How To Lucid Dream

 Learn how to lucid dream in this post. I'll need to create some content, obviously, but I'll get around to it as I'm spending all my current time with existing clients in-person with EFT Tapping. 

Kristos 

Ally or Allies as Described by C.C.

An “ally”, he said, is a power a man can bring into his life to help him, advise him, and give him the strength necessary to perform acts, whether big or small, right or wrong. This ally is necessary to enhance a man’s life, guide his acts, and further his knowledge. In fact, an ally is the indispensable aid to knowing. 

Don Juan said this with great conviction and force. He seemed to choose his words carefully. He repeated the following sentence four times: “An ally will make you see and understand things about which no human being could possibly enlighten you.”

On the other hand, the acquiring of an ally required, don Juan said, the most precise teaching and the following of stages or steps without a single deviation. There are many such ally powers in the world, he said, but he was familiar with only two of them. And he was going to lead me to them and their secrets, but it was up to me to choose one of them, for I could have only one. 

His benefactor’s ally was in la yerba del diablo (devil’s weed), he said, but he personally did not like it, even though his benefactor had taught him its secrets. His own ally was in the humito (the little smoke), he said, but he did not elaborate on the nature of the smoke.

He also said there were other names for the devil’s weed, but they were not to be used, because the calling of a name was a serious matter, especially if one was learning to tame an ally power. 

I asked him why the calling of a name was so serious a matter. He said names were reserved to be used only when one was calling for help, in moments of great stress and need, and he assured me that such moments happen sooner or later in the life of whoever seeks knowledge.

“An ally is a power capable of carrying a man beyond the boundaries of himself. This is how an ally can reveal matters no human being could.” 

“But Mescalito also takes you out of the boundaries of yourself. Doesn’t that make him an ally?” “No. Mescalito takes you out of yourself to teach you. An ally takes you out to give you power.” 

I asked him to explain this point to me in more detail, or to describe the difference in effect between the two. He looked at me for a long time and laughed. He said that learning through conversation was not only a waste, but stupidity, because learning was the most difficult task a man could undertake. 

He asked me to remember the time I had tried to find my spot, and how I wanted to find it without doing any work because I had expected him to hand out all the information. If he had done so, he said, I would never have learned. But, knowing how difficult it was to find my spot, and, above all, knowing that it existed, would give me a unique sense of confidence. 

He said that while I remained rooted to my “good spot” nothing could cause me bodily harm, because I had the assurance that at that particular spot I was at my very best. I had the power to shove off anything that might be harmful to me. If, however, he had told me where it was, I would never have had the confidence needed to claim it as true knowledge. Thus, knowledge was indeed power.

“The [devil's] weed is used only for power,” he finally said in a dry, stern tone. “The man who wants his vigor back, the young people who seek to endure fatigue and hunger, the man who wants to kill another man, a woman who wants to be in heat they all desire power. And the weed will give it to them!

“Can your ally protect you from her?” “No! The little smoke only tells me what to do. Then I must protect myself.” “How about Mescalito? Can he protect you from her?” “No! Mescalito is a teacher, not a power to be used for personal reasons.” “How about the devil’s weed?” “I’ve already said that I must protect myself, following the directions of my ally the smoke. And as far as I know, the smoke can do anything. If you want to know about any point in question, the smoke will tell you. And it will give you not only knowledge, but also the means to proceed. It’s the most marvelous ally a man could have.”

"The devil’s weed is for those who bid for power. The smoke is for those who want to watch and see."

"When the smoke has become one’s ally it will resolve any questions by allowing one to enter into inconceivable worlds."

“Mescalito is a protector because he talks to you and can guide your acts,” he said. “Mescalito teaches the right way to live. And you can see him because he is outside you. The smoke, on the other hand, is an ally. It transforms you and gives you power without ever showing its presence. You can’t talk to it. But you know it exists because it takes your body away and makes you as light as air. Yