in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines.

Boracay Island and its beaches have received awards numerous times. Boracay was awarded in the “Travelers’ Choice 2011″ by TripAdvisor as the second best beach (out of 25) in the world. Boracay made a debut appearance on the Top 10 Islands list in the Travel + Leisure travel magazine World’s Best Awards 2011, ranking fourth.

Weather

Daytime temperatures on Boracay generally range from 77-90°F (25-32°C) from October- March, and increase to the 82-100°F(28-38°C) range from April-September.

Activities

Leisure activities available on or near Boracay include scuba diving, snorkeling, windsurfing, kiteboarding, cliff diving, and beach relaxation.

Boracay is the site of a 18-hole par 72 golf course designed by Graham Marsh. In addition, as of 2010, Boracay has in excess of 350 beach resorts offering more than 2,000 rooms ranging in quality from five-star to budget accommodations, so tourists are sure to find whatever they are looking for.

Events

Dragon boat races are held annually on Boracay under the auspices of the Philippine Dragon Boat Federation, with teams coming from around the Philippines and from other Asian nations to compete. The races usually take place sometime in April or May.

Language

Many languages are spoken on the island, however most Filipinos speak English well.

Food

There is a wide variety of different restaurants specializing in a range of ethnic cuisines. Those on a budget should head for the local market where you can purchase fresh fruit and have local fresh seafood prepared to order.

A wide of variety of unique tropical fruits are available including custard apple, jackfruit, duhat, mangosteen, marang, papaya and mangoes.

Here are a few of the most popular restaurants on the island.

Prana Restaurant located in Mandala Spa is an organic vegetarian restaurant serving breakfast, salads and light vegetarian meals including tofu with peanut sauce. They also offer a variety of organic French wines.

Dos Mestizos is the Best Spanish Restaurant in the Island. Their specialties are tapas and paella.

Cyma’s original restaurant in d’Mall is the most popular Greek restaurant on the island. Menu offerings include Greek salad, seafood and lamb.

Lemon iCafe - This place is famous for its lemon desserts and other treats like chocolate cakes, cheesecakes, coconut pancakes and banana muffins. They serve breakfast and light meals including salads, sandwiches, seafood and pasta.

Manana Mexican Restaurant - known for its Mexican delicacies and cuisines. Traditional and modern recipes are available and favorites include nachos, enchiladas, burritos, salads and mango margaritas.

Boracay Crab House @ Escondido - Their specialties are a wide variety of dishes with crabs and other seafood.

True Food Indian Cuisine - The Best Indian Food in Boracay Island. Comfortable seating with low tables and big cushions. Features a good choice of vegetarian dishes.

Smoke Restaurant The best restaurant for Filipino food in Boracay. If you are on a budget, you can bring your own ingredients and ask the chef to prepare a dish for you. They also have ala carte Filipino food. Their specialties include Bicol Express, Bulalo, Chicken Curry, Lechon Kawali, Sinigang, and Stuffed Squid with Sizzled Vegetables.

Transportation

Boracay island is separated from Panay island by a narrow strait. The island is located opposite the barangay of Caticlan in the municipality of Malay, Aklan. Transportation across the strait is provided by boats operating from the Caticlan jetty port.

By air

Boracay is served by two airports in Aklan province: one in Kalibo and Godofredo P. Ramos Airport (commonly referred to as “Caticlan airport”) in Malay.

By sea

The western part of the Strong Republic Nautical Highway (SRNH) passes through Caticlan, with car ferries from Roxas, Oriental Mindoro docking at the Caticlan jetty port. Several bus companies operate provincial bus routes from Manila which pass through Caticlan via the SRNH.

On the island

The two main modes of transport are via motor-tricycles along the main road or by walking along the beaches. Pedicabs are also available for transport along the Beachfront Path. Other means of transportation include mountain bikes, quadbikes and motorbikes, all of which can be rented.

Tuition Availability

April 9th-13th: Windlock Series
April 16th-20th: Three Treasures
April 23rd-27th: All programs available
April 30th-May 4th: All programs available
May 7th-11th: All programs available
May 14th-18th: All programs available
May 21st-25th: All programs available
May 28th-June 1st: All programs available

If you are interested in reserving a position please register on the Parallel Perception website: Program Registration

For more information about the programs visit this page: Shamanic Tuition Programs

Lujan Matus - Shamanic Tuition Scholarship

2011-12-28T12:34:00.001-06:00

Thank you to everyone who submitted entries to the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program.

Voting closes on January 1st and you can vote for as many people as you like but only one vote per entry.

Here is a list of the entries.

Javier - You Have to Live Your Life Like a Warrior

Luma - Integrity, Freedom and the Heart Warrior's Path

Chris - They came and he pushed them and they flew

Dakota - Opening to My Full Potential

Angela - Thankful to Lujan for the Book and the Knowledge

Navi - A Call to Awaken

Lawrence - Beginning To See the Stars Again

Mariel - Dreaming Beyond This Reality

Charles - Of Nows and to Bes

Paul - The Beginning of Unity

Pom - A Path With Heart

Katherine - My Journey Is At Hand And I Am Responsible

Concha - The Challenge of GETTING ALIVE

Robert - Without Heart, Who or What Should Guide You?

Rugay - Fifty Years

Michael - Tree of Love

Ilian - The Nature of Man

Shally - Song to the Nagual

Charles - Of Nows and to Bes

Julio - Path Toward the Light

Firegazer - A Return to Heart

Kristina - Lujan Matus; Dissolve the Mind so the Spirit can Dance

Boyd - The Descent of the Spirit

Clara - The Path to Ultimate Transformation

Ivan - The TRUE Importance of our Integrity

Jerry - Shaping My Gifts Into a Magic Prayer

James - Resonance

Endre - Sensing the Personal Power of Lujan Matus through his Books

Douglas - Longing

Quihuara - Keeping Focussed Amidst Distractions

Madhuritta - The Fate of the Cow

Malvina - The Meeting in the Equator

Lujan is also contemplating a bonus for everyone who has entered and this will be announced on January 2nd.

Best of luck to everyone!

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The meeting in the equator

2011-12-26T16:42:00.007-06:00

This is the final application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program and it was submitted by Malvina. If you would like to vote for Malvina please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

The great forces of this universe is awakening at this moment.. The meeting of the male and the female energies..

I'm a bringer of light holding the key of the fifth dimension in my heart. I'm a manifesting of the Christ energy and the Maria Magdalena a child of the Christ // My souls knows what salvation is and I have the gift to liberate souls dead and alive.. My linage is from the star of David Star and all the angels of the Christ in by my side ready to assist me at any moment..

All of this messages I receive some weeks ago from a healer that goes into trance and the angel Michael Gabriel Uriel and Rhafael speaks true him in trance.. The most intense hour of my life and the most liberating healing season I got.. And all thanks to this healer being able to step aside and let the angels work true him..He removed a very dark lord who tried to posses my soul for years without managing..I will be forever grateful for this healer. And so becoming free I also want to give back to the universe the same gift/The angels also told me that I will work with them in the same ways to help others as he helped me.

That's is what healing is about for me being a pure channel of love and compassion.

My hole being is golden light . I need help to channel this in a proper ways/

I booked a ticket from Sweden to Peru to attend a yoga course in January some time ago and ticket home in costa Rica In June its opend one year ticket. I been feeling the call to write because there is no coincidence in life.

As a young woman as the angel called me princess. I'm calling out for my brothers and sister to help me channel this energy .. I need to learn and receive the teaching of Lujan. I been trying to meet with him several times after meeting a very dear brother of Mine called Michael Looko who gave me the book and told me about his incredible intense meeting with Lujan. And also I could see the transformation in his body. Remarkable and it came from hard work. Exactly what I'm looking for.

Since the age of 7 I cant remember my dreams // I lived in such an amazing world meeting angels and visiting the most amazing worlds/ Both talking to fairies and leprechauns. I can remember of flying like I can remember strange things like laying in the bath top and I went under the water and feel like a stay there for hours. I remember taking of and flying like It actually happened in real life.. Its a strange feeling

After reading the books of Lujan in Thailand I got this intense longing to awake my third eye completely so I can do lucid dreaming..

Lujan language in the book contains hidden secrets not available to the normal eyes.

As everything is completely black for me a I go to sleep and wake up I don't know anymore how It

Evan feels to dream/

So much practice in years I been devoted to spiritual life cause I feel the importance of this life mission. Been preparing meditating the mind clearing all and making the body very strong. Feel how I am ready to start this work and take it to another level to bring all this souls to the light with the help of the angels and the christ energies. Bring them home with Love..

The angels told me that I would be more clairvoyant.. I have a blockage somewhere and when this is removed by doing the course I will be able to help many brothers and sister when the world is at is darkest point. I know I can receive many messages from light world at the moment I have difficult to understand them at all. And the tools of Lujan is helping but I feel I need the push out of the nest .. There is a little bird that doesn't know how to fly properly and need that little push.

The master will return , the force of Christ;and we will feel when this happens.The earth will shake..

Lujan is the master of dreams that shows they way to the fifth demotions..

He ways of sharing is knowledge of the invisible world is practical and its essence is pure love

I'm looking for discipline and I promise to give my hole being to prepare for this mission.

This is the truth the pressure is very much on me ..Its not always easy to be a angel in this world and I'm asking for your blessing so I can grow to my fullest potential to bring this very sacred knowledge and light to this world.. I have the golden key in my heart I only need to find the doors that opens the gate.. Lujan can help me find it.

So be it.

Blessings to you all // My beloved sisters and brothers
Malvina

If you would like to vote for Malvina please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

The Fate of the Cow

2011-12-26T15:16:00.004-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by Madhuritta. If you would like to vote for Madhuritta please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

All naguales and nagual Lujan Matus express it and thanks for letting us participate in this perception scholarship program that will allow us to live parallel slow and safe roads.

My encounter with the book of parallel perception occurred a year ago, when the group heard about a book powerful, very strong, it would be better not to read it are not prepared and all very secret ... and I remembered that 4 years ago the same story, but this time I had the courage to ask and insist and my friend gave me the book in my language.

When I started reading made me very sad, depressed by the things we ignore and our lives is a constant mistake as I can not be alive (if I am)

Not as you reach this part of my life with so much manipulation from outside and as I'm not aware enrrumbe on a knowledge so deep, I hope to have access to an embodiment in this fully and life wisdom.

The book gave me a parallel perception relief to my body and my mind went missing that feeling of constant fear, had a chronic depression and soon as I change my melancholic state, I have more energy and humor this time. I feel I am closer to dissolve all attachments that bind us and to be ready to do the work of the warrior in this life. Before my last trip.

From a young age I was looking, I do not what I looking, my attention always strange things, the encounter with Don Juan happens in the worst situation of my life was like a balm at the time, spent many years to believe that all that history shamans was true, was true not only philosophy and good intentions.

I do not have had the honor of meeting the Nagual Lujan Matus or photo or personally consider very important to contact you and practice a new intent on my life.

I am participating in this scholarship because we are planning to go with my two children to participate in shamanic courses in Costa Rica and this grant we would come in very timely.

I give thanks to all Nagueles, all the warrior of light who continually support us in this journey.

Sincerely grateful
Madhuritta

If you would like to vote for Madhuritta please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

Keeping focussed amidst distractions

2011-12-26T07:07:00.003-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by Quihuara. If you would like to vote for Quihuara please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

I recall as a small child sitting in different positions aligning myself with different countries -ones I knew destined I would go to. I would meditate and gaze long term at things in nature ; part of my life, which later, upon reading shaman & sorcerer books felt like recognising kindred spirits.

Australia has been one of the most challenging places. I always take responsibility for my health.. I eat and live very naturally. A couple of years ago I went to Manila to correct a displaced jaw and address serious issues directly caused by top dental specialists here.

Thereafter out of complete pain wearing a dental acrylic splint that needed one last adjustment to reposition the disc in my jaw, I was put with another specialist here after I returned. He bonded/glued my teeth to it 3x ,pulled apart ,broke a tooth in the root and he and other specialists did unspeakable things to me..continuing for two yrs. Inhumanity of their arrogance and callousness ... unbelievable. Hierarchical setup here made it impossible to get help.Thank god for green smoothies.I was still saving for my dentist in Manila going through severe pain. I had to bide my time.

My sleep attention became very strong.

Leaning half out of bed looking at my floor one night, I marvelled at how beautiful the wood was, smooth wide olive brown floorboards with exquisitely made small wooden nail heads of a lighter color, inches apart. I touched it's silken surface ,then quickly retracted my hand.I was wondering why I wasn't cold as it was freezing cold when I went to bed. I pulled myself back under the blankets ,then was urged to look at the floor again.I was confused as I knew my floorboards had metal nails and a darker hue to the wood. It was the same as before amazingly smooth..with wooden nails. I stayed there again for some time..standing on them this time. In the morning I expected to place my feet on floorboards.They were covered by my carpet! I've had dreaming in this attention before. With the pain I had, it gave me some kind of extended feeling to be able to keep going. I also over some years had experience of my bed shaking. First time ever was somewhat perplexing. I thought to be earth tremors. Then later I thought some spiritual presence from who knows what. I was ok with it. Maybe only twice over a long period of time.

Out of total desperation one night in serious pain and deciding I didn't want to end my life yet, I called on my Ally.

In a deep sleep some hours later, I thought I was dreaming again..the whole bed first had a ripple go through it,but then became really violently shaking. I was not dreaming. It went on several minutes.I then heard a barely perceptible whistle.. a nice little bird song. There are many trees with bird noises throughout the night here. I was then irritated by it as it was so repetitive. I just wanted to relax and sleep.

Suddenly, the same sound ensued but so close to me..exactly near to my right ear - a being was making it's awareness known to me! I knew it to be my Ally. I did not dare move for some time. I decided not be afraid and opened my eyes.To my right in front of my face was a green iridescent wavering form.. a form wavering within a squarish oblong ,not so big. I became elated but also apprehensive. I quickly closed my eyes.

The whistling continued. I tried to make out the frequencies numericals or patterns.Sometimes I did and then it would all change. I didn't move for ages, not until the sounds became further and further apart and then further away until I slept, really exhausted the next day.

Thereafter I would call my ally most nights.The bed only shook a little these times to let me know that presence was there. I would ask questions of it and affirmatives would come via the movement, or a slight fleeting glance of a shape.

It gave me solace after all the jibes ,sarcasm of the medical professionals and lack of or erroneous treatment to me..which put me in the position of not being properly able to eat or speak for so long/torturous pain unrelenting. I realised at one stage,which in fact I knew from the beginning,that it was not really a good reason to be calling on my Ally. Somehow though it became very reassuring.

This continued for some months, until another experience , altogether different jolted me into a different reality.

I have been pushed to the absolute limits from a human perspective,experienced so much. but to to be in a space with others of shamanic awareness and abilities is a thirst, something I gravitate to. Long ago I relinquished any need to have perpetual abuse of any kind in my life. I did a lot of recapitulating. I was told by a dream also that I have been a mirror to many of these people, which if so, is interesting but not what I'm about. My intention is to be aligned with this earth, nature in such a way to be %100 alive.

I am thankful to know Lujan Matus and of people on this path.

To do any course with him is to know many of the secrets in this world ...amazing,wondrous...for being and spirit. Why would anyone want to feel anything less.

Warmest regards,
Quihuara

If you would like to vote for Quihuara please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

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Longing

2011-12-25T16:54:00.006-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by Douglas. If you would like to vote for Douglas please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

When I first saw the name 'Lujan Matus' my interest was instantly peaked. Who was this that had the audacity to use these names? Inside I hoped they were worthy.

Lujan, I knew was the name of that old Nagual. The one who was a seafarer from the orient. The one who received the gift of fifty positions of the assemblage point, and became fast friends with the tenant.

And of course, Matus. The name of my beloved Don Juan.

Skeptical and very curious I read through excerpts of The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception on amazon's site, and discovered to my delight the signature of infinity on this work.

I am delighted that this man received these Names! Is there a finer gift? Zakai was right, I am amongst those drawn to the Nagual Lujan because of these gifts. Am I an old soul? I wonder.
I am delighted that this communication has pierced through the veil between the sacred and the profane, to where I am.

When I read the e-mail about the scholarship program my immediate reaction was elation. I could actually be close to the new Nagual! Maybe it was that I could be closer to those whom I am indebted to for changing the course of my life. I am not a groupie. My assemblage point has moved already because of this line. I know beyond the shadow of a doubt that there is more! How do you convey this to someone?

In reading The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception I have learned, or caught perhaps just a whisp of just how far away I am from being truly helpful. Part of the solution instead of perpetuating the problem for all of us. I am desperately caught between wanting to move forward and struggling against the weight of the anchor that i know could be easily thrown off with the correct something i cant yet define or become conscious of. Help!

Afraid to act, and afraid to not act. No one wants to be free.

This small literary work is a patchwork of threads taken from here and there that weave a raged burlap sack with frayed holes. I know that if i could spend time with Lujan I could learn to weave a beautiful tapestry with a single thread. Or perhaps to help others weave a powerful garment out of many opalecent threads as a gift to those to come.

I know this is not a bestowal, but a chance at a chance. Good luck to all those who seek this trophy!

In Love,
Douglas L.

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Sensing the Personal Power of Lujan Matus through his books

2011-12-25T07:45:00.004-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by Endre. If you would like to vote for Endre please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

Hello!

I’m 20 years old, and I really like to do sports and I love to train. Bicycling is one of my passions, competing since age of thirteen. When I was 16 years old I got serious problems with my heart, it didn’t take long before I was totally depleted and exhausted. A year later I completed a successful heart surgery, but energetically I was not the same. My desperation for change brought me into Zen Buddhism and soon after Carlos Castanedas books. I was in heaven. I read a lot, learning and studying. I felt something empty in my heart being filled with purpose.

This autumn I came over Lujan Matus books and soon after buyed his two books. I think it’s beautiful that there exist a person with so much knowledge and wisdom. Think about what this man has done and can do for people. It’s truly admirable and he is very inspirational.

My experience with Lujan Matus wisdom is not much, but when reading his first book TAOSSP I often get a wondrous feeling. It must be his personal power reaching trough the book. Below I have tried to describe this feeling into words:

“I’m free. Free from personal history, agendas. I have nothing to prove, nothing to defend. I have no opinion on anything.

Every fear and worry dissipates. Nothing is more important than anything else. Nothing is either right of wrong. Free. I do not want to control anything. Everybody and everything is equal.

At the same time everything is filled to the brim and there exists only love and happiness.

Take aim and fly up in the sky. Buoyant and Free you can dance.”

This feeling is so good and strong. It must be beautiful to see and meet Lujan.

For me this is a path with heart. Hopefully one day I can meet him and learn from him. I deeply want this. Maybe this scholarship makes it possible.

Since I first saw the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program I have been thinking about whether or not I should participate. I refer to Paul aka Smalls sentence: “Who am I to judge whether I am worthy or not. Just as I cannot judge another, I can’t judge myself” This gave me a realization. Now, I’m very happy to get the opportunity to apply for this program.

I’m very impressed by all the others essays written, and it will be hard to win, but I hope that somebody out there would give me a vote.

I want you all to have a nice and good day.

Fly free towards love and light

Endre

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Resonance

2011-12-24T16:39:00.004-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by James Douglas. If you would like to vote for James please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

With the intention of getting some work done (some clinical trials and this essay, respectively), my partner and I left the house and started walking; comparing the qualities of local coffee shops as we did so. Intuition told her we needed to turn around and head to the shop where, to our surprise, a friend of mine and student of Lujans arrived just after we did. The blatant synchronicity was not lost on us, and as we sat discussing the potential directions of the essay, he mentioned that one of the benefits of its writing was to instigate recall. I agreed, and began jotting down lessons and bits of memories. A dense interconnected web began to take shape on the flat plane of the page, serving to merge all these events into timeless relation.

I met this friend at an intentional gathering in a state of “walking between the worlds,” a state which relied heavily on bringing my dreaming awareness to this construct. He seemed to notice the same subtle cues from the environment and exhibited a similar care and precision around speaking. On the dance floor he skillfully made me aware of a moment of braggadocios movement which brought me quickly back to a state where I could just be danced. I see that some of the movements I have learned from spirit are aligned with those Lujan is teaching, and feel that a directed, specific practice would be much more effective than haphazardly stumbling into an energetic configuration here and there. Much like how reading small paragraph on Dragon's Breath uncovered a fundamental teaching received while pursuing the essence of existence, and buried under years of memories competing for relevance.

So it is that much of what I have learned from Lujan consists of situations which reflect meaningful similarities and resonate thematically with events that have unfolded in my vision or have otherwise made sense to me. Long before I encountered the parable of the crows I was taught through observation and participation the power of preconceived notions to blind people to each other; or rather, I was shown people who would let my gossip win over their personal experience. First hand I was made to witness the trouble words cause for one trying to escape their limitations. Though the lesson for me happened over 10 years ago, the parable is proving extremely potent in teaching others.

Another resonance occurred when I reached the practices of and concepts behind sexual energy and its cultivation. The techniques coming from Lujan gave me a tool set with which to address proactively that which the feminine essential aspect of life had commanded, and gave me much preparation for beings and situations that were to come.

One such situation occurred during what I recognized as an important and potentially transformational energetic process instigated by spirit in a new acquaintance. At a particularly difficult point the process was interrupted and that person shrank back from the awareness of herself, revealing for the first (recognizable) time an 'aspect' especially skilled at using gossip to create and maintain a relatively superior position. By calling attention to this behavior each time it occurred I made them face themselves, but soon a defensive 'mechanism' unfurled itself like a veil between their awareness and the escaping moment. I have met this before, and recognize it by its actions which center around shielding an individual from recognition of their actions or memories. In previous encounters I had deemed this a 'segment of the personality' which is just as smart as- and completely invisible to them, and invited by them for protection. In this case the intelligence I encountered seemed cunning beyond what I previously thought this person capable, leading me to believe they were in collusion with something else. Dreaming soon confirmed this when I witnessed myself from a perspective above and behind opening my home to this person and missing the dark shadow slipping in past our feet. It was upon recognition of this scene that the writings of Lujan began to connect in a perspective-enlarging way, giving me alternative descriptors and standpoints to consider when trying to remain fluid in the presence of such entities.

Over the course of a year or so interaction with this person, and from other situations where I recognized shadow and pursued it like a hunter, it became clear that beings (things which be) exist that I am perhaps not yet fully equipped to confront. It is painful to see it operating through people I know and love, diabolical in its intention to confound, divert, and generally turn us against each other in order to hide and perpetuate itself. Testimonials I have read from students of Lujan reflect powerful similarities to what I observe in people pressed with the truth of the moment. The deftness with which he seems to catalyze these processes seems orders of magnitude evolved beyond my own, and I feel that further refinement of the 'dancing', breathing, and witnessing techniques life has been trying to teach me all along will be beneficial either to myself or to others I touch. I do not presume to know how, I just know that something is happening here. Whether this path leads to direct contact with Lujan or to more contact with his concretized words is yet to be seen, and I am over my word limit.

James Douglas

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Shaping My Gifts Into A Magic Prayer

2011-12-24T07:26:00.000-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by Jerry Lee. If you would like to vote for Jerry please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

Parallel Perception is like a smoking diamond that’s been dropped in my lap. To be sure, the complexity of its language and concept provides a singular challenge to the reader. In my case, other bits cultural affectation also clouded the mix. For example, Lujan’s voice is near void of humor; I miss the winsome joy and laughter of don Juan’s clowning with don Genaro, and even the bumbling charm of Castenada’s self-effacing accounts. Then there’s Jesus, who appears in a state of suffering from a physical trial that (if I remember correctly) is never portrayed in any of the gospels.

All of that said, when I finally began to understand what was happening, I realized that Lujan had not only presented a masterpiece of insight, but an actual instrument of profound implication. Reading the words of Jesus is like being invited into his final ruminations while hanging on the cross. His reflections on the ultimate fate of his earthly project depicted a character so real I could feel his breath on my neck. And after the plaintive hiatus since Castaneda’s haunting farewell revelations on the neighborhood of infinity, the first words of Zakai brought tears to my eyes. Zakai’s wry impeccability announced the presence of don Juan as clearly as a crystalline signature. I still get chills thinking about it. But what matters most, of course, is the hieroglyphs. I came to realize not only were they definitive maps of human praxis; but in the practical manner of all instruments, Lujan had opened the door to music itself. In this case the music of salvation.

The world is a complicated mess. If the first two hieroglyphs in Parallel Perception are not only understood but internalized into a reflexive vision, the final Completion Hieroglyph becomes activated and the mess can begin to unravel. It’s a tall order, no doubt. The prospect, however, is literally enchanting.

For my part, my intention is popularize these concepts. It’s perfectly possible to infuse them into the narrative and visual expressions of literature and art, in the exact fashion psychology and even Existential ontology have driven popular culture over the last fifty years. This is why I want to study with Lujan. To gather his energy and the means to cultivate my own so that I can best shape my gifts into a magic prayer.

Best of luck to the other contestants. Every one of you is a jewel in your own right. You all have my vote.

Jerry Lee

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The TRUE Importance Of Our integrity

2011-12-23T16:15:00.001-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by Ivan David. If you would like to vote for Ivan please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

Hello.

My name is Ivan. I am from Bogota Colombia. Curiosity led me to study Dimethyltryptamine...This is how it all began for me. The reason behind it was my mother. She has Rheumatoid Arthritis. At a given point in my youth, I looked into alternate remedies that could potentially alter the way her neurologic triggers responded to such illness. I had learned tales of people with similar illnesses visiting fellow Indians from the roots of my homeland in the Amazon and consuming this chemical in the form of a drink ....their recorded results sounded promising.

Many years passed since this curious thought crossed my mind... then...almost exactly 2 years ago to the date I came across DMT. How it went about crossing my path was...out of nowhere, that when looking back at the probabilities of the situation, coincidence can be ruled out.

This golden experience brought me to a reality far distant from the one I once stubbornly inhabited and defended. For an everlasting frame in existence " even though a short instant in time" a full spectrum of emotions rocked the very core of my being. Feeling everything and nothing, and to know I was truly alive. To have caught the glimpse of a glimmering silver 'feline' growling from the corner of my awareness ... to know that this truly was real...it forever changed my life. The experience that took place that night has been unraveling within my life to this very day. Lujan's works have unlocked the subconscious meaning of this breath-taking event. The occurrences and interactions of my every-day life have become puzzle-pieces that are slowly forming the grand colorful picture brought to my attention that night.

The number of unanswered questions only grew. The only difference is that the questions that arrived upon my awareness emphasized aspects about life...bits and pieces of information... truths and beliefs I once ridiculed. Coincidence became a thing of the past. It was time for the same old thing to no longer be... every experience in my life... hidden with true beauty... waiting for my TRUE attention to arrive. A chain of new lessons were knocking at my front door ....

And then here's when [ just like another piece of this beautiful puzzle ] Lujan's teachings came into my life. My life would never be the same again....not since I read Lujan's books. At first, like anyone in a state of confusion, I was a skeptic. But certain experiences manifested in my life that only Lujan's The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception would be able to walk me through... such harsh truths... Truths of a shadow and its impact on our perception... its manifestation changes the way life is approached... specially when witnessed through your loved ones. To know that we are so in sync with the celestial bodies that wonder our skies. To be able to truly stare at a living organism knowing that even though a plant, its presence interlaces with ours as if we're one....

Lujan's teachings share guidance in how to bring ourselves closer to this state of oneness. through the use of our heart...a state of stillness. of serenity. with ourselves. and with every bit of existence. via various techniques [such as moon gazing ] which energetically aid our being and directly aid those we come in contact with, for they are also affected by our actions and our various diverse states of awareness. The grand connection that beautifully began to unravel between people I've known, people I've come to meet (physically and through literature[ like Chris Boyce, David Wilcock, among many] ) & our shared experiences is proof that Lujan's words impact every aspect of ones awareness...like golden strings of color unseen by the naked eye but felt upon sense... connecting everything. Lessons and words perfectly designed to cross paths like clockwork. The truth behind every word encourages, emphasizes, and teaches the TRUE importance of our integrity. I would like to study and learn shamanic movement with Lujan Matus for this very reason. Not only to dig deeper within myself and resolve many aspects of my life but also to discover/reunite with a part of myself that is eager to resurface... to help me help others. I know I have a long way to go, and there's much more to learn... for my journey has just begun. My arms are wide open to embrace the opportunity; to be able to share these experiences and I thank Lujan for offering this chance since I had recently reached out for tuition aid myself.

I ask you to please vote for me and at the same time I'd like to wish everyone who shared their stories the best of luck.... From the bottom of my heart.

Thank you in advance for your time !

Ivan David

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The Path to Ultimate Transformation

2011-12-23T07:55:00.003-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by Clara. If you would like to vote for Clara please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

For as long as I can remember there has resided in me an urge to move away from everything that was known and familiar around me, to go to the end of this world and beyond, to answer to the 'pulling force leading back to the source of all' as I literally felt it and named it all these years ago.

An awareness of something real that either filled me with a longing almost painful in its intensity, or brought on a dread almost too much to bear because of its endless depth and emptiness.

Either my age or my daydreaming, philosophical tendencies rendered me quite incapable of dealing with this intense influx, and in later years this translated into wishing to leave my birthplace, travel the world to seek the farthest places and intending to never come back, to be swallowed up in this new place, become a different person, or maybe a person I had been before, feeling homesick for and familiar with places I didn't know in times I do not live in.

I was told this was mere escapism, that I could not escape my sadness and sorrows by simply moving away, that it would travel with me as far as I would go.

Little did they know that the explorer's intent of discovering the unknown, being at home in it without being lost, is nothing like hiding or denying, rather the opposite, but neither did I at the time, or if I did deep down, I had no words to describe this magnificent existential pull toward this wordless thing that created such turmoil for me.

Not being a natural 'go-getter' and overly contemplating everything, this nameless thing gave me the runaround for a couple of years, to go out in the world of growing up, get some life experience, always looking for this feel of realness in different things, but never quite finding it, only to come back to it in a very different way, after having acquired the baggage that to me may prove essential to its resolution.

Having rediscovered this sublime signature feel after several years, and experience that resonance that connects everything, there was a gaping trap trying to lure me into the darker side of this magical coin, the desire for power, for unknown worlds, for terrifying abilities, and in this wretched desire I was even quickly bypassing the earthy, natural, self-reliant life that I truly envisioned, until the problems that I had created for myself in the years before pulled me down harshly but poignantly to illustrate the point I was missing.

Lujan's teaching, as far as I have been able to so far, and his suggestion to take up martial arts training, are finally leading me to the very essence, connecting the floating dots, and that key is utter practicality and applicability; nothing is for nothing, the key to the simplest and most outrageous personal developments is in taking complete responsibility, to hold no one and no thing accountable, in being able to transform every single act into a meaningful one, in order to accumulate that very essential thing, it is in the most confronting honesty and openness, in truly having no points to defend.

It is bringing me love, so much love, ever increasing clarity, my impatience has actually transformed into steady determination, my actions and routines have acquired an effortlessness in effort that keep amazing me, I have realized my personal blocks on the road are not holding me back, overcoming them in this way is the path to ultimate transformation.

I may be nowhere yet, and yet I am there already. It is all here and all now. The magical and real are everywhere, in me and in you and in all things!

Thank you for this great opportunity!
Clara

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The Descent of the Spirit

2011-12-22T16:57:00.000-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by Boyd Thompson. If you would like to vote for Boyd please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

One morning in 1984, at 6:00AM, I found myself in the presence of an amber globe and a voice that said "The Eagle". The globe, which shown from within, was wrapped in translucent, golden feathers or leaves; these orderly layers of soles adhered smoothly to its surface. Enclosing the globe, like the egg shell encloses it's yoke, was a transparent sphere. The sphere rolled on me with a crushing force and woke me and my nine month old daughter who had been sleeping between my wife and myself. I picked her small self up and we went into the living room to watch the sun come up over the river. This concluded four hours of being pulled by a vortex from this reality to others and back.

In the following years, I read, trying to understand that night that had become the reference point in my life. It was not until 2007, when a friend gave me "The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception", that I realized a contemporary had fallen down a similar rabbit-hole:

"They can enter our construct and appear here and they can take ones physical body and have it appear in their realm, without you having left your bed...What was to happen next took me by utter surprise, and this was the first time this had happened. Another type of luminous being approached me then and it was also composed of a golden hue. It was huge, half the size of my body. It pressed up against me as if my skin had a symbiotic relationship with its luminosity...At this point the voice appeared, pushed up against my left ear, but the pressing wasn't physical, it was auditory." p.267-Lujan Matus

To have that pivotal night resonate in the world was invaluable in ways that are impossible to describe. It was a gift beyond words. I wish to study with Lujan Matus, but closer to my heart is my wish to meet him.

The Eagle is our alpha and omega. It has revealed itself many times, in many tongues. It's luminosity shines through all of us and everything. But, like a snowflake staring into water, our source is alien to us. This is the task of remembering.

Boyd Thompson

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Lujan Matus; dissolve the mind so the spirit can dance....

2011-12-22T07:50:00.000-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by Kristina. If you would like to vote for Kristina please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

Again, I awake from a restless sleep. This dream had me twisting and turning in bed, down bendy roads in my head in a small go-cart. Trying to drive with a shining piece of black-stone jewellery around my neck as the wheel was impossible; I was sliding and diving head first into the barriers, feeling more and more anxious as the clock ticked – and ultimately, in the dream, I missed my flight home.

Dreams of losing control or trying to control the situation come frequently. My subconscious ego has been trying to control the creative spirit inside for so long now; I recognise when it is scared and how it responds – yet I still haven’t been able to break free from its shadow, missing messages and dwelling on lower frequencies. Reading this website and the comments has reminded me that we are not alone and I wish all the luck to the other competitors. I am new here and other people probably deserve this more, but I had a dream a couple of nights ago where a group of elders told me to have more self-confidence and believe in myself. So here it is.

Three days ago I returned to my home in London (I felt relieved in the dark of this morning to know that I didn’t miss my flight!) after nearly 18months of travelling. I am an incredibly lucky young lady. I used to work for a British newspaper, which opened doors to some unbelievable opportunities and expanded my cultural and social awareness. But it also caged my energy. One day, daydreaming at my desk, I received a crucial email, and the opportunity to start living my dreams and release my nomad spirit, came true.

An adventurer named Ed Stafford was the first man to walk the full length of the Amazon. For his last few weeks in the jungle, he was seeking journalists to finish the walk with him and write about it for the press. Of course, my fears and those of my families bubbled, but this was it. So in a space of two weeks, I left everything and went to the jungle – living on absolute faith and counting my blessings, every day.

It was one of the most terrifyingly beautiful experiences of my life, the never-ending green, the sounds, the heat, the pressure, the bruises. Shortly, my time in the jungle was over and I didn’t want to return to England: I set forth around Brazil, into Argentina, where many weird and wonderful things happened. It was deep in the lush Patagonian mountains that my spirit really came alight; studying and living with a community that follows the 13moon/Mayan/José Argüelles calendar. In a nutshell, this way of life really hit home.

A lot of things changed internally while I was there, writing this now I realise I need to write more to fully understand it all. Living in a tent, washing in the river, meditating on the energies and cycles of the moon....we tapped into galactic time and it opened portals in my brain..... The chain of events led me to Peru, where I spent some 6months immersed in Andean culture, experimenting with ways to survive; selling food, busking, teaching piano, yoga, painting, working on farms in exchange for food and a bed – I was very lucky in meeting great people that helped me along the way.

For all the courage I discovered within and for the love I found of god whilst travelling, when I touched down on home-oil, I realised that my energy is still trapped within me, my hands and feet still cold. Several years ago I was bulimic and though I have long since been the skinny, exercise-obsessed girl – there isn’t a day that goes by when I don’t look in the mirror and judge myself. I have travelled through some of the most beautiful parts of the world, yet I have not travelled through this very vessel I am within. I am blocking my full potential to heal myself and others. This wonderful feeling of belonging, of being at home right now is what I long to feel in my body, and I believe Lujan Matus’s truth will set me free. By implementing the tools and courage to take up my position as a warrior of light, I can finally and fully appreciate myself and all that is around with love and understanding, and harness that energy to become a fully conscious being.

As Roland Barthes said, ‘who speaks is not who writes, who writes is not who is;’ and so I find it difficult at times to really describe what it is I am seeking. For all the coincidences my spirit has been led here. Thank you for reading and for this fantastic opportunity.

Kristina

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A Return To Heart

2011-12-21T16:42:00.000-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by Firegazer. If you would like to vote for Firegazer please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

When I started this journey, I swore to do whatever it took to free my heart. At one with expansiveness as a child I loved all things without thought or judgment. I saw my double when I was five and desperately wanted to pursue a different path than was laid out for me. From the time I was three I knew I would battle for my soul when I got older as I saw a being that wanted to claim me for itself. I tried to hide from forces I didn’t understand while at the same time confronting my fears and pursuing a level of peace and love I felt were absent in my upbringing.

Growing up I had many instances of déjà vu and expanded perception and wondered what was developing on my path. In my late teens and early twenties I began hearing my voice sometimes change to that of a Native American. The yearning for a different life grew and I often cried as I prayed to Spirit night after night. I had seen the beast in my dad’s eyes when I was six and was often preoccupied with analyzing him and watching for “its” return. At times those same eyes manifested in me and I was searching to resolve this acquisition when I encountered Castaneda’s books. These writings resonated with me, but I eventually latched onto struggling for power as I was still aligned with my fear and descended into dark focus.

After years of struggling for freedom, my personal challenges came to a head two years ago when I fell into a hell of heart-deceit and self-sabotage. I nearly lost the battle I had seen the prelude to years ago. Ironically I had come across Lujan’s first book several months earlier when searching “Matus” one last time on Amazon, trying to find anything in relation to the infinite wisdom of Don Juan. I was sure the haunted awareness Lujan wrote of did not apply to me as I was on the “spiritual path”. I knew I would meet Lujan and then my grandeur would be validated. As it turned out I set up Skype sessions trembling with fear and self-doubt but hoping to reclaim my heart. I had stopped my compromising behaviors that were destroying my marriage and myself, but I was barely hanging on. I was lost.

When I first spoke with Lujan I heard myself utter words I never thought I would say...“I don’t know who I am anymore.” He laughed and asked me, “That’s a good thing isn’t it?” I had to agree, it was a really good thing as now I had the chance to rebuild without distortion.

When Lujan and I met, I felt I’d known him before. He saw a Native American man present himself thru me and my life long feelings of being an Indian in my soul were confirmed. This would have validated me in the past but, being exposed to Lujan’s heart revitalizing knowledge, it gripped me in softness and has purposed me to keep letting go of illusion. Lujan is a blessing to me as he has been a major catalyst in helping me grow my love and rebuild my relationship with my soul mate. When I was six I drew a picture of Lujan and encountering him has been like returning home among the stars. Rising to the challenge of opening to the light has required clearing out dark places of secret denials, deception, and attachment to drama.

The last time we visited him, my deep resentment towards being loved was brought to the surface. My wife and I have spent the months since then recapitulating the ways I had learned to run from her love, hide from myself, and lie to cover it all up. As a child, my wife was identified to Lujan as someone that needed his protection. That she would need to be protected from me again brings me to my knees.

Lujan and my wife helped me see and thus sever my alignment with the shadow that distorts perception. Returning to love has been a process. Claiming freedom is an every moment choice of how to live: Open and honest, integral and free, empty and totally present in heart awareness. The path we are walking with Lujan is a formless journey of returning to the power of our true selves, embodying the light we are at our core, and returning to love.

Lujan’s shamanic movements have helped me empty myself and embrace gentleness. The exquisite beauty and purpose of these movements is beyond description and yet infinitely tangible. I am applying for the opportunity to receive the gift of gifts from the nagual so I may continue on this path with heart, further embrace love, and be of service.

Love and Harmony,
Firegazer

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Path Toward The Light

2011-12-21T08:33:00.000-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by Julio César Angel Gomez . Since Spanish is Julio's native language he asked to submit his essay in both English as well as Spanish.

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PATH TOWARD THE LIGHT

I was born no thinking,
My mind was empty,
I was Light and I knew how to love
I was one with the world
I felt the World in my heart,
The World was me and I was the world,
And I was you and you were me,
And then my being in the void flowed with delightful

I did not have yesterday, I did not have tomorrow
I only live that present,
That endless instant….
Little by little I learned how to walk
And also HOW to say my first words,
And then that words saturated my mind and hidden
My heart and then the world began to be darkness
And then my shine of light and love to fade

Without realize myself I began to walk in a World
Under the shadows and I learned how to justify
My actions to live in it

How can I silence the truth reflected in
The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception book
How can I DeNY my mirror and our mirror
That cut with the dagger our inner truth

Once again motivated by a great human being,
The man who conduct us toward our inner child,
making us to see the truth that we hide in ourselves,
denying us our path toward the light,
silencing thus our heart

Jesus said
The truth is in our heart

Thanks to every reader and remember
I am your heart and you are my heart

CAMINO A LA LUZ

Nací sin pensamientos,
mi mente era vacía,
yo era luz y sabía amar,
era uno con el mundo,
sentí el mundo en mi corazón,
el mundo era yo y yo era el mundo,
y yo era tú y tu eras yo,
y así mi SER en el vacío fluía con deleite

No tenía ayer ni mañana,
solo vivía aquel presente,
aquel eterno instante….
Poco a poco aprendí a caminar y
a decir mis primeras palabras,
y esas palabras saturaron mi mente y ocultaron mi corazón
y el mundo comenzó a opacarse y a oscurecerse,
y mi brillo de luz y de amor a desvanecerse

Sin darme cuenta comencé a caminar en un
mundo bajo las sombras y aprendí como justificar
mis acciones para vivir en él.

Como puedo acallar la verdad reflejada en el libro
El Arte del Asecho de la Percepción Paralela,
como puedo no ver mi espejo y nuestro espejo
que corta con la daga nuestra verdad interior

una vez más Motivados por un gran ser que nos
conduce hacia nuestro niño interior
y nos hace ver la verdad de nosotros mismos,
la cual conocemos y ocultamos bajo pretextos,
negándonos así el camino a la luz que
enmudece nuestro corazón

Jesús dijo
la verdad se halla en nuestro corazón

Gracias a cada lector, y recuerda
yo soy tu corazón y tu eres mi corazón

Julio César Angel Gomez

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Song to the Nagual

2011-12-20T16:19:00.000-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by Shally Brady. If you would like to vote for Shally please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

Well… I’m here after months or so of rumination and your last sweet invitation, so I will unfold now. Here’s my self-portrait, and a little text to go with it. My name is Shally Brady and I have had my chances to run… run away from what I am. But whenever I would and wherever it was, my path will always circle me back to this warrior place that I am. I was a natural stalker-hunter as a kid, catching all manner of wildlife with my hands… snakes, birds, lizards, fish, frogs, a hawk. So it seemed easy to begin to “stalk” myself and tenuously stay at it, ruthless, cunning, sweet, and patient. I’ve always felt the awesome in the earth, preferring the outdoors to the cold grey buildings, like surfing and biking to feel the breathing ride of the earth... I’m on a current path of energy conservation which is leading me to heightened awareness as often as not. I’ve seen the “Lujan” looking at me from the dream and calling me as this deadline encroaches.

So I am offering this song to the Nagual.

I am the crevices in the rain-starved clay. I am the eyes of the earth looking up through the cracks unblinking underneath your every footfall. I am the dark gold cluster coming up in your pressed eye sockets, yellow-vapoured, Andromeda-strained. I am the wind that takes your breath and closes your eyes as you turn THAT corner. I am that flutter banging around in your ribcage, the smell of the sweet pea flower startling you from your slumber. I am the burr that runs down your spine as you realize the sun is setting in the east in the moment it sets in the west. I am the here; I am the there. I am nothing.

I am the dreamer awake in the dream, there in the dream, pondering the dream from the dream, other. I am something; I am nothing. I am a light running the perimeters of a self. I know your thoughts and your lines, the name of your pet, the name of your boat, the name of your hope.

I am order; I am chaos; I am notorious and I am unnoticed. I am the edge of your days, green-pinked amber folding into and out of the bruise of the darkness. I am your fortune and I am your ruin. I am the path leading nowhere… your captor, your liberator… I am everything; I am nothing. I am the moment that triples eternity that’s all of nothing and everything that’s not left. I am Nagual.

I am humbled by my good fortune to be alive in this moment challenged by this noisy tonal infused with the silent nagual and the opportunity at this cubic centimeter of chance. Thank you for considering me.

Shally Brady

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The Nature of Man

2011-12-20T08:06:00.000-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by Ilian. If you would like to vote for Ilian please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

Lujan's books show something obvious by now. It is so obvious in the news, newspapers and Internet. What we do and say is somehow wrong, misplaced. I felt it for long, both outside and inside me. But everyone was in, so I never voiced what I felt. With Lujan I felt someone is out for the first time, who speaks for the individual's growth.

His books show clearly what is going on. What I have learned to do is expressed, and this supports me to see it myself. They also reveal an expansive awareness, so open and sharp that I can‘t but say "Oh, why can't I?"

Many dreams and transformations I experienced since I read his first book. The space here allows me to write only about the last.

I woke up early, it was still dusk outside. I could hardly read from the book I opened upon waking. I wanted to find one quote the previous night but forgot then. After some searching, I read:

“Can you see that there is a cycle of consequence that can be observed in the shadowʼs dream hieroglyph to be multiplicitous, whereas in the hieroglyph of inner light there are only two cycles. As soon as the chain of command is switched between the child and the adult witness, a new dimension of conceptualization appears: the Architect of observation. This is the field of unobstructed absorption of fluid construct, which puts you, the buoyant adult witness, in the twin position of the uninhibited observer.” (from Lujan‘s first book)

The day grew brighter under the cloudy sky. I realized that there are two elements behind what I have written so far on the forum, initiated by Lujan. One was that all my words were just smokescreen for what I didnʼt say explicitly; and this was imparted, as direction, to myself. The other was that they fail to express the dynamics that leads my life. I have tried hard to understand this dynamics and wrote quite many self-reflective posts, observing myself, and they all were but snapshots of something that in reality is never static. The real dynamics comes from outside source, it had moved me throughout life and burdened me with my life experiences. Then I came to the forum and something extraordinary happened, I dreamed myself as a child how I go out of the four walls that had kept me inside as a prisoner. Since that event another dynamics started in my life, inversions of experiences came to me, without my expecting them.

It was just as the book said it would happen to us, until we become composed of void like white light. I knew I wasnʼt there yet, but that was my direction.

Then I thought of something wonderful. Wasnʼt I the same as Lujan, only that he was kept clear and non-contaminated, thanks to his benefactor, outside this construct, yet he had to live here physically, burdened by life experiences as every one of us, until he found his inner child in a dream and then the inversion of his life occurred. It was just the other way around for me - I was kept intact as a prisoner behind four walls inside the construct, and when I read his book and participated in the forum I was freed from inside, let my inner child go and released the dynamics that will lead to completion in my life. As Lujan says on his blog “Your heart is my heart. My heart is yours. As we look within, we reflect what is without.”

I started to search for a notebook to write about the things I have to clear and accounts I have to close before leaving this house to return to my homeland. I was feeling so alone in these empty rooms without my wife next to me, yet when I took the pen to write the list of furniture and accounts, I started spontaneously to say goodbye to each and every corner. I felt, for the first time so strongly, how much I like it, how much I love this apartment, especially after we had reordered it so nicely, and now so soon I have to say goodbye. I knew it is time for parting, that it hurts and that everything ends, with a tear over the shoulder, as the old song goes.

And while I was fumbling in a drawer for a notebook, discarding away a red, almost empty one, with too dense lines in it, and many other full ones, I stumbled upon a light green notebook that had only one line written on its first page by my wife: “la natura dellʼuomo: The nature (essence) of man.” I thought it was empty and its lines were not dense so I flipped it over to the other side to check, and there on the first page were some more Italian words. She studied Italian for a brief time in the past because she was in love then with an Italian man; I think it was her first love, pure and innocent. On the next pages it was filled with formulas and definitions from physics, Maxwellʼs equations, refractive index and so on. This was the occupation she had all her life; she didnʼt like it much, but was pressed to take it. She never felt it to be her true calling but hardly had any other choice. My eyes fell upon her handwriting, her marks; upon the words and the shapes of the letters in those formulas and lines that she had put down; and I felt them so dear to me, I felt her entire being as if she was with me in the room and I wanted to stretch out my hand and caress her...

I could find only one empty notebook, a blue-red one with a mix of violet. I took it for my list, although it too had dense lines like the first one.

Ilian

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Tree Of Love

2011-12-19T15:59:00.000-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by Michael Armstrong. If you would like to vote for Michael please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

Since as long as I can remember, I’ve structured my thoughts like a branching tree. One of my earliest memories is of lying in bed awake and coming to the conclusion that in order to figure out what ever this experience was that I was having as a human being, I had to organize each piece of the puzzle into its proper place. Starting with the most fundamental question I could ask (why is it worth it to be alive) I carried each trail of ideas that sprang forth down its own path, one by one, thoroughly addressing every new branch that arose. In this way, my understanding of the world became a fluid network of concepts and perceptions that my consciousness had a direct overview of. In the summer of 2008, I read a book, and I saw a movie, and the combination of facts and ideas that were outlined in these two works changed me forever. My mind was poised because of my conscious self construction, and when I got hit with this information, it was like a key that opened the dormant potential of every thought that I had ever had. And these thoughts not only changed my mental landscape, but rippled through my entire being. I suddenly understood on every level that the whole universe is a massively complex living organism made of love that we are simply expressions of. I was staying by the sea, and I ran out of the house, dove into the water and swam far out into the ocean, weeping with joy at being able to witness the sheer beauty of life. I had considered myself an atheist before this moment, and suddenly the lives of Jesus and Buddha and every other spiritual teacher of the past made perfect sense to me. I resonated with them, and I knew that from that day on my life was about one thing only: helping other people to see what I saw. If everyone were to perceive the world in this way, there could be no war or conflict of any kind, and humanity would be elevated into a new era in which the foundation of society was pure creation through unconditional love.

Since this first breakthrough, my simple dream has expanded into a complex quest that has many facets to it. The central question in everything I do is always how to most effectively activate a change when people have very nuanced and extensive resistance to breaking their preconceived notions of what the world is. Seeking the answer to this question has led me to discover a Pandora’s box that seems to have no bottom. By connecting to the world intuitively, I have been led down a path of books, art, people and experiences that have expanded my personal power and perception by many fold from what it was four years ago, and the current culmination of that journey is the Art of Stalking Parallel Perception. I have read many books that have had a transformative effect on me, but nothing even comes close to this. When I first read the Author’s note, the hair stood up on the back of my neck, and it felt like the words were directly altering my perception as they explained how that very process works. My personal evolution is always gaining momentum exponentially (in alignment with the rest of the world), and as I read this book it became so fast that the words on the pages were relating information to transform my at the same rate that I was able to read them. It has truly catapulted me to a new threshold of precise introspection and self-actualization.

Four years ago, I knew that humanity was at war. Not a physical war, but a war for our hearts and minds. I understood that people were trapped in a very deeply rooted way, and that it would take the force of powerful warriors to break the shackles. What I didn’t know then was that this was not a metaphorical war against our own inadequacies, but a literal war against an invisible, foreign enemy. It takes every ounce of strength, and every resource possible to win a war, especially one of such a covert nature, and as a warrior I want to accrue as much strength and as may allies as possible to help free humanity from it’s bonds. I sensed a deep resonance with Lujan Matus’ work before I even opened his books, and they had an effect on me that no words can describe. I felt a similar resonance when I learnt of the shamanic movements program, and I hope that you all will decide to send me on this journey. Good luck to all the other entrants, and blessings to everyone who reads this.
Michael Armstrong

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Fifty Years

2011-12-19T08:54:00.001-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by Rugay. If you would like to vote for Rugay please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

In late 1991 my Grandma died and left us (me and my Family) a fair amount of money which we equally shared between each other. For me it was enough to live from for at least a year and a half and as the bon vivant I had been that days, I decided to do so, instead of investing it into "my future" - 'cause "The Future" in the sense of becoming someone of importance with a "decent job" meant nothing to me.....while the idea of becoming a prominent musician always pleased me and during that time I played with several bands as a drummer on a semi-professional basis.

You know, the Legend of "Sex and Drugs and Rock'n Roll" while the reality of a real professional musician looks totally different...

It came to pass that my spiritual awakening took place in those years, caused by the fact that for a certain timeframe I had the priviledge to be free of any material need. Since I was around thirteen I had a strong interest in anything that has to do with scientific twillight zones, namely utopian visions, Sci-Fi and the undiscovered realms of consciousness, actually anything that can be read "between the lines" in this context. Over the years I randomly had experiences of heightened awareness and enhanced consciousness that simply happened without having any spiritual or esoteric practice at all - except for learning some martial arts when I was fifteen - and taking psychoactive drugs like LSD, Mushrooms and THC. And there always was that empathic talent I bear, which allowed me to come into deep contact with everything alive that surrounds me....

So in 1992 around springtime a "spiritual high" flodded me, so intense I couldn't believe it first.It was like something of my childhood returned to me, when all things around me seem to fall into place naturally, lighthearted and easy. I literally hovered a few inches above the ground when walking while I felt totally grounded the same time. I continously walked into the park nearby to listen to the wind beckoning the trees and I heard the trees' response like a beautiful simple melody - the melody of the universe itself. I felt how everything is connected with everything around us and how that tapestry of impersonal and unconditional love surrounds us as a guiding force that also keeps this whole universe together. I learned correct breathing (pranayama), meditation, visualisation and yoga literally out of nothing as if I had it done before all my life - of course I bought some books or attended courses to get started, but that wasn't the point because, the basic principles of this energetic exercises and movements were already there, as if they had been written into my body and energy body long before. I just had to remember.This unbelieveable condition lasted for about six month and I prayed every day it may not disappear the same way it came to me: all over sudden.

It did, due to my unresolved issues and imprints and all that implications that are orchestrated around our daily lifes in this Living Construct which I wasn't aware of that time. And after I spent all the money to sustain my independence, my life crashed heavily into what we call "Reality". This was the time when I decided to make a therapy and was introduced to my first true teacher who practised a very intuitive and effective form of bioenergetic, body-oriented therapy he named "The Art of Contact". I will always be deeply thankful for what he has done for me to break up and soften certain core imprints without I neither would have met the Nagual Lujan Matus nor would I have had the flexibility and energetical awareness to walk through the process of awakening, even without meeting Lujan Matus in person up to this day. Something I don't regret at all because he is with me every hour of my life. This whole series of events up to the mid-ninetees was one of the most joyful and intense periods of my life, full of laughter , pure life and creativity, followed by the darkest period of my life after I quit therapy. It took me 10 Years before that Awakening I experienced continued in 2005 - by reading a small sidenote somewhere in the internet where the name "Lujan Matus" was displayed and I instantly I stepped into the loving realm of the Parallel Perception Shamanism Forum, meeting a true gentlemen named Lujan Matus. The rest of the story you find in the countless posts and contributions at the Parallel Perception Forum that bear witness about the Way of the Warrior and the Path of Heart.

I participate here by writing my essay for a very simple reason: I love participating and I feel inspired by all this wonderful and sincere essays I have read so far. I expect nothing and I sit still and wonder....while I feel with all my fibres that a fifty-years journey (and odyssey) is coming to a true Happy End.

Love to you all from

Rugay

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Without Heart, Who or What Should Guide You?

2011-12-18T07:45:00.000-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by Robert Andrew Wilkie. If you would like to vote for Robert please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

Without Heart, Who or What Should Guide You?

Who Would? What Could? Without Heart…

(Reflections on Don Juan and a desire to study Shamanic Movement with Lujan Matus)

It was a friend of mine who, back in 2007, handed me a blue covered paperback book and said, "you'll need this." The book was titled The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception and immediately I felt connected to the work inside its covers. Exploring the book, for me, was a continuation of a transforming and revealing few years that was catalyzed by the contact of my reality with the words and teachings of Don Juan Matus in the Casteneda series.

Don Juan Matus cracked my skull open. This started in 2003 with Casteneda's The Teachings of Don Juan; I was 22. The repetition, the cackling laughter, the oceanic heart, the giving of direct experience, the revealing of, very literally, "how petty you are", were gifts to me that make me weep in gratitude. Don Juan's insistence on 'emphasis' and 'repetition', on 'shattering the mirror of self reflection', of 'stopping the world', of the immediacy of expanse, of using ‘death as advisor’, of vital energy and the body, the mind, of ‘collective agreements’, of HABIT, of the condition of today's human - as Gurdjieff said - "The Terror of the Situation", these insistences and lessons and transmissions have changed me whether I like it or not. They have induced transformations in my being that are for me both irrevocable and inspiring. Too many times I have not liked what I have seen – I have been left in shock – mostly because of how caught up I have been in reflections and immersions in failing, regret, remorse, habit, and desire for something other than what I am or what is here - sufferings of self-indulgence and a lack of light and the agreement to the continuation of this condition.

The writings of Casteneda performed a function for me approximated by this – the entering into awareness of the habitual nature of my life and relations, inner and outer, with everything that exists in my world – in other words: the realization of the current state of my being. What to do next was always going to be a problem for me, and has proven so over and over, but for this I say, and with deep gratitude to Don Juan Matus, that I will “walk a path that has heart.”

The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception took me to ‘the how’ that I couldn’t find with Casteneda. I explored it slowly, irregularly, carefully, and also forgetfully, not reading it at all and just staring at the glyphs and contemplating my then current condition - one that may best be described as ‘a caged bird, wild and heavily domesticated, depressed, requiring help.’ Here was a book that begins the realtime application of core aspects of the teachings of Don Juan, and sheds light on his encoded nuances and his proddings of 'how to get over oneself’ and ‘how to experience the totality of oneSelf’. Lujan took me to my ‘haunted awareness’ and my ‘cloaked inner child’, in a way that I could now see the wood in the trees – for this I am grateful and inspired.

I would dearly love the opportunity to study under Lujan directly – an opportunity that for me is very difficult to achieve being a student of Chinese Medicine in Australia – and I feel the profound impact this opportunity would deliver on my life. I am done with the internal sufferings and poisons of ego games and status warfare, of wanting ‘to-be-somebody’, of satisfying others, of wallowing in pity and doubt, of repeating the same-old-thing. And I am aware, as-much-as-I-can, of the current state of the planet, and could describe this collective moment as ‘teetering on the edge of God-Knows-What’. I know from experience many of the sufferings and disharmonies of human life today, particularly of Western flavor – the anxiety, depression, confusion, the illnesses and vanities, the ecological pillage and destruction, the disrespect – and I know too intimately why young men in my country take their own lives all too regularly – because their disharmony cannot find a resolution, nor a home in the consensus reality – the consensus reality that is threatening the survival of our kind. And my heart desires to contribute to the Change and Transformation of this planet Earth, in this life, in my body, in a way that is for the good of all. And for this I know I need good method, and a little help from my friends – because I also realize that the only thing I can do is work on is my own microcosm – my body, my relationships, my mind, my mistakes, the learning and practicing and honing of awareness – this is why I want to study under Lujan. This is why I am practicing the awakening of the third eye. Thank you for reading these words.

Robert Andrew Wilkie

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The Challenge OF GETTING ALIVE

2011-12-17T12:30:00.000-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by Concha Catharina. If you would like to vote for Concha please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

Now i am 55 years old.

When i was 5 years old i thought that to many impressions from my surrounding
came into myself, covering inside of my head „my own truth“and therefore I would
rather like to be blind.

Blindness -so i hoped as a child- could prevent that, what was still growing up to come out of myself -would not be covered more and more til i lost it.

This worrying part of myself grew up with me and i still worry „if „and „how“ what i call the energetic part of myself can become more alive.

Luckily this thought didn't turn into reality and i didn't get blind but the experience of being over- whelmed by the world i observed as a child let me create three other wishes to get more powerful: i wanted to be able to hide whenever possible, wanted to become clairvoyance and to own a flying carpet !

Til now my life is full of change and movement and i am happy to say , that by getting in touch with inner growth my life is never boring but neither easy.

Still it is yet rare or seldom , that i felt completely being alive.

I wonder how i could stop my interfering and getting caught by uncontrolled emotional reactions.

When i was 36 years old a nasty emotional reaction during a weekend workshop turned me into a furious state of excitement and after that to go to my mother and ask her about my birth became a very urgent question for me.

It was end of may 1992 when i planned to take the car to visit her the next day.

Waking up in the morning i remembered my dream of having an accident.

I considered if i should even stop everything and not go, but than i decided to go and my daughter of 9 years wanted to join.

So we started and in the last bit of the trip my daughter in the back of the car went to sleep. Renewing the picture of my dream-accident and remembering myself to be alert and to take care i went on driving.

Nevertheless shortly after this my car was about to crash against a tree and i caught me up thinking: "Please stop interfering til it is over and than act when you feel the right moment for you to help that it ends up in a fortunate way"

While the front of our car crashed against the trunk of the tree, the classes smashed and it turned over crashing now also backwards onto another tree, i did do nothing .

While i was turning round in the space of the car ,i „somehow“ let completely go my control and fear patterns, enjoying the energetic harmony of every single bit of movement sensations, of sound, smell, taste and sight while my only thought was with incredible sharpness and sobriety:
"You never lived your life before! This is about really getting alive.

The next moment we landed and the motor tuned up to not a good noise and it was now my turn to handle the keys to turn it off.

The silence of nature appeared , presenting me the sound of water from the nearby river, the smell of earth from underneath , the light behind the broken glasses an the breathing of my daughter waking up at that moment. Everything was peaceful very clear and simple.

Except my worrying part, which came back to me immediately. How could this happen? How could we now go on from here?

We got to get out of it and we had to go through the procedures one step after the other. finally i could even put the question about my birth to my mother.

The last 20 years til now i am more aware of the present of being alive.

I admit that still my Inability to meet the impulse of interfering makes me missing life's divine
quality, which touched me within these few moments of my accident with its closeness and clarity.

Now a few month ago i found by chance this wonderful website Parallel Perception. It attracted my conscious part with its quality of luminous brightness.

I was connected to joy and gratitude and this taste and print from where life is touching me.

I didn't read yet any books. Isn't that curious?

I want to apply for the Parallel Perception Scholarship program.

Hoping that the bridge to cross the the subtle disturbing and worrying parts of myself will be provided soon.

Concha Catharina

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My journey is at hand, and I am responsible.

2011-12-16T12:17:00.005-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by Katherine de Boda. If you would like to vote for Katherine please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

I first read the Art of Stalking Parallel Perception two years ago. I didn’t really read the whole thing, but bits and pieces over and over. I found it intriguing but dense and hard to read. Two years later I heard the name Lujan Matus mentioned in conjunction with physical mastery and a movement series. I could think of nothing else. I quickly signed up for a journey to Palenque with Lujan, but literally could not wait a year to start learning this new information. I refinanced my house, rented it out, packed two suitcases and left. I went to Costa Rica in October to learn the Dragon’s Tears.

In my brief time knowing Lujan, he has been a beloved guide and ally – when I thought I didn’t have one - whispering my potential, igniting my heart and catalyzing change. Here is what I have learnt from Lujan’s books and from my experience with him.

He has taught me through his image how to be a human being. How to speak to another with honesty and integrity consistently with an open heart.. To communicate from my highest level of understanding. To trust what I feel and to never harbor anything.

To have the courage to look into any mirror no matter how scary. It’s all a reflection of me. That through being truthful, and unscripted I can be present to meet the moment, and I will always get what I need.

There is what I learn through engaging with Lujan and there is what I learn through engaging with the movements.

The Dragon’s Tears feel like an old memory resurfacing. They are a gift and a tool that reveal something to me every time I do them.

My hands become so light like butterflies, relaxed and elegant. The lighter the weight, the higher the vibration, the sweeter the connection to my life force. It is felt throughout my whole body from my finger tips to the tip of my tongue. Here is where I learn through direct experience of feeling that my life force energy is not only ‘mine’ but part of Everything. As I move, I become a holographic mandala rotating, totally interconnected within Eternity. Like a child’s mobile, many points moving in connection within dimension.

The masks drop from my face, pretense is sifted out. I become so sensitive.

Vibrating hands cut through space, creating , becoming, resculpting who I really am. Pure potential. Empty space. Everything is alive and communicating with Everything. The moon, the stars and dark space between, the plant world, the earth beneath my feet, the sounds of the city, the neighbours through the walls, thought spaces mundane, contemptuous, loving, neutral, no pity. It all just is.

This sensitivity and heightened perception comes with me more and more into my ‘day to day’ interaction with others. I’m becoming faster at catching what I’m harboring and able to speak and confront more and more in the moment. Also, the sensitivity is changing the foods that I put in my body, and everything in my immediate everyday environment. Getting rid of what is processed, ‘dead’ and indirect and becoming natural.

My heart opens in gratitude to the man who did these movements to recapitulate the last moments of his life and through Lujan made them available to all who seek. I feel so gifted to be awake to this work, and to have dreamt Lujan and his benefactors into my resource circle.

I am applying for this scholarship so I can continue my studies. I feel I am starting to do the foundational work to go further into the movement series and would like to dive much deeper - into the Jaguar Series, Plum Blossom and Shadow Fist Kung Fu. I desire to know my full potential in this life time and to soar with it. From the one to the many. I welcome this new beginning.

My journey is at hand, and I am responsible.

Katherine de Boda

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A Path With Heart

2011-12-15T11:58:00.000-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by Pom. If you would like to vote for Pom please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

It is my dream to meet Lujan. I have felt it my destiny for a long time, many years before I conceptualized his existence. I am drawn to him and his ‘world’ like a crawling infant willing themselves forward or baby birds taking the leap of faith for their first flight. The feeling I have and that accompanies these experiences is of following ones instinctual, natural birthright, of experiencing ones full ‘beingness’ in all its intrinsic ‘perfectness’. No further explanations are needed – you live them, you breath them and you know deep down it is what you are meant to do. I believe passion lies at the heart of the warrior’s path. Passion is an expression of our true inner selves, and it is our responsibility to appreciate that wholeheartedly, whereby an unquenchable life filled with passion awaits.

My personal journey with ‘Lujan Matus’ started about five years ago. In the years prior I had become an avid reader of Carlos Castaneda’s writings, which really ignited my spirit due to the affinity I felt for the messages of Don Juan and ‘Nagualism’. Ultimately however, the teachings of Castaneda lead me away from my own personal path of truth, which is where the heart truly lies and always will. Through Don Juan’s surname, I found Lujan Matus. Lujan has so much to offer, in which he gives so liberally, that I can’t but thank the heavens for his existence and everything he encompasses. Indeed he is somebody very close to my heart, and as such I may experience melancholy when being told something from him about myself that I don’t fully understand, or feel is unfair, but deep down I know he is somebody with an enormous amount of love to offer who always has held the most loving intentions for me.

Participating on the forum has taught me of the grace and power of love, and the guidance on this is immensely valuable. The forum members are a true blessing that have touched lives upon lives upon lives. It is my day-by-day, moment-by-moment greatest intent and challenge to live with and emanate as much love as possible. For me there is no task of greater value to pursue for the human species.

For many years I lived in a place where little light shone, but instead resided dark emotions and patterns of self-destructive behaviour. During many nights I felt as though I was dropping free-fall down a forever ending well. My battle was with something intangible, untouchable, yet how I felt and the inability to move forward in my life were both very tangible. Throughout all this I always held the firm belief that a visit to the Nagual would bring a full resolution to my situation or else I’d sure damn well know what it was that I needed to do otherwise. However, financial restraints prevented me from visiting.

The reason I write the previous paragraph in the past tense is because very recently I feel I made an almighty breakthrough in expelling my dark, debilitating emotions I held within which prevented me from experiencing my calm, peaceful, natural inner state. This healing journey began last June where I participated in a sacred plant ceremony. I returned several times after, with the greatest benefit arising from my fourth ceremony in which I purged many deep, negative emotions from the depths of my gut.

Although feeling a lot lighter and more myself during the weeks following, I knew there was still something inside of me which didn’t belong and gave rise to a negative emotional state which covered my true self. I also held a subtle feeling of needing to be sick again. One night I again fell into a desperate, depressive state, with an uncontrollable sensation of twisting and twirling head-first down a tunnel, whilst realizing that despite everything I had been through and achieved in the ceremonies, similar patterns of life events and depressive emotions were reoccurring as before. I truly felt my only solution was to see Lujan.

Ten days ago I returned for a fifth ceremony. The night was endured like many previous by holding my aching stomach as the medicine worked its magic through my gut. Through purging, the repugnant emotions I had held deep inside for so long were ridden. I now feel in a much better place than I’ve been in for all my adult life. Although I now don’t feel I need to see Lujan in order to be ‘healed’, I know visiting him would be a meeting of immense power, and my healing would continue. Learning ‘Energy Tapping’ would further my self-empowerment in incalculable, phantasmagorical, and incredibly joyful ways. I believe it is to be my destiny one day, and I believe in myself.

With deepest love and respect,

Pom

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The Beginning of Unity

2011-12-13T16:54:00.006-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by Paul. If you would like to vote for Paul please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

Dear Lujan,

i am applying for Lujan's scholarship program with the sense of a not doing. Initially i thought that i have nothing to say and that which i would say seems to have been stripped from me. i cannot know for sure as i am blind for the time being. There is a sense of waiting whilst something unknown is distilled.

i felt that i am not worthy of been in this program, that i must work hard and prove myself first; such as putting more effort into the exercises in Lujan's books. As i was pondering this i came to a realisation - who am i to judge whether i am worthy or not. Just as i cannot judge another, i can't judge myself.

Time is passing and as this opportunity slowly slips away i am sensing a block somewhere which will probably be released once the due date has come and gone, by which time i am free from making a commitment.

i began my search just after puberty with metaphysics and the occult and have reached the pinnacle of possibility with Lujan's books years later. i know that there is always more and steps keep getting bigger. The next step would be in meeting Lujan in body and essence. i don't know whether such a meeting will be catalytic in causing me to see myself in truth, but i allow myself space to imagine that meeting Lujan will shake my mis-formed foundation enough that i my take the necessary responsibility for my actions. i have dreamed of such an opportunity for many years, but always felt that it would only happen for someone else. To sit here and write this is in fact a statement of intent to take part in life instead of take from life. To remember that which is real.

Because i find it hard to understand Lujan's books i feel that i will understand with my body when in proximity with Lujan's. i'm not sure, only that my body or something within feels a deep profound warmth. It knows without question, it feels without expectation and i, who far too often demand, and actively work against feeling too much dream of been at one with It. i feel that meeting and working with Lujan will bring the beginning of unity.

Warmth to all brothers and sisters
Paul aka Small

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Voting for the Parallel Perception Scholarship

2011-12-13T08:02:00.000-06:00

I would like everyone to be aware of the rules for voting in the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program . There is only one vote per person for each entry. You cannot vote for yourself.

Integrity is imperative. Please don't create an alternate user name to vote for yourself or for others.

I am pleased with the participation and hope that power will provide the necessary votes for the person who is meant to come.

Next year I will change the rules and I will be choosing the recipient.

Warmest regards,
Lujan Matus.

Photo courtesy of Paul (Dex)

Of Nows and to Be's

2011-12-12T07:45:00.000-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by Charles. If you would like to vote for Charles please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

Heart path to the summit
That guides this true arrow
In all its directions, with mirrors intention

Star Fire, Star Shine, "I will show you Orion."
On footsteps of invention, in the great ships of Eden

The wave of light dancers, when all is perfection
A smile from the heavens, a nod in the stillness

Come slowly, come surely
From mists of the jaguar

From shadows and jungles so velvet and purring

In moonlight reflected the voice is becoming
It shatters and shimmers and dances beginning
A voice climbing backwards unveils each answer

And the line here of omens, and minimal chance
Personal visions that stand as the witness

Venus, Toltec, and the steps of my Dreaming
Of all those before who see and saw through me

Great warriors statues with recorded directions
Gold entities merging and whispering voids
And now I stand wondrous at Tlaloc's horizon
His great saucer eyes stare worlds full of measure

And I walk with my brother who asks the full question
Of first times and the newness and life synchronistic

So tell me, oh tell me, oh say how it was?
Did magic it bring when you read Castaneda?

And as we kept walking we came to the port.
And ships in the harbor with names on their bows
Each one bright and bobbing inside their slim slips

And just as I answer we both turn and laugh
The first boat we see now named in gold letters

Casteneda...

And the 2nd boat after?

Charlie2

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The last six stanzas were direct experiences and omens that helped me to believe that Dreaming and the Art Of Dreaming are my paths of heart.

Castaneda, Don Juan as well as the New Seers way feel close to me.

I have been looking for a guide in this lineage to help me hone and further my evolution with this particular path, while at the same time push my edge as a Sacred Human. I do work with other paths as well.

I have read your first book, and I am part way through your second.

Though I am new to your teachings, I find your writings help me to access the Nagual in a way that shuts down the Internal Dialogue as I read. This is quite a unique and interesting energetic.

I have no idea if I met the criteria you asked for with the amount of words, particular writing focus, or requirements, but I trust that words from the heart are best left unguided.

I wrote this from the Nagual.

I wrote to you from the Heart.

I call to you about the possibilities of the Apprenticeship in the Scholorship Program.

Will Intent and the Cosmos bring us together?

I welcome the chance of working with you One on One in the Dream and in Dreamtime.

Charles

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Dreaming Beyond This Reality

2011-12-10T14:31:00.000-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by Mariel Martin Trejo. If you would like to vote for Mariel please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

Before anything i want to thanks Lujan for this opportunity he offers to us. I would like to write in my essay about how the Lujan’s teachings and concepts start making me change the way i act in the world and how i knew about the forum.

One of the first things that shocked me were the information pertinent to the hyerogliphs, there i saw how the preoccupation is one of the first things that keep us cloaked, therefore without evolution, and the preoccupation in me comes from different corners, i.e. from wasting my time doing activities that only make me waste my energy and the precious gift that life is, preocuppation comes from not eating healthy, from not doing exercise, things that of course will make me feel more happy and healthy and will prevent disease, well this suppose to not make me feel guilty but after some months fat start to appear and the preoccupation also.

Another concept i want to mention it is the asexual stance, here in my country, the TV and the culture in general makes a lot of emphasis in the sex, all my friends included me, our approach to the other genre it is always marked to try to take the person to the bed, so with this concept Lujan teach us a different approach, one with more deep respect to our friends and everybody in general, when i explain this to some friends they say to me ‘why? You are Young you better become a priest!’, they don’t understand that we need to respect them as if they be our parents or teachers and we need also to control ourselves and thoughts. It is not a easy task but it is worthy in all senses. There are a lot more insights for me in TAOSPP book but i only mention this.

In the 3rd eye book Lujan go beyond this in helping us when he teach us the mirror technique, he tell us to listen and be of service to the person in front of us, this will take us away from the self-obssesive-way-of-be, this technique looks simple really but i don’t have any friend that do that, everybody wants to put something of themselves, if don’t be the center of the talk. So this teaching it is beautiful because makes us learn to listen and be more gentle with our fellows.

The way i knew about the fórum was for me kind of magical. The first time i was Reading TAOSPP i was also exploring the web, and i left a comment in one shamanic youtube video, and the next day i saw i have a new friend because of the comment i left and when i saw his profile i found that he is a Lujan’s student and i thought wow i am Reading now this book and by exploring the web i found a student of Lujan, he told me what he was practicing in movements and meditation and i thought ‘ i want to do this practices too’, next thing he did he introduced me to the Parallel Perception Forum a place where Lujan itself has helping me with his posts and a place where Lujan give me some of his time trough a Skype encounter and a place where i knew about the Raw food wich has helping me a lot in my eating habits.

I want to finish by saying why i am in this application, it is because I would like to experiment the Completion Hyerogliph, i want the one in my dreams comes here in this reality and the one here go beyond its confines, beyond this reality.

Mariel Martin Trejo

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Beginning to see the stars again

2011-12-09T14:18:00.000-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by Lawrence Stormonth. If you would like to vote for Lawrence please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

Not so long ago I was chained by hundreds of ideas of what the world
should be, the inner dialogue ran rampant, hurting and bearing on
everything inside of me. My first true journey to power happened when
I finished high school and I found myself drawn to Japan, the first
night I arrived I heard a voice as if behind me, it said only one
word, a word that has already had profound ramification on my life,
Bushi, the Japanese word for warrior.

I would not hear the voice again until many years later, when I had
taken up Thelemic philosophy, which if some of you don’t know much
about it, it is much the same as what Don Juan would have referred to
as shouting the birds of death back, It allowed me to tap into my
anger and demand to hear the voice again, asking it what it was.

The answers i received where at the beings own meandering pace, It
would not cave to my meager power, but it promised many things that
would send me reaching in circles for the next two years.

It was then that I found a book that helped me to understand, a book
that gave me hope, The teachings of Don Jaun. This stage was before I
had begun my recapitulation and made no correlation between the
warriors of that world and the warrior that I was understood as by
that being.

This revelation alone was not enough to curb the state that my life
was going into though and it wasn’t until I had my car stolen, lost my
house, lost my job and was living in a garage bloating my sorrow with
alcohol that I found parallel perception and mustered up the energy to
ask a core burning question, which was supported but in a matter of
words dismissed immediately.

My recapitulation has revealed how masterful the members involved
responses where and at the time it and how much those few words helped
me understand made their core advise stand out, get a hold of the
books written by Lujan Matus.

I have now managed to salvage my life thanks to this book, The art of
stalking Parallel Perception, I live in a unit, have kicked drugs and
I’m beginning to see the stars again.

What these books mean to me, is that in where I was chained now I’m free.

Lawrence Stormonth

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A Call to Awaken

2011-12-08T14:09:00.006-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by Navi. If you would like to vote for Navi please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

My world stopped when I heard the word "cancer". All reasons lost their meaning, all lies and excuses and illusions suddenly ceased to exist. I had been befallen by many strange health problems in the past year - all related to skin and lungs - and the final blow was being diagnosed in February with actinic keratosis. Skin cancer. At the age of twenty-three. This didn't make sense, nothing made sense. I felt completely alone, broken, defeated and hopeless.

I'll back up a bit and explain.

I've always been running from something. Tortured by family members with substance abuse and anger problems, shattered by physical/verbal/sexual abuse, having survived homelessness and food stamps, I was on a dead run. I never stopped to work through issues, never stopped to actually think and assess what's been happening. I just escaped. I promised myself that I would never let such things happen to me again, and I ignored the dreams I would have. I ignored the omens and stopped listening to the music inside my head and tore myself away from nature. I just said that my life would be different and I believed it.

Well, I'm good at running. I moved across the ocean: new language, new name, new identity. But I kept getting accosted by shadows from the past. No matter how hard I fought, there were forces in this world far stronger than I. Cancer was my wake-up call. It's not about the concept of "me" or my body or my mind. I've faced death more than once and am not afraid to move out of this three-dimensional plane one day. There's just this feeling of not having finished something, having not completed my assignment in this lifetime. You see, for many years I've dreamed of starting a cancer treatment facility that offers both Eastern and Western medicine. I've always seen cancer as a call for wholeness of the spirit, a last desperate cry of the body to get the attention of the spirit. And now I know that I cannot heal others before I heal myself.

That's where Lujan comes in.

I was talking to a friend about life-changing experiences and about the process of “awakening”. After I shared with him some prophetic dreams I've had and omens from nature I've followed, he related to me his dream about two cats which led him to Lujan's workshop. He told of me his experiences with Dragon's Tears and showed me a few of the movements. This was real. This was powerful on so many levels. I was mesmerized, absolutely fascinated. I've studied yoga, qi gong, aikido, reiki, and a variety of other energy-moving methods but have never seen something like this before. I read everything I could on the website and blog, and all of it somehow “clicked” with me. Something naturally drew me to Lujan's wisdom and the secrets of raw shamanism and primal power.

I thirst for this ability as I do for water. I know that what I need to do involves work on different levels of consciousness, different planes of existence. But for me, books are a difficult guide. I get caught up in words and descriptions, I am uncertain of whom to trust. I'm through with studying myriad religions and spiritual practices. I now do the practices that work for me, I am living the truth that sustain me.

I'm ready for change. I crave practices that will free my consciousness of these tricks and patterns of the lower levels. I was obsessed with the Mayans, Incas, ancient Egyptians and Aztecs as a child. I longed to uncover the mysteries they knew and their raw, earthly connections – and I still have that yearning. I don't want to sound self-absorbed or egoistical in wanting this scholarship, but I know that I cannot help or heal others, I cannot make profound change in this world unless I face my own demons and darkness first.

Thank you, Lujan Matus, for offering this opportunity.

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Thank you again for giving someone the chance to participate in a workshop next year. That is VERY generous and kind.

With warm regards,
Navi

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The photo is credited to Jade, a member of Stormclan.

Thankful to Lujan for the Book and Knowledge

2011-12-07T11:05:00.005-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by Angela Vasquez. If you would like to vote for Angela please leave a comment at the end of this blog post

My name is Angela and I came across The Art of Parallel Perception at a time when I was questioning everything that has happened in my life, around 2-1/2 years ago. All my life I have felt that everything around me was a lie. When I found the book and Lujan Matus it was a difficult time because I felt like everything I did was futile.

At that point I made the conscious choice to look for a book about stalking or something in that direction. I found this book on Amazon and it literally moved something in my awareness. I ordered it the book immediately. While waiting for the book to come I had a dreaming attention that struck me as strange at the time. I was walking in the jungle on a path that was leading into the mountains. I recall the greenery everywhere, the smells, the sounds of the animals even the humidity in the air and on my skin. In this dream I was a man and knew that my destination was at the end of that stone road.

As I got further into the mountains I felt something watching me with a very strong and steady gaze. It was looking through me and I knew that I was transparent and nothing was kept from this being that I could not see, it was intimidating and that made me nervous. Walking there was a tension in the airthen the rain started and the mist started to roll in. Visibility was limited and so I stopped. I waited for my eyesight to adjust andwhen it did there was a white tiger on the road. It stared at me and was pacing back and forth. It was not the same being that was watching me because I was still being watched.

>This tigerwatched me and as it paced I could feel something within me stir and a uncomfortable feeling of anxiety came over me. It started to crouch and I knew it was going to pounce so I turned and ran back on the road that I came from. This big cat was at my heels the whole time and I knew that it was not going to kill me; it was protecting something. At the end of the path I could see a door that was the way back.

As I sped up my pace the tiger’sclaw caught my leg and I tumbled to the ground and in an instant the animal was on top of me and we were both tumbling on the pathway towards the door but it was not the white tiger. It was a jaguar, the one that was watching me and it had its left paw over my heart center and it spoke telepathically to me, “Not yet, you are not ready – soon.” It released me and I fell through the doorway and then I awoke.

A few days later I received the book and my life has been different ever since. Since reading the book many times I discovered how selfish I have been and how much my decisions were based off fear that was holding me in old self destructive patterns. How I used my sexual attention towards others and how much of the shadows mind was what I thought was my mind.

>Since the first reading of the book I have worked hard to change the things about myself that were not me in the first place. I am thankful to Lujan for the book and knowledge he has provided for me to find. It has made me realize that I have A LOT of work to do within and it has also impacted my family life. As the mother of 2 boys I feel a responsibility to humanity to teach them what I have learned to break patterns before they are set. To teach them to be free and to be their true selves instead of what this poisonous societal construct tells them they should be. I now understand what the dreaming attention meant. Hopefully I am ready to make the journey.

All Knowing

Those who don't feel this Lovepulling them like a river,those who don't drink dawnlike a cup of spring wateror take in sunset like supper,those who don't want to change,Let them sleep.

This Love is beyond the study of theology,that old trickery and hypocrisy.If you want to improve your mind that way.

Sleep on.

I've given up on my brain.I've torn the cloth to shredsand thrown it away.
If you're not completely naked,wrap your beautiful robe of wordsaround you,

And sleep.
-Rumi-

Angela Vasquez

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Opening To My Full Potential

2011-12-02T08:55:00.007-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by Dakota Patterson. If you would like to vote for Dakota please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

When I flipped through my email to discover that Lujan was offering a chance at free tuition my heart raced… To have been born at this point in time and to be aware is an overwhelming blessing. Opportunities present themselves to those who are aware and fast enough to grasp at them and I believe this is one of those opportunities…

Every so often, when I was an adolescent, my dad would bring up a book he had wanted to read but couldn’t remember the title of. He would say it was about a man learning from an old shaman in Mexico while taking peyote. It must have been 20 or so years my dad had been waiting for the book to pop up when it finally did around my sophomore year in high school. Come to find out it wasn’t just one book but a series of volumes documenting a man’s initiation into the realm of the unknown. For the next year or so I got used to seeing my dad in his reading chair with one of these books propped up in front of his face taking breaks momentarily to scribble notes down (much like the man in the books would). I eventually got curious and my dad picked out the first one for me to read. I was soon hooked just like him and read through the series in no time.

Over the next 10 years my dad and I had many conversations involving the concepts of stalking, not doing, dreaming, the assemblage point and the second attention. It wasn’t long after my Dad died in 2006, months perhaps, that I googled something like “Don Juan Matus” and stumbled upon a mysterious looking blue book with gold letters on the Amazon website entitled “The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception” by Lujan Matus. Something about this book spoke to me. What grabbed my attention was in the middle section of the description of the book. It said that Lujan Matus learnt under the Nagual Lujan, and his charismatic cohorts- one of whom is revealed to be the Neolithic sage Juan Matus. I had to buy it.

What I came to find in the substance of this book was at first hard for me to comprehend and some of it still is, but over time the teachings unfold, when they are ready, and become full of life and love. The more I practice the teachings in the book the more I realize that they are already within me and that I just need a little more energy and clarity to grasp them. That’s not to say that I am disciplined enough to practice everything impeccably, I have never been very self-motivating and this has caused many obstacles in my life that could have been avoided. That is why I would like to learn from Lujan directly. Not that I believe that the power I need to live impeccably comes from outside of myself, but I know it would be very beneficial for me to get the boost that can be given by the Nagual directly. I am the type of person (currently) that only gets something accomplished when I absolutely have to (maybe one reason why the military has worked out so good for me) and have always been good at running around and getting things done at the last moment. I am not really sure that this is something to be proud of being good at, but it has made me excel at getting things done under pressure as well, which I do consider a good trait.

I found the book itself to hold real world exercises that produced tangible results. This book, through linking me with the Parallel Perception online forum has enabled me to come into direct contact with others who are like minded and lovingly share their struggles and remedies based on the tapestry woven in the book and who have shared with me many ideas and practices that have shaped my current perception of life. I am forever grateful to those of you who have participated in the site and helped me along the way and to Lujan for making it all possible.

I feel that deep down we all have an amazing gift to offer the world and would love the chance to receive the boost to opening to my full potential as an alive and aware human being and to be able to help others to do the same. I would appreciate any comments or votes for this essay to help me accomplish this. Sincerely and Lovingly, Dakota Patterson

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They came, and he pushed them, and they flew

2011-12-01T14:02:00.006-06:00

This application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program was submitted by Chris D. If you would like to vote for Chris please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

Not too long ago a man who did healing work asked me a profound question which left me speechless. He asked, “Who are you?” The question struck me with its full force, including its powerful implication.

Of course, I could have answered the question in any number of ways. I might have told him that my identity is defined by my profession; or perhaps, I might have told him about my relationships, but I suspected that neither of these ways of-being-in-the-world would articulate the heart of his question.

I read my first Castaneda book while a soldier many years ago shortly after A Yaqui Way of Knowledge was published. The book grabbed me so completely that it led me on a life-long quest that has never let me go. Along the way, I read just about every book I could lay my hands on that described the propositions Castaneda so eloquently spoke about: his and everyone who came after him.

In my investigations over the years, I began to pick up the work of other authors who were pushing the envelope on Castaneda’s body of work. Those authors included a small group of thoughtful people like Victor Sanchez, James Endredy, Tomas, Eagle Feather, Jessica Dawn, and, of course, Lujan Matus. I also read most of Miguel Ruiz’s books and found them interesting, but they left me feeling incomplete and unsatisfied.

My engagement with Castaneda’s propositions was taking me into altered states of consciousness; and the propositions of those who used Castaneda’s made him more accessible and practical.

Sanchez provided the first clear unwrapping of Castaneda’s ideas by offering powerful tools. I started to use his methods and things started to happen. Later, I ended up working with Tom Brown the naturalist and discovered that his methods shared a great deal of confluence with Castaneda even though his teacher was a Lipan Apache elder who lived his life entirely in the old way.

The publication of Lujan’s book, The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception, was the first book outside of Ruiz and Castaneda which asserted a direct apprenticeship. When this book came out in 2005, I was taken with its message, and read it a few times. I was not sure I got the entire scope of its visionary praxis. Then when Lujan’s other book was published last year, the entire scope of his system began to seep in. Even still, I cannot say that I’ve grasped it all in its significance.

My intent in submitting this essay, like others, is the hope to train with Lujan directly and get more insight on the practices.

I noted at the beginning of this essay that I was unsure of who I am. Over the years, I’ve caught glimpses of an energy body quite different from all the ego manifestations that go into the attributes of my identity. But I am always amazed and completely astonished when the magical side reveals itself. This side is very authentic and unpredictable. It is playful, alert, and humorous. It sees things while finding no desire to attach to anything. It is free and childlike. These attributes are what I take out of Lujan’s books.

Even though I’ve been on this path a long time, I am not sure to have progressed far upon it. My intent is to deepen this encounter with Power, and to reach the precipice that invites all transformation.

One of my favorite quotes is from a poem by Christopher Logue which tells us that our unity is a matter of risk and courage when he notes the invitation, “Come to the edge/We might fall/ Come to the edge/It is too high/COME TO THE EDGE/and they came, and he pushed them, and they flew.”

If you would like to vote for Chris please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

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Integrity, Freedom and the Heart Warrior's Path

2011-11-28T12:49:00.011-06:00

Here is another applicant for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program submitted by Luma Chichiwa. If you would like to vote for Luma please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

After wavering here and there I have looked deep into my heart so here is my application for the Parallel Perception Scholarship program. The Nagual Lujan’s teachings have affected me deeply in a short period of time. The effects are multi-layered, silent, powerful, gentle and profound. His teachings continue to unfold so that when one concept is revisited it awakens many doors of perception in different ways.

My first encounter with Lujan’s work was when my husband used to read to me excerpts from “The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception”. I couldn’t understand a word of it then, and it sounded like convoluted philosophical discourse. I had always been wary of shamanic and spiritual teachings as some felt like a trap. My strange life experiences had lead on a search with many frustrating dead ends and I was suspicious of everything. One day I had an urge that I couldn’t resist and I dipped my toes into the Parallel Perception Shamanic Forum. I felt like I had found home, and though I hoped this would be different, I was partly resigned for more possible dead ends.

The change was so fast and strong I was shocked. As soon as I began interacting with the forum and began reading the “The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception” my body went on a cleanse by drinking green smoothies and eating vegan food for 2 weeks. I say ‘my body’ did because I handed over control to a part of myself that had always been there but I had very little awareness of.

During that first week I read “ The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception” in three days. I could understand only parts of it but it was like a song that reverberated in deeper parts of myself as I absorbed it rather than read it. I have read it many times since, aware that it is not a linear story but encoded multi-layered awakenings. Each time I read it or go back to parts the passages open my awareness to a new level, opening a memory and recognising something that had not made sense before. This in itself serves to break the continuity of my 1st attention. The magic of the Nagual Lujan is transmitted through his words.

In tandem to all this I began reading ‘Awakening the Third Eye’ and using the gazing techniques. The cracks began to appear everywhere around me as my 1st and 2nd attentions blended into the 3rd attention. All my life I had seen and heard things beyond what the average person would: shadow beings, nature beings and visions. I never understood what it was all for. Sometimes it truly disturbed me, and for a long time I shut it all out. The gazing practices cracked my shell of insecurity and I could no longer hide. One night after a vision received during gazing I cried and cried. This world, people, had never made sense to me and floodgates of feelings were set free. I could see all the darkness but also perceive the magic within the world and the many layers of awareness that could be experienced but personal power felt out of reach. The gazing techniques have given me an honest platform to observe myself and heal by identifying the social imprints I carry and to let them go. I heal one bit at a time without judgement, and find my love for the world again while rebuilding my personal power.

Then I began studying "The Eight Gates of Dreaming Awake".’ When I spoke to Lujan I understood the true integrity of the human heart, and I could feel it from half way around the world in his voice. The Nagual Lujan embodies integrity with an open heart. Whenever we spoke, while learning the techniques, he would pick up any discordance in my voice and bring me up on whatever was hiding. As I practise the techniques more cracks open to help me dismantle my entrapment. The techniques intensify third eye function and multilateral awareness by awakening body and heart awareness. I go back to The Eight Gates to process, recharge and heal. They are part of my life now.

So why apply for the scholarship? There is so much more for me to learn and release. I’d like to serve in life with the kind of integrity Lujan has shown me and the course sounds amazing. The Nagual Lujan’s work has given me tools to find my freedom and opened my heart to this world. I would treasure the opportunity to work with him in person and learn more about the Heart Warrior’s Path.

Luma Chichiwa.

If you would like to vote for Luma please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

Photo courtesy of Chaval Brasil

You Have To Live Your Life Like A Warrior

2011-11-23T16:56:00.009-06:00

Here is the first applicant for the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program submitted by Javier Lujan.

If you would like to vote for Javier please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

Maybe, one day I might understand what this all means. How to describe what the manuals of Lujan Matus means to me is difficult. There is one other author who has attempted this mysterious subject.

When I was quite young I would take naps during the day, on some occasion I would "wake up" and see my self sleeping. I could tell that I was smaller than normal and that I could fly around my room. In my room my mom had her sewing machine and a pin cushion for her needles, on one occasion, which has stayed with me to this day, I flew through the eye of the needle and stopped in the middle and saw the reflection of the room on the stainless steel. I felt so much freedom.

Then there were other occasion when I would find myself sleeping and knew I was not alone. Those were where I saw something that no one could explain what it was. It seemed that no one knew why I would wake up screaming, fighting, trying to get out of that room. Many years later I was a devoted catholic and was going to be apart of a retreat in the church. We had to stay the weekend.

Late one night, in a room with the lights down low, guest speakers would tell there stories of how the Lord came into their lives and changed them. Every one in the room was sobbing, including me. I needed to get out of that room so I left. Know one knew.

There were some bushes next to the building and I stepped into them and sat down, as I cried there, I heard a lady's voice behind me, which was impossible because of the wall I was leaning on. She said ''You have to live your life like a warrior'' Months later I found a book about a man who wrote about a warrior he meat in a bus depot.

What the manuals mean for me, is that I'm not alone and we have been given tools.

With Great Respect,

Javier Lujan, Mexico.

If you would like to vote for Javier please leave a comment at the end of this blog post.

Photo courtesy of ToniVC.

Parallel Perception Scholarship Program

2011-11-15T12:21:00.001-06:00

Over the years I have received many emails from around the world requesting free tuition and have decided to have a scholarship program so as to allow people to undertake shamanic tuition courses who would otherwise be unable to attend.

I am proud to present the Parallel Perception Scholarship Program as an annual event. There will be a competition where those who are interested in this program will write a short essay and the winner will be selected by the public.

The scholarship will include one week of tuition in the Earth Energy Tapping program. This special program will also include the Windlock System and Whispering Palms. Every year a different program will be offered.

The winner will be entitled - as is everyone who has completed any of my shamanic movement programs - to return to review the movements for free, for a lifetime.

These are the requirements to enter:

1. Write a 250-800 word essay about what you have learned from the books and teachings of Lujan Matus, how it has impacted your life and why you would like to learn shamanic movement with Lujan Matus.

2. Give permission for your essay to be published online by Parallel Perception.

The essays will be published on the Parallel Perception Blog. Readers will have the opportunity to vote for the person they would like to win the competition by leaving a comment on the blog post.

All entries must be received by December 18th 2011 and the winner will be announced on January 2nd 2012.

The winner must attend between April and December 2012 in Costa Rica and dates are subject to availability. The prize cannot be transferred to another individual.

Please email your completed essays to info @ parallelperception.com. If you have a photo of yourself that you would like to be published with the essay please attach it to your email.

You have to be in it to win it! Good luck.

With deepest and warmest regards,

Lujan Matus.

Photo courtesy of Tambako the Jaguar

Three Faces of the Nagual- Part 2

2011-11-09T13:02:00.002-06:00

By Kongzhanshi

Click here to read part one.

During the next two days we continued to discuss the subject in parallel, in the administration forum, as the time left was needed for the tuition of the Dragon's Tears. Having read this conversation several times, I will attempt to summarize what went on.

I felt like opening up completely, saying everything that was heavy on my heart.Needless to say, it wasn't pretty to look at.

I admitted in front of everyone that I abused Lujan's trust and generousness; that I have been shown an ignorant, complacent and greedy part of myself; that I was tired of being closed, afraid and selfish; that I had ignorantly accepted interactions that were unwholesome, disregarding my own heart; that I upheld the elitist belief that my practice over the course of a few months would clear away issues reinforced during a lifetime and that I had abused others who gave of themselves completely, in the past, just like I abused Lujan.

Lujan and the other members of the forum were incredibly loving and supportive. Each reply was genuinely filled with affection and love. I was shown my own inconsistency in assuming responsability over my own actions and identifying with something either foreign or inherited.

That without assuming responsibility, we perpetuate unwholesome behaviour regardless of the fact that we openly discuss about it. I was also shown the value of not doings as ways of dissolving old, core imprints.

On the fourth night of the tuition I saw Lujan's face one more time appear in blackness. He was smiling again but this time the smile was different. It was compassionate and allknowing. He was looking at my whole self, not only at what I was pushing in front.

On the last day of the tuition, during the morning I broke down and cried witnessing so much love and support coming from everyone. I felt like something solid started to break away and fall. It was at this point when my heart felt the real destructiveness of my projections towards Lujan.

My heart felt his heart being hurt by me. I couldn't believe I could hurt someone who showed me so much love. And even on that day a part of me still refused to be completely opened about what happened.I started realizing that I had very little discipline in what I was silently projecting towards other people.

I was often not saying what needed to be said at the appropriate time, then ending up projecting negativity towards people, punishing them for my own inability to speak my truth. I did this for such a long time that it became a habit.

I also started looking deeper and deeper into what happened in my past. I saw that I had met incredible people who opened up completely towards me as Lujan did. I always ended up either attempting to control these people or abuse their kindness and openness.

During the next few days I ate very little and fell in a familiar state of complacency. I recognized this state and that it usually followed me running away silently. I vowed not to fall into this again and do my very best to act responsibly towards what just happened.

While I was walking back home after picking up my laundry, words were mixing inside my head. Suddenly, I focused on one word and everything else dissolved and got quiet.

The word was "entitlement".

As I recognized the energetic implications behind this concept applied to my own past actions, I felt that understanding was physically merging with my being, sealing a part of it. This truly felt unique and I started to see my place in the universe for the first time in years. I saw how I was chasing various things like crazy for the past 7 years.

Experiences, knowledge, interactions, always looking for something external to fix things, rarely turning inwards and working on what's already there. This is simply not the way and my whole body feels it. The only thing we're entitled to is what is meant to happen which can only be known the moment it arrives.

Lujan, thank you from all my heart.

Photo courtesy of Siddy Lam

Three Faces of the Nagual - Part One

2011-11-07T12:49:00.012-06:00

By Kongzhanshi

Around one month ago I felt I needed to leave my country and find out what's in store for me. I decided to come to Latin America and wanted to see Lujan Matus before taking any
other sort of decision. My expectations at that time were a mixture between wanting to be
part of something greater, to put my effort into something that is already making a
difference in the world and wanting to get more secrets, more knowledge and maybe
become some sort of special student of Lujan's.

Shortly after I arrived in Costa Rica, I wrote to Lujan, not disclosing my expectations of him
at all but only mentioning that I would like to see him. I thought to myself that if I talk to him
in private, he would accept me as a secrete student.

Lujan replied and said that I was welcome to come for a review of the Dragon's Tears. I
was delighted to accept.

I arrived one week earlier to the location of the tuition and started to train.
One day during the week while relaxing in the couch of my apartment, I suddenly saw
Lujan's eyes appear out of thin air in front of me.

He then said to me "what you're coming with isn't who you truly are".

I knew what I heard and that made me uncomfortable on the spot. How can he reject me
even if he didn't see me? I felt diminished and dissapointed with myself. I decided to take it
as a sign that things may not turn out how I expected but I still refused to accept anything
beyond that.

The first two days of the review went as normal. I was overjoyed to see Lujan as he was to
see me. This was the second time I was reviewing the Dragon's Tears and I was already
getting new details as Lujan increased the technical aspect of the practice. I didn't bring up
the subject of my visit, hoping to find the perfect moment to talk to him in private.
At the end of the second night, I saw Lujan's face appear in blackness, just before going to
sleep. He was smiling, looking happy to see me.

On the third day, Lujan turned to me and said:

"I felt something coming from you towards me. I know you came here to punish me. I don't
want to be punished so we need to discuss this before it happens" he said.

I felt numb. This sounded terribly familiar to me but I couldn't put my finger on it. I wasn't
ready to talk about my visit in front of everyone. I felt threatened. As I tried to speak, I felt
my words slip back inside.

"I can see that you want to be my friend and I want to be your friend as well. This is why
we need to discuss openly. What are your expectations of me? Why didn't you consult
me?"

I assured Lujan that I did have plans and that I didn't come without being able to at least
sustain myself. I said I came to learn secrets. I felt really embarrassed to hear myself say
that in front of everyone and insisted that we talk privately, again avoiding to be
transparent and direct about my intentions.

"Can you understand that by purposely hiding your expectations that obviously include me
as well, you are coming with a weapon behind your back?"

At this point I started becoming aware that Lujan was talking to both myself and something
else, yet that something existed because an alignment with my own corrupt actions. The
impact of my wrong doings started to finally collapse on me and I started feeling
increasingly guilty, slipping into self-pity.

At this point Lujan was carefully following my body language.

As he was describing what he was seeing, I heard myself inquisitively repeating what he
was saying as if I couldn't understand what he meant. He observed that I was conveniently
forgetting. He was as always right, I was doing this in conversations whenever I needed to
win some extra time to get my story straight. Except there was no way to do this now.
After a moment of silence, I admitted seeing a part of myself that I really did not want to
acknowledge.

"Now we've got to give it a name. What should that be?" Lujan asked.

As everyone was watching what went on, I felt I couldn't hide anymore.

"Greed, nastiness, fear" I heard myself say.

At this point I felt devastated. I had been shown something I could not believe was there
and at the same time knew exactly what it was. In my own mind, I believed that the few
months I spent training and practicing had cleared away my shadow and that I was entitled
to something greater. My voice was weak. I felt reduced.

"Would you let a person like that get close to you?" the nagual asked.

"No, I would never let someone like this near me" I said.

Lujan encouraged me again to put everything I wasn't saying on the table in front of
everyone, but I insisted that we talk privately.

This exchange took a massive amount of energy. Everyone was focused on what was
happening. As Lujan was talking to me I became aware of a dark looming presence in the
room. After we finished discussing, I felt a great burden lift itself and something came out
of the room. Lujan told everyone to bring a new set of clothes the next day.

As we returned to focus on the tuition, Lujan gently touched my shoulder and asked me
how I was. I said I was feeling guilty. He said that I shouldn't. With his hand on my
shoulder he said with so much love and understanding "you are not alone".

After everyone left, I sat down and Lujan encouraged me to talk about my fantasies. What
happened next was intense. Looking back at this exchange, I saw how my shadow
returned the moment I was with Lujan. I was still feeling entitled to my expectations and
avidly hoped that he would agree to what I desired. At this point, I started making absurd
and rude demands.

I said that I wanted to be trained by him and that I expected more
knowledge, more secrets. This was way out of place as Lujan had been incredibly
generous with his time and wisdom towards me, allowing me to review the Quetzalcoatl
set and Dragon's Tears two times already, as well as offering free skype sessions and
answering my emails at all times with utmost dedication and love. I could not believe what
I was saying yet it was me who said it. Lujan's gaze was impenetrable. He dismantled
every claim I made and continued to encourage me to talk about the side of me that I
wasn't willing to look at.

I admitted to greed and attachment to financial security but I said that I would prefer to talk
about it in the administration section of the forum.

Even at this stage I was unwilling to be completely open and honest. I found myself
agreeing to whatever Lujan was saying just to make the conversation go away. His gaze
was going straight through my soul, seeing every little hidden corner of it.

As I was preparing to leave, Lujan observed that my shadow didn't leave me. With a grave
and concerned look, he said I needed to take a very close look at what made me act that
way.

Before falling asleep, I saw Lujan's face appear in blackness a second time. This time he
wasn't smiling at all. He was focusing on the nasty part of myself that had just been
revealed during the day. This made me so uncomfortable that I jumped out of bed, feeling
that I needed to run away.

I went straight to my laptop and sent Lujan an email apologizing for what I brought with me
inside of his home and said that I needed to retreat and work on these issues. That night I
had a terrible sleep.

Lujan replied the next morning saying that retreating now was inappropriate because it will
affect the group energy as well as diminish everyone's confidence and that I already knew
it (which was true, I did consider it and conveniently decided that leaving the group would
have been better for everyone else). Lujan kindly explained that what happened was
meant to happen and that it happened for myself as well as for everyone present. That the
appropriate course of action was to return the energy that was applied to make me aware
of what I needed to be made aware of by seeing the week through to the end.

At the end of his reply, Lujan said something that is deeply relevant to this story and to
what I need to constantly work on: he said I needed to see things from a true perspective
of giving, from which I will receive as I already had received during the week.
I replied early in the morning promising I will see the week through and do my best.

To be continued ...

Photo courtesy of Nicolas Gent

Genki Sudo 2012: Expression of the Dragon

2011-10-26T12:17:00.000-06:00

Here is a video that my student and little brother, Genki Sudo, has created.

Recently I taught Genki Dragon's Tears. We are also writing a book about his experiences while he was with me, which will be published in Japanese and English.

When I taught Genki the Dragon's Tears, I said to him, "don't publicly disclose the information. They have magic embedded in them. They are sorceric by nature. This will affect you and conversely subdue their mystery within the social edifice that is a perpetual identification that narrows their magic and your power into a social expectation."

Genki has been very industrious. At the very end of this video, during the last thirty seconds, you will see that he displays some movements but has fragmented them to break their continuity so as not to reveal this precious secret that I have given to him.

You can witness the movements of the dragon as you look down the narrow pathway where it is demonstrated. The coiling figure eight movement he does with his right hand arrived in Tibet from the Altai mountains - the origin of shamanism - hundreds of years ago and these redirecting inside hands that independently move towards his lower cauldron.

The sweeping hands that fly over his head are not an exact portrayal. It is going towards the crown instead of the throat chakra they are meant to arrive at.

He finishes on the mirror guarding mudras, which is the beginning and the end of many sequences from the dragon. It is very beautiful.

I hope you enjoy my little brother's demonstrations and how his movements have been influenced to mimic the presence of the dragon within the portrayal of human existence as expression.

The Nagual Lujan's Jaguar Dreaming

2011-10-24T11:00:00.000-06:00

The following is an email from one of Lujan's students:

Dear Lujan,

I cannot sleep until I write this. Jagur jumped into my throat tonight while I was gazing and urged me to growl, so I did and then she growled louder and so I did too and thus here I am to speak what must be spoken. Nagual, my heart is filled with song and tears and laughter. So long, so very long I cannot count the moons and longing for this which you know.

For many years as a child I was assaulted by beings. Sometimes I think sorcerers, or alien beings or both. They tortured me for so many nights I used to dread going to sleep. I would close my eyes and see their dark shadows waiting for me. Why? Who could understand it? How could I tell anyone, how could anyone understand the dread of what they did or what it's like to lay as a child covered in cold sweat knowing that as soon as I closed my eyes they would come for me. At times they chased me into the waking world. Once I woke myself up from a dream only to see this rotting corpse at the foot of my bed that looked like my boyfriend crawling towards me. I was eighteen.

I know there are those who have watched over me and kept me from complete destruction, speaking here and there while I tried to shut it all out not knowing friend from foe secretly cursing the seers gift and then longing to be one with it. They were so clever at trapping me with this. No more. As I've clapped with the light in the dreaming world so I will clap with the light in this world.

Nagual, the purpose of this unfolding I know. My gratitude to you for opening the door. For my heart and my song returned.

Thank you, Lujan, thank you.

Luma Chichiwa (they just told me- Water of Light)

Shamanic Workshop in Costa Rica: Mayan Quetzalcoatl Winged Serpent Seriesl

2011-10-21T09:58:00.006-06:00

Due to popular demand the workshop in South Africa has been moved to Costa Rica. We are now focusing on the Mayan Quetzalcoatl Winged Serpent Series.

The Mayan Quetzalcoatl Winged Serpent Series is a very potent ancient set of movements that originally were meant to be opened up in Central America around this time and the fortuitous consequences of relocating the workshop from South Africa has now made this possible.

This series is linked to the cycles of the moon and is purposefully performed at the time of the full moon to enhance our connection with our earthly environment and the heavens above. All aspects of moon gazing will be reviewed and discussed.

2012 is a very potent transitional time for humanity. It is now possible to learn this series in a group format in a workshop with a focus that revolves around transformation, our adaptability as human beings to discover where our true power exists within.

All facets of whatever presents itself from the group will be examined thoroughly so all spheres of the workshop will be dedicated to the energetic units of information that appear to be witnessed collectively. It will be a true journey of power.

February 13th-17th 2012

Cost: $695 (Workshop Only)

Accommodation is available offsite or at the tuition venue. Prices per person for one night at the tuition venue are below, for a minimum stay of six nights:

Single $132

Double $66

Triple $44

Participants will be put into contact with each other via email to arrange shared accommodation.

Alternative accommodation is available within five minutes of the venue starting at $45 a night.

Click here to register for shamanic workshops with Lujan Matus

Moon Gazing in Japan

2011-10-12T11:58:00.004-06:00

Here is an email Lujan received from a student in Japan:

Dear Lujan,

Thank you very much for your e-mail.

The climate had changed in my province(Niigata prefecture) clearly after big earth quake in march.

To be exact, weather became to be cloudy for a greater part of the month, especially during moonless nights.

So I lost a occasion to see skyfull of stars.
But I could see full moon for sometimes for sure, because the weather often were better during full moon periods.

Accordingly I practiced quetzalcoatl moon gazing technique first than star gazing technique.
I have some acquaintances who are experts of astrophotography. They alike claims that they haven’t experienced such lasting of nasty weather in their life (actually we suffered serious floods in summer not only in Niigata precture but also in Western Japan as well).

But something changed in the end of August!

“Tainai star festival” is the biggest starry event in Japan which is being held in my neighboring town. This is an event I’m really looking forward to see in a year and this event held in 26-28th Aug.

This periods were almost moonless nights and expected overcast heather or rainy day would last according to weather forecast.

But weather dramatically changed in the morning on 26 Aug and sunny day lasted for three days.

Strangely the numbers of people who visited this event recorded highest during past 20 years.

Recently I knew the fact that the bright supernova was found in M101 galaxy which is also very popular and familiar galaxy among astro fans.

This supernova so rapidly increased its brightness that we can take a picture this supernova by even a telephoto lens in September.

I’m not sure how this phenomenon being related to current global-scale changing including weather, political movement and our mind and energy body.

Let me repeat again, something has changed lately on both on earth and inside myself.

It is full moon tonight in Japan.

And the weather is perfect, bright sunny day today.

I have to practice Quetzalcoatl Gazing Technique.

With a lot of love,

Toshihiko

Plum Blossom: Kung Fu Movements

2011-10-12T11:45:00.004-06:00

The Plum Blossom uses the principles of the Ba gua walking and shifting, utilizing the unicorn and small twisting yang stance for rotations, returning to horse stance, then applying coiling straight line techniques unique to the Dragon system.

This method is my inheritance; a specific set that is extremely energetic, teaching the practitioner to draw the coiling energy from the ground and environment to the forearms and palms.

This set initiates the Kung Fu series called "Shadow Fist", or traditionally known as "Black Fist". The reason for this mysterious name is that the shadowless elbow and the slapping hands are so fast that the training partner will experience conscious black out and the only way to cope with this is to have the kinesthetic memory that causes the reactivity to harmonize with the onslaught, thereby protecting oneself.

The practitioner will learn to absorb the centralized energy and turn to face and walk in eight specific locations on the outside of the Ba gua circle, utilizing this energy, thus infusing the hand postures, which face outwardly. with power.

This will generate the potential necessary for one's personal power to be full and complete at each gateway that the warrior faces outward, demonstrating the gestures that are the guard-like postures that protect the center.

The wooden dummy will be taught at this stage so as to give the practitioner the ability to harness the power required for these devastatingly straight line techniques that have embedded within the coiling of the dragon.

The practitioner will be using the Wing Chun wooden dummy, but it is not Wing Chun techniques that will be taught. Here is where I will teach pushing hands, coiling sticking hands, rolling sticking hands and various two-man sets.

This program is only available to approved students.

Whispering Palms: The Ancient Art of Stalking

2011-09-27T13:23:00.003-06:00

Whispering Palms is a silk reeling system. It employs movements that belong to the dragon.

This circular walking system compresses the essential essence of energy or chi into a compact flower bud. Once this flower bud is compressed the inward walking circle then expands itself.

As you can see in the picture, one walks in a clockwise or anticlockwise circle that focuses inwardly and then creates the density of the bud, energetically through the hands.

This system is older than Genghis Khan. The power of compression and release is a vital secret that enhances and enlarges the energy bubble by displacing the central bud externally through the coiling shadowless elbow that then spins in the opposite direction, to walk in a larger circle that focuses inwardly.

This enhances the practitioner's ability to displace their energy field, thus enlarging it through this displacement.

As you can see by the second spiraling picture here, as one coils outwardly with their steps, looking back to the center they coil outwards until the outer perimeter is reached. The practitioner can then reel a smaller circle, creating petals, with opposing velocity that is energetically recognized.

The unknown becomes available and reveals itself as a heavy density that speaks to the hands as they whisper their intentions to eternity through these movements.

A gesture that is highly prevalent in Dragon's Tears will be taught in this program. This gesture is ancient, involving the index finger, ring finger and thumb, creating a signal that has been given to the warrior as an indicator that identifies this ancient movement to the ones who imparted it.

Here is a video that will give an idea of the velocity of coiling and reeling. Demonstrated in this video you will see star-like appearances in the coil. This is a frequent occurrence in the Dragon system; that stars appear as silver flakes, rushing to the hands of the practitioner as they practice.

We are made of starlight and all that is in the universe requires us to only discover that which is already obvious.

Whispering Palms can be performed after the Quetzalcoatl Series and Earth Energy Tapping.

A very simple, yet complex two-man set will be taught with this series, so that one may utilize inside redirecting and external directing palm to shadowless elbow, thereby increasing both practitioner's utilizing of the central matrix that is the combined essence of each practitioner's chi, to expand and utilize the coiling motion as a synchronous unifying event.

Many would ask - what this this got to do with stalking? If you redirect your focus on the first picture of the monk with an expanded energy field, it is known in sorcery circles that a normal human bubble reaches 30-35 feet.

A seer's energy bubble reaches 60-100 feet in diameter. When the energy bubble is increased to such a distance, the awareness of the seer becomes all-encompassing; never stalking anything purposely, yet knowing of what is stalking the seer.

Gently aware. Humbly holding back. Gently proceeding without calculation, guarded by the ethereal tentacles of their destiny.

More will be explained when this program is taught.

5 Day Program - $2000

Special until the end of September - Enrol in Whispering Palms and receive the Quetzalcoatl Series at no additional charge.

Click here to register for private shamanic tuition in Whispering Palms with the nagual Lujan Matus.

2012 and Shamanic Movement

2011-09-21T14:05:00.001-06:00

As we approach the end of the Mayan cycle, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the worldwide consciousness must change and transform dramatically enough to sustain permanent evolution of the human species.

Conversely it is it the individual that must change in order to affect collective consciousness, even though you would believe that your single awareness would not have such an impact.

It is very true that within a 30-60 feet radius one's energy field affects the predetermined attention of all that it comes in contact with.

This is why I am urging everybody to learn the Mayan Quetzalcoatl Series that was given to me to disseminate to the masses between the year 2011 until the end of the Mayan calendar.

This system brings the individual into acute alignment with the moon cycle and changes the electromagnetic frequency on a cellular level that affects the very structure of our DNA.

I will teach in conjunction with this set a technique called Whispering Palms. This is a separate program but I would like to combine these two programs.

The Whispering Palm has the very unique transformational effect of increasing the human energy bubble to encompass the individuals environment to at least 60 to 100 feet, depending on the capacity of the individuals involved.

This is an ancient stalking technique. It can be combined with the Mayan Quetzalcoatl Series.

For a limited time I am offering a special program that combines the Mayan Quetzalcoatl Series with Whispering Palm for the same price as one program. Additionally participants who register before the end of October will receive an extral 10% discount.

Warmest regards,

Lujan Matus.

We are now accepting registration for tuition in Costa Rica from October 2011- June 2012.

Mayan Quetzalcoatl Series with Whispering Palm

5 Day Program $2000

($1800 for participants who register prior to October 31st)

Click here to register

Falling Stars and Extra-Terrestrial Influences

2011-08-23T17:30:00.006-06:00

The following is an email written by one of Lujan's students:

I gaze almost every night. Every 2-3 nights in a row I see one even two perfect round white luminous orbs suddenly appearing in the clear sky, moving straight for a couple of seconds, then fading away completely. They're really beautiful. I get a good sense from them. Just now I posted something on the Parallel Perception Forum, then went to my balcony with a cup of tea really happy about my gazing, sat down, looked for my star, when I saw a moving orb again. This is when I decided to write to you about it. It happened several times that I would go outside, exactly before one of them would appear.

There was one particular instance after returning from Germany, when this happened and when I woke up the next day, I had a glimpse, a memory of a very strange texture that I perceived as part of their ship. I could not remember anything beyond that, only small fractions but the memory of looking at a surface with strange hieroglyphs and markings stood out.

This is so fascinating. I never looked for these kind of experiences yet I giggle at the thought of witnessing magic before my eyes every two nights or so.

Kongzhanshi

As we progress on our path as light warriors, the frequency of orbs will noticeably increase. What I would like you to take notice of is that there is another very strong phenomena now occurring with the electromagnetic changes in the planet, and this is that, not only orbs, but the light of energy from falling stars will collide with the hands of the practitioner of Dragon's Tears.

Remember that we are dimensionalized and the frequency of this phenomena is the same as seeing energy directly. It is always seen a moment after it occurs and the time and space it occupies coexists with the amount of chi that we are collecting at the time.

Warmest regards,
Lujan.

Photo courtesy of Nora Kann Fiegan

A Wonderful Journey

2011-08-06T13:06:00.002-06:00

Here is an email received from a dear friend and student, which he has given permission to share with the readers of this blog:

Hi Lujan,

I am writing to share with you a few of my experiences, it's been a wonderful journey for me lately. I want to say a big thanks for the impact that meeting you had on me, the implications of which are continuously unfolding.

While I was meditating, I found myself in a small house in the desert. Inside there was a warm yellow-orange light, outside it was dark blue. I was sitting outside gazing at the clouds. A man came the house, he was tall with a big hat and Mexican sandals. His eyes were sparkling yellow,
and he had a grin on, his face was powerful.

He took me flying in the air, we found ourselves on floating pieces of land. With his index finger he touched my forehead, my head was hurled back and I saw a mosaic of colors. We flew over mountains, and landed in the middle of the desert at noon. I was burning from the heat. I focused on a cactus and I could see the needles and some tiny drops of water.

It is so cool, on another instance I drifted away while I was having dinner. I saw two pine trees standing like two columns with a thin golden-yellow film between them. I stepped in and I was inside the trunk and inside the pine tar. I was seeing complexes of lines of the pine tar geometry moving and passing by.

Hope to come and see you again soon. Hope that you and Mizpah are well.

Lots and lots of love,
Gregory

Photo courtesy of Wink.

The Fire From Within

2011-07-24T12:14:00.001-06:00

Visiting Lujan Matus for a second time has left me quite speechless for a while. Ever since I left, I have attempted to explain to myself what exactly happened during those three weeks and put things into perspective but finally accepted that there is nothing to understand in such a fashion. What remains to be understood is everything else: where has my life taken me so far, what made me compromise and every little thing I need to drop so that I constantly remain true to myself.

The time spent with Lujan has been totally genuine on all aspects: there was only joy, love and we spoke of truth without holding back. It transformed and healed me beyond anything I could have imagined. In other words, what happened during those three weeks was that I had witnessed truth (and non-linearity) long enough so that I can't deny my own - or anyone else’s - anymore.

What has been transmitted manifested on many levels that I can't fully understand at this time. What I perceived was profound, unexpected healing that still brings tears to my eyes every time I think of it. Besides the initial energetic impetus, Lujan made me aware of what I would describe as an area in my luminosity that was weakened, with considerably less awareness, very similar to a numb arm or leg. One thing that happened after I was shown this, was that I understood instantly how I had been manipulated through that area for as long as I know.

After I became aware of what he was showing me, he simply said "talk from it". Behind those words was the healing formula: the information in terms of body consciousness needed for healing the self from within by directing the flow of energy within the body throughout the affected area.

This event brought the notion of completeness (or sealing one's luminosity) on my mind ever since I left Costa Rica. This is something truly priceless and it should be the right of every human being on this planet. To know a shaman willing and able to guide one towards this state is a blessing.

Everything that occurs when someone comes to visit Lujan Matus, has the potential to heal and align them completely with their own heart. On one hand there is the transmission of shamanic knowledge that comes from a most mysterious and powerful source and on the other there is cooperation and trust.

One of the most pragmatic lesson received has been that of cultivation. Discipline, inner silence, personal power are all cultivated through dedication, consistency and patience, day by day, as opposed to inherited or not, as I used to believe. Now that I think of it, how convenient it was for me to believe I simply did not inherit discipline: it meant I did not have to move one finger for anything beyond what was comfortably familiar!

Reviewing my Dragon's Tears and Quetzalcoatl made me quickly realize that there are countless details I was still not able to fully grasp, such as synchronized breathing and many subtle yet important gestures and locations in terms of the chakra system. The details I was able to assimilate this time made me love these two sets - that seem to have life of their own - even more and made my practice much more effective. A review of the system also means going deeper within the self, becoming aware of what is obstructing the free, harmonious flow of energy within the body.

Lujan's system is profoundly healing and I believe a student can only grasp as much as one is sealed and complete at the time being. As healing is progressive, it is only logical to assume that as many reviews are needed as there is room left to heal in order to fully grasp this system. As healing is an ongoing process in life and Lujan being the most complete human being I have ever met, I believe that shows exactly the depths of his unique system.

The Three Treasures set plays a vital role in the healing process described above. This set consolidates power like nothing I have ever seen and if it is the foundation of Lujan's system, then I am in awe to whatever is next. Ever since I added the set to my practice, my flexibility has been greatly enhanced, I started perceiving fire-like energy that spreads from the mid-section of the body, generating a massive boost of energy and started feeling the benefits of iron-shirt by having my body toughened. This set also does wonders for the cardiovascular system, greatly stimulating blood-flow throughout all areas of the body.

There are other profound and mystical experiences I have constantly been through since I started the practice which await the dedicated practitioner and can be corroborated after reading Lujan’s two books: the The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception: The Living Tapestry of Lujan Matus and Awakening the Third Eye: Discovering the True Essence of Recapitulation.

I believe with all my heart that any human is able to let their fire from within grow and eventually expand over all aspects of their life, thus reaching their true potential as luminous beings. This has been shown to me in a most powerful dream I had while I saw Lujan for the first time, where an old man made his gesture of power when he saw his very last chance to act for the benefit of others.

It is us and only us who are responsible if we act now or later, when we are compelled to act.

What Lujan Matus has given is the spark and tools needed to let my own fire expand. Don Juan called it the warrior's dance of power and it is the mark of impeccability, joy and freedom of expression. As I head towards my inevitability, like anyone else, I acknowledge this gift that started to give me true purpose in life and the most undeniable proof is that my fear of death dissolves as I become more aware of it.

What remains is humbleness, love and to be grateful for the precious time in this beautiful world.

Kongzhanshi
Europe
kong.zhanshi@gmail.com

The Three Treasures with the nagual Lujan Matus

2011-06-27T10:57:00.009-06:00

Testimonial of Shamanic Tuition: The Three Treasures with the nagual Lujan Matus, written by Botond.

It will be easiest to begin with the start of my personal awakening. 15 years ago, With one of my closest friends by my side, we took some mubbies, the wall of fog appeared and we walked through to the world of lights. The light spheres there were beyond a harmony and love that I had ever experienced or imagined. They showed us where we are headed as beings of light and not to give up, because we are ancient, with a destiny that is ungraspable in its depth and passion. From complete interconnectedness to the never ending perfection of a boundless and expanding Love.

The closest word that I can think of for this experience is "home". Our true home. Where we come from, where we are headed, and beyond. (I had not read any Castaneda at this time in my life)

When it was time to go back to the everyday reality, tears of sorrow flowed freely, because I knew it would be quite a long time before I would amass the energy to return. I knew this was just a glimpse. Before this experience, I was suicidal... and very much an athiest. So naturally, this was the most profound experiences of my life, untill I met Lujan Matus.

Actually, closer to the truth, my time with Lujan felt like a continuation of whatever it was that touched me ever so deeply and briefly, 15 years ago. I felt and feel deeply woven to his purpose and message, because I know in my bones that what he is offering is what was/is missing from my quest for the inner journey home.

I have been playing with different kinds of Kung fu and chi gong for around 15 years. Practicing one type, but eventually moving on to the next because of the "this isn't IT either" feeling. The Dragon's tears and Quetzalcoatl Series are magic. True, pure, magic. Unlike anything I have ever felt or even seen. The changes in my being, the way I see the world, the depth of peace within, the fire that consumes my never ending burden, how I deal with frustration... Everything is changing in my life because of these movements. The weirdest thing is that its my body that "decides" to do the movements every morning.

Not me. I had been struggling with smoking for over 10 years. And you guessed it, after the first day of movements, I stopped smoking. No, my body stopped smoking. I just cant do it anymore, and its not even my choice. Something is coming out of me, and I don't know what it is, but I know that I have been waiting for it ever since its been lost, and that it is very good.

So what can I say about the three treasures? I see them as an amplifier. The Dragon's Tears and Quetzalcoatl say, are like the nicest speakers that you can buy. Crystal clear. Their effect on you, heaven. The three treasures is like the best amp you can buy. It turns up the juice in the tears and quitz in a way that my being is no longer pumping out rivers of bioelectric energy, instead I am the river.

Lujan said that the treasures is the ground of the other practices that he offers. I tried doing the dragons tears without the treasures, just to see. The effect, not even close to when the two are put together. Worth every penny and then some.

I had been waiting to see Lujan for about 6 years, so I had unwillingly built up a slew of expectations. No matter, he blew them all away. With the utmost care and potency, Lujan guilds us to the inner most potential of what it means to be alive. My body knows that as I deepen the commitment to these movements, they will deepen me. And in ways that I cannot grasp.

Lujan gives of himself so freely. He is complete in his being, embodying the unspeakable origins and power that is everyone's birthright. And yet, he is as playful and light as the sandbox days in kindergarten.

Lujan, it was such an honor. And although I still don't know what this change and process is that you helped start, I do know that it is of depth, grace, and goodness.

Blessings to all,

Botond
taichi2live@yahoo.com

P.S. Those of you who go to take the treasures, you cant really prepare physically, but I would very much recommend working on leg strength (using static 15 to 20 min horse stance) and hamstring flexibility as much as possible. Because quoting Lujan "you never beat this system, it ALWAYS beats you!" :)

P.P.S. Another little plus... I futs around with solo guitar a little, and have never felt this connected to myself through my instrument. :)

Photo courtesy of Chris Halderman

The Jaguar Series with Lujan Matus: Two-Week Program Now Available

2011-06-10T13:34:00.009-06:00

Due to popular demand the Jaguar Series will now be offered as a two-week program in Costa Rica.

This is a shamanic movement series that opens up the energy channels of the body to initiate spontaneous movements that are governed by formlessness, yet fluidly adapt in correspondence to the energy that arises, into the form that is necessary in that moment.

It is a sequence of explosive and graceful movements that utilizes Dragon's Tears as a base foundation and reveals secrets of the ancient Chinese shamans and their close quarter hand combat techniques. The Jaguar Series enlivens gravitational forces on the left and right sides of the body and triggers an awakening of dreaming awareness.

When the shaman initiate is disciplined in the practice of this series they will experience increased lucidity, allowing access to areas of perception that were previously not accessible.

The prerequisites for the Jaguar Series are Dragon's Tears and The Three Treasures. Tuition will be available in Costa Rica from September 2011 until January 2012.

Click here to register for shamanic tuition programs with the nagual Lujan Matus.

Daily Raw Food Diet Plan

2011-05-31T11:48:00.000-06:00

Below is a link to my daily meal plan that several readers have asked me to elaborate on. It is important to consume a lot of leafy greens on a raw food diet and this is how I achieve it.

Popeye's got nothing on me :) Remember Popeye was always consuming spinach but it was from a can. Raw leafy greens are so much more nutritious. Canned food also isn't healthy because it contains bisphenol A.

Love and blessings to everybody.

Lujan Matus: Daily Raw Food Diet Plan

Lujan Matus talks about Raw Food, Muscle Mass and the Appearance of the Double

2011-05-25T11:32:00.000-06:00

Here is an article I wrote about the double on Bodybuilding.com

Lujan Matus: Muscle Mass, the Raw Food Diet and Shamanism

External Chakras

2011-05-24T20:23:00.000-06:00

Question from Sugrue from Parallel Perception Forum: When you mention that chakras are relocated, does that mean they are relocated within the luminous body, say closer to the physical body, but still within their "correct" locations? It does not mean they shift positions, say the crown to the throat, for instance, correct? In other words, when listening to this kind of music, the moving and relocating of the chakras is a positive, a productive kind of thing?

Beyond the seven internal chakras there are external luminous spheres, which are interconnected like the workings of the meridian system of the human body. In the seven main chakra system there are three primary internal vortexes that are called dan tiens.

The lower dan tien, the jing center, is the largest. The central dan tien, which is the heart container, is slightly smaller, which progressively moves to the third eye matrix, which is the size of a golf ball.

Depending on the power of an individual this chakra can be felt externally, mirroring this chakra as if looking at each like a reflection. This mirroring factor can be duplicated by putting one mirror in front of another and a person standing in the middle will see many dimensions, traveling infinitely in terms of the distance perceived visually.

Once you conceive of this, imagine the mirrors, hundreds of them, focusing inwardly at each other, causing this effect. This is the third eye process, only from one perspective.

Imagine the intertwining of billions of people, interacting when this center is open. It is interdimensional.

Nevertheless, there are fluffy energetic units that are spherical that are outside of the body that contain electromagnetic fields that vary within their density. The ones that belong to the jing center, the lower regions of the body, are heavier and dense.

The chi centers, which reside in the middle, are lighter but can be influenced by the absorption of the jing mixed with the chi. And then the jing and the chi are mixed with the lighter center of the shen and given gravity by virtue of the fact that each have combined harmoniously with the elements of the other.

The Dragon's Tears, the Quetzalcoatl, the Jaguar, the Three Treasures and the Small Mountain combine and infuse the external energy centers with much needed alchemy to electrify the human potential on a biorhythmical level. When it resonance becomes electromagnetical denser the full potential of the individual is realized.

To answer your question Sugrue, the rhythms that transharmonics deliver to the external chakras is like threads being thrown in particular patterns to affect the harmonic resonance that corresponds to the information delivered from a vibratory perspective. This aspect creates a holographic connective effect that influences consciousness internally and externally within the vibratory essence of the bio-organic field that is our attention as holographic units of information.

Photo courtesy of Phatman

Dreaming and Walking

2011-05-20T10:17:00.006-06:00

The following post was written by Sugrue on the Parallel Perception Shamanism Forum in the discussion entitled, "Dreaming and Walking".

Lujan's walking technique has shown itself to be so much fun and very valuable. It leaves the physical body calm and ready.

Yesterday, I didn't have time to walk early in the a.m., so I did it in the afternoon, anyway. Completely forgot about it by the time I went to bed, but had a wonderful dream as a result, just like the other times I've done the walking technique.

Dreamed of riding along a highway next to a calm ocean, in a convertible car. Suddenly, Lujan appears in the car, says something to me while standing up in the car that is moving at highway speed. An understanding is made, and Lujan does a little prep with his body, then dives straight from the moving vehicle into the ocean! We're all fascinated, and I ask if anyone saw that he turned into three bright balls of light, one on top of the other, just before he dove.

(For anyone interested: I would "interpret" this dream (for the reason part of us) as being in the energy body -- which always feels like movement -- as represented by the car. Digging into one's self and letting it be revealed -- per this forum, and elsewhere as a result -- has turned my dream car into a convertible. The nagual visits from the void, represented by the ocean.)

The dream went on, as dreams do. when I awoke, I tried to recall what I had done differently the day before that would produce a strong dream of this kind without the aid of the full moon. Then I recalled the walking technique.

Have fun DO-ing!

Photo courtesy of Paul (Dex)

Glimpsing the Unknown

2011-05-18T11:17:00.003-06:00

Written by Lyra, a member of the Parallel Perception Forum:

Last year when the nagual was traveling through South Africa I had two dream with him. In one of these dreams, I watched from a disembodied third perspective while Lujan and I stood next to each other watching another me walk into a fog. Upon my return, nagual turned to the me standing next to him and said "You dream too deep to remember your dreams."

His assistance to me at that time was just pointing out the facts to ease my anxiety of why I was not dreaming the way people describe lucid dreams and whether I was doing something wrong or incomplete. I was content with this answer and just trusted that whatever this was caused by would be resolved through practicing the things we speak of here in the forum. I didn't describe the dream in detail to anyone including Lujan because I knew the unraveling was not complete at the time, and there wasn't anything he could have told me then that I was ready to comprehend.

Over a week ago while I was about to lay my head on my pillow, a realization came crashing into my awareness, that there had to have been 4 of me for that dream to occur the way it did. I was already familiar with remembering past events and occasionally dreaming through a third perspective, and at the time too caught up in the question of "is there something wrong with the way I dream?" that I simply overlooked the 4th "me" walking into the fog, or the "me" in bed dreaming. So days later I asked about the 4th perspective here in the forum as you all know.

By this time I had started to vaguely gather some understanding of what this might be... and also somehow knew that these awakenings were being brought to the forefront via having been practicing body awareness. Everything I had been doing in the past months were leading into this, whether it was practicing the Three Jewels meditation upon awakening, sensing into crystals, or keeping my awareness on the sensations upon my chest.

Looking back, I realize one other turning point around the time of this realization is, having made the bridge of daily bodily awareness into a dream when I woke myself up from one because I tangibly felt and saw energy emanating from my chest and decided to stop the leakage.

During our skype session with Lujan I asked him to talk about the 4th perspective again, and he gave an explanation that I could not hear through the headphones and also did not understand. After a good chuckle about my flat out "no" to his "do you understand?", he started describing to me in a language I do understand, and here is what he described:

Imagine you are in front of a pond that is frozen and the ice is so thin it could crack if you were to step on it. So the only way to travel across it would be to drift across...

By then, in my third eye perception, I was standing behind a pair of eyes looking out at a crisp winter pond covered by a translucent ice. The ice was so thin it could crack and melt if you breathed over it. And with Lujan's voice in my ears we drifted across the pond. My third eye was transfixed in this image, and there was a buzzing occurring an inch off my whole torso. I knew right then we were both standing behind the same pair of eyes looking out at the pond, and both buzzing in communal conductivity.

The third eye is what sees, and the fourth perspective is what travels into an awareness and returns as sensations full of information. Lujan also said, relating it with the crucifix story, that when one speaks they speak the heart of another. When one is of service to others and empty of self, then what they see (third eye visuals / fourth perspective sensations) and speak (vocalizing their seeing through the energy availed by the unencumbered heart) will be the hearts and minds of men.

Photo courtesy of Stuck in Customs

Touch the world lightly

2011-05-16T11:14:00.003-06:00

A kind word

A gentle gesture

Reveals

Thus a path is traversed

In ever-present love
We press forward
And touch the heart of another
Who whispers these gestures
To their beloved.

Lujan Matus

The Nagual

2011-05-12T11:22:00.000-06:00

When an appropriate individual arrives information is released. We have implanted within us predetermined, identifiable sites that become recognizable when they come to the surface through simultaneous enhancement. This is how a teacher recognizes an initiate.

The way we break the confines of the living construct is by beginning to identify with something outside of our cognitive system through accessing a dream stalker’s implanted information. The only choice we have is to act with integrity. One can only acquiesce. If anything else is added awareness is knocked out of the sphere where spirit resides.

Only power can be added, not a flavour, tone or mood - anything else will distort. This is how spirit is drawn into the resonating field of man’s consciousness.

Knowing the spirit is identifying the reflection of yourself within the ether. The key to this is to be absolutely congruent within.

Congruency is the trick. Without consistency spirit will not be accessible, for energy will be bypassed into the social mask.

We are surrounded by the insoluble at every moment and that eternal presence contains the spirit, which will knock on the inwardly stationed door of the warrior’s heart and shine a light on how to proceed. If you act with integrity and save as much energy as you can by not investing in unnecessary or detrimental behaviours, then the spirit will open that door and this is the nagual.

Photo courtesy of Chiaralily

The Appearance of the Double

2011-05-06T11:15:00.000-06:00

The double is not what you expect. It is like sitting in a room with another person. The environment is exactly the same. But it is not a duplicated reality. It is just that you become so filled with the power of the double when it communicates with you that everything is infused with the overwhelming saturation of that particular attention.

When people go into dreaming, they are duplicating something in the second attention. But that something is not the double. It is a second attention creation.

I have gifts from the old nagual. The jaguar especially can manifest in our waking world, the same as the double, and eagle and dragon are protective talismans that ward of second attention interference. Nevertheless, they have been seen hovering around my body when I do Dragon's Tears in front of my students. So in essence the second attention fixation can manifest in the first attention; our waking world.

Obviously this is under the influence of deep dreaming brainwave patterns while one is awake. But I will say again, that the double is something else. It is not a second attention fixation. It is of itself very separate to us, until it merges.

Endeavoring to forge a copy of the physical body in dreaming is a dead end because of the second attention ability to absorb our third eye capacity in labyrinths of never-ending loops that the dreamer becomes convinced is their power to stalk in this attention. It is a maneuver that trapped the previous seers and it was not Juan Matus' predilection to enter into this labyrinth because he knew it was a dead end. The old nagual Lujan was the same.

The Tenant had a particular talent that was mistaken by Castaneda as maneuvering within the second attention. The Tenant knew of Castaneda's indulgences in the second attention and gifted him the ability to be within worlds beyond anything we could imagine but it was to no avail.

As you know, everybody that has followed Castaneda has been trapped, believing that his path was the be all and end all of the warrior's path. His task has been elucidated in other threads in the Castaneda Forum. His ability to put forth concepts that were didactic devices in cooperation with Juan Matus was superb.

But even these devices, warriors are having difficulty fathoming the abstract cores via the fact that the second attention fixation has removed them from the innate power of their heart; true warriorhood.

This world shifts on a very unique stable access that reveals wisdom so that the seer may progress harmoniously on a path with heart in the world they were born in, thus harmonizing their being with their true destiny; a life on this planet.

When the double truly appears two very clear phenomena present themselves. Power and wisdom intertwine as the seer journeys to their inevitability.

Second Attention Discussion

Photo courtesy of Mara Earth Light

Shamanic Tuition with Lujan Matus: A Personal Account

2011-04-26T12:45:00.006-06:00

On the first day of this year I returned from a month's journey in Guatemala.

Though I did give myself some time out to relax and explore a land new to me, my clear and sole purpose for visiting was to undertake a continuation of shamanic training with a most extraordinary man, the shaman and nagual (don't ask me what that means I still don't know!!!) Lujan Matus. I had been to see Lujan for the first time in September 2009, and had then followed this up earlier this year with some on-line tuition. Before I had met him, I knew that I was to encounter an exceptional being. In my experience, Lujan is a true shaman, an impeccable warrior, a man of great power, and a wonderful teacher, but most of all a truly open hearted, infinitely considerate and loving individual.

My first experience with Lujan was the single most life changing event for me up to that point. It was also one of the most difficult, as he helped to separate the real, essential me from the deeply embedded dysfunctional identities within my consciousness, a burden which had dictated how I had related to the world. It was an encounter that confronted me with only one possible course of action, and that was to begin to take responsibility for myself, to begin to grow up and grow into being a man. And I am forever in gratitude to Lujan for his help.

This second encounter was of a very different nature, without the intense, difficult and dramatic upheavals of my previous transformative experience. It was a smoother, gentler passage for me but no less powerful, transformative or uplifting. It was an experience of total immersion in myself, and the teachings, for its duration, a bubble outside of the world and my daily life.

Though each day presented something new, magical and awe inspiring, the keystone of what I take away most brilliantly is the living memory of connecting so deeply through the heart with another being, with Lujan and the others present. It was a deeply moving experience, of being perfectly real and vulnerable, existing only in the moment, from my heart, and connecting with others from this place of heart felt love, where everything is felt joy, pain, compassion, sorrow, everything possible within the human experience.

Lujan evoked in me such deep unconditional love, often in an overwhelming but most joyous and abandoned way, something that I have not felt much of in this life so far. But I take this away with me as an imprint of how I may live, from the heart, and teach myself, through my encounters with life, to live only from this place. This will not make life easier, I learned, for everything will be felt and seen, ever more vividly, but what choice is there now for me, now my heart has glimpsed the possibility of living what it perpetually dreams of?

Lujan teaches varying forms of shamanic oriental movement (a useful analogy would be with Tai Chi), martial arts, meditations and more, and his practice, demonstration and transmission of these techniques is sublime in its mastery. The 3 weeks I spent with Lujan was divided between learning the beautiful, flowing, graceful and meditative movements of the Dragon's Tear's and the Lotus/Quetzalcoatl Series and the often physically and emotionally gruelling Earth Energy Tapping set.

It was clear to me that beyond technique the clear intention of the teachings is to support the student towards realising the truth of oneself, by shedding the imposed illusions, so we may live more freely and powerfully as the person we were born to be, and are, yet fear to be. I experienced Lujan as a formless being who was aware of everything that presented itself in every moment, responding accordingly, and always with directness, incisiveness, wisdom and tenderness.

Much of our time was spent sitting talking with Lujan which was always an integral part of the teaching. I cannot emphasis how wonderful these times were to me. I sat always with complete attention and intent to absorb all that nourished me so deeply. My heart was filled with joy as I witnessed the joy and love Lujan would feel and express from his depths as he watched us learn and grow and make personal breakthroughs. And I so enjoyed laughing with Lujan, sometimes for no apparent reason and always at the smallest opportunity.

For anyone seeking to live a life of unbounded truth and empowerment, and who would like to know more, click through to Lujan's website Parallel Perception. It is a great opportunity to be able to study intensively with such a man, possibly even on a 1-2-1 basis. He is a teacher for life, someone you will wish to return to again and again, over the years.

Through the pure lovingness of his being, Lujan made it possible for me to connect with and feel that lovingness within myself, and I felt that for him, as an unconditional love. This is now a benchmark for me, a personal challenge to greet others and life with the same love and respect I feel for Lujan.

Since my visit, I have felt that we all deeply wish to, indeed, need to love, to be in love, to live in a state of loving being-ness a need greater than our need to be loved. What an impoverished life it must be to live without love for that life. Who cares if anyone loves you or not, when you love the world around you. After all, there is more to life than just the world of humans, and the love for us of the earth and of the heavens is eternal, immutable and unconditional. If only we could turn our attention away from our perpetual desire to be significant in the eyes of, and loved by, other people.

Blessings,

Jag Reeves

London, UK

jag.reeves@gmail.com

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Energetic Grids

2011-04-25T11:18:00.000-06:00

There are two main practices that I learnt from the old nagual. One is 'Dragon’s Tears'. This is a set of movements or exercises that are done in the morning in conjunction with 'Thunder Dance'.

'Dragon’s Tears' awakens all of the centers, from the sexual center up, right to the crown. These are not the only primary centers in the body.

There is a center at the midsection of the bottom of the foot, same position as the stigmata. From this point beneath there is a corresponding point above on both feet that uphold the energy of man, not only energetically, but in terms of posture.

There is a center behind the knees that balances fluids and gives one a sense of direction, or directness.

There are points in the center of the palms of the hands in the position of the stigmata. This is an entry point as well as an exit point. It is where one can generate energy to flow from either perspective; to heal or to collect external electromagnetic energy.

The points in the feet are activated through the 'Thunder Dance'. They are directly related to the heart, even though they are points in acupuncture that relate to the kidneys, where inspiration gives rise to insight via this energy. From there the possibilities are endless.

All the chakras or axis points generate power to activate the smaller points that within themselves are connected externally to a greater whole or grid outside of the perception of the daily world or the living construct. This inwardly stationed grid, which is our energy field, flows accordingly in terms of being connected to the external grid that is accessed via the medium of seeing through firstly becoming actively aware of the first grid’s functionality within the waking world.

The second grid, by virtue of it’s seeming separation from the first, by virtue of not being viewed by the witness, is connected to the third grid that is composed of randomly opportunistic filaments of light that correspond to the desire of the collective that are connected to the first grid or basic energy fields that reside within the body.

The reason why I call them grids is because when they are seen they appear to be so. Not separated but layered through an endless labyrinth of possibilities that only can be fathomed once one has come to terms with all the items that exist within the living construct; the first reality we become aware of once we have forgotten the second and the third within the traversing of this tangible construct within its solidity.

‘Dragon’s Tears’ is a series of exercises that awaken the power of the second grid or layer of energy fields and gives rise to the feeling of that electromagnetic energy without the practitioner being capable of seeing what is occurring.

To know one must become familiar, and the familiarity with this electromagnetic energy in all its variance is felt when one’s attention traverses the full implications of that which presents itself in comparison to the awareness that is available to that particular practitioner on their journey.

And this is one of the reasons it is so important to travel together. Sharing and upon that sharing transferring therefore stimulating corresponding insights within another to go beyond the present threshold through simultaneous enhancement.

We are all scouts.

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Healing Center in Costa Rica or Belize: Looking for a Patron

2011-04-21T11:07:00.000-06:00

I envision one aspect of the healing center to focus on raw food health for those who wish to optimize their healthy lifestyle and heal stubborn maladies. For those who want to go deeper I envision two weeks of raw food smoothies, and then one week of juice fasting with coffee enemas and colonics.

A beautiful outdoor area where people can relax and bask in the morning and late afternoon sun and then indulge in an evening shamanic healing session to further enhance the cleansing process.

I would personally teach the staff a method of bodywork and oversee the whole professionalism of this process. Then people could slowly move back to raw food smoothies and some cooked vegetables and grains and tonic herbs before moving onto another aspect of the healing center.

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Discount on Shamanic Tuition until April 22nd

2011-04-19T14:04:00.003-06:00

There is currently a discount for shamanic tuition programs in Belize and Costa Rica with the nagual Lujan Matus in 2011.

If you register prior to April 22nd there will be a discount of 10% for one program, 15% for two programs and 20% for three programs. For the Dragon's Tears and Earth Energy Tapping programs, students can return as many times as they wish to review the movements for no additional charge.

Tuition is available in Belize in August and September and in Costa Rica from October-December 2011. Note: The Shamanic Healing Program is only available in Costa Rica.

Shamanic Tuition in the Heart of the Mayan World

It is suggested that students commence with Dragon's Tears, The Three Treasures and Heart and Third Eye Awakening programs. Following this if the student is physically fit and would like a challenge, Earth Energy Tapping is recommended.

Click here to register

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Love

2011-04-18T13:50:00.002-06:00

Love is all that matters.

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Free Shamanic Tuition

2011-04-15T12:20:00.000-06:00

For the past three years I have had a welcome influx of previous students revising shamanic tuition programs. This allows students to fully absorb the subtleties of these movement forms because it may take years to perfect them.

I always love to see my students again. This method allows them to witness the variables that are inherently embedded in the system that I teach.

To revise Dragon's Tears, Earth Energy Tapping or The Three Treasures programs please contact us via email at info@parallelperception.com

Tuition is free to all previous participants of these programs (with the exception of those who attended group workshops) and is subject to availability.

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Orbs and the Three Treasures

2011-04-14T11:52:00.003-06:00

Since the year 2000 I have been experiencing increased influx of spherical beings influencing the matrices of our three-dimensional construct. This phenomena strongly began to affect me as a nagual many years ago when I was first writing the book The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception: The Living Tapestry of Lujan Matus.

What I was experiencing were spherical orbs of many different colors bombarding my body consciousness. They would appear speeding through the walls and entering my body relentlessly, delivering information.

Many people now around the world are experiencing this phenomena, especially my students that practice Dragon's Tears. As you will read in this thread in the Parallel Perception Forum, I have noticed while I am teaching that indigo orbs the size of golf balls would appear around my shoulders, and peripherally around the body of my students.

This strongly indicates a shift into a fourth-dimensional matrix that will be three-dimensionally accommodated as this transitional phase increases. The inter-dimensional aspect of the third eye will be awakened.

As our consciousness increases, it is vitally important to strengthen a web-like aspect of our luminosity that sits within the human body that correspondingly reaches out inter-dimensionally interconnecting all aspects of the matrix simultaneously that will be our new forum of connectivity that our attention will function from.

The old nagual Lujan gave me a form to release in the time that these orbs would become more available. It is called "The Three Treasures".

This movement series will strengthen our bodies abilities to cope with the new influx of information that is beginning to occur more rapidly. This series utilizes the figure eight that is demonstrated in the Dragon's Tears and transforms it into the movements of free-flowing butterflies - traditionally known as the "whispering of the dragon" - that are then compressed into the energy field to cause the necessary transformation needed.

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Warrior's Gesture: Excerpt from the Forthcoming Book, Medicine Child, by Ray Stewart

2011-04-12T11:17:00.008-06:00

A warrior is someone who has culminated themselves to being in a warlike state and applies the elements of that knowing evoked from this way of being to their lives in all dimensions. Knowing they are here by chance and acting as if this opportunity were a gift treasuring their brief experience of life and all which it encompasses. A warrior is at war with the idea of the self that fostered notion of separation. A sentiment which so often divides and limits thru applying classificatory schemes and binding descriptions cast by the sense of finality instilled by the socialized perspective establishing the illusion of disconnectedness.

The warrior is only a warrior and yet in this simplification they are embracing a grand complexity. The path they walk is to embrace the challenges which threaten to limit and define them as they return to a state of unformed immeasurability. A warrior is reduced to nothing and thus they are available to everything in this becoming of emptiness. Contradictorily they find they are unavailable to anything which would occupy and compromise this formless way of being.

Warriors see from their heart knowing that to walk their path with integrity and learn from their travels exerting unerring effort is all that matters. For a warrior living in accordance with their death and seeing from their heart is simultaneously aware that while the journey constantly appears to be ending, it has also always only just begun. Arriving at this knowing a warrior takes action prepared for their inevitability, whatever that may be in relation to their circumstances. While conscious of their impending departure, they see from this view of immediate expiration and are prepared for all that life has to offer, as such a challenging gift.

Continuing, a warrior finds solace in this state feeling peace while being at war. For death to a warrior is only the final threshold of this life initiating the commencement of yet another journey. A warrior exists in this condition of being already dead, so every facet of their life is lived to the fullest potential and released gently as if it never were. So as to step forward welcoming what mysteries await beyond us and paradoxically within. Warriors strive to transcend these boundaries and limitations of the self instilled view realizing they are undefeatable as they are actively being nothing they exist in identification with everything which surrounds them. With detachment, the warrior discovers that nothing could possibly defeat or be defeated in this mirage of conflict.

Despite the outcome, a warrior is not concerned with winning or losing, being right or wrong. Instead existing for experience and the wisdom harvested from this as they have transcended that competitive division of living in applied emptiness. The warrior encounters mutual enhancement with all life as life itself is enriched by their efforts in actualizing this awareness of a greater essence occupying all forms. This path absorbs their entirety enduring for eternity as a warrior relinquishes all enemies, concerned with prevailing over the only true opponent they have ever faced which was that vantage of the limiting self imposed. They become an expression of a unified collective knowing intending to learn and share. Seeking and being of knowledge a warrior yields to this blossoming.

“ You are responsible and your journey is at hand."

"Giving is the ultimate incentive."

Ray Stewart is a three-pronged nagual that Lujan Matus discovered. His book, "Medicine Child" will be released later in 2011.

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Seeking Patron/Investor for Shamanic Healing Center

2011-04-11T12:52:00.000-06:00

Parallel Perception is currently seeking a patron to help in the creation of a healing center in Belize or Costa Rica. It is our vision to have a property that can house many people and also the ability to accommodate work exchange programs for those who wish to live long term.

We wish to provide organic raw food and teach raw food preparation classes so as to help people heal short-term and give them the ability to continue to apply this approach over the longer term. Additionally there would be areas for yoga and shamanic movement classes, and bodywork.

We envision a zen-like quality to the grounds. High fences for privacy, ponds full of koi fish, accommodation that is simple and comfortable that will bring a sense of peace to those who attend for short or long periods.

We would also like the grounds to be full of green, lush gardens to give a sense of reclusive beauty and to be as eco-friendly and self-sufficient as possible.

If anyone is interested in supporting this endeavor please write to info@parallelperception.com

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Heart Consciousness

2011-04-08T11:31:00.000-06:00

Your heart is my heart. My heart is yours.

As we look within, we reflect what is without.

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Testimonial: Certificate of Shamanic Healing

2011-04-05T11:28:00.004-06:00

Testimonial for the Certificate of Shamanic Healing.

Dear Lujan,

Thank you so so much for the time we shared and all that you helped me through.. I so enjoyed it, especially the joy and humour of the last couple of weeks.

I arrived back home feeling very different, it was really surreal meeting my partner again.. I had changed so much, and had not actually realised the depth of it until I experienced myself in relation to the familiarity of her.

I have felt really strong and clear since arriving back, and gave my first session of bodywork last night, which absolutely blew the person away, who is also a massage therapist... she was so surprised and said she'd not experienced anything like that before, her shoulders that had been locked for years felt freer for the first time, she told me that even the massages her teachers had done on her hadn't helped with that before! She also spoke about the rushing sensation and a clarity in her awareness that has continued to stay with her into today.

Lujan.. again, I have no words to thank you enough, I really do feel such a difference, and the freeness in my being is filling me with such joy :)

With much love to you,

Ali
UK
www.animacreations.co.uk

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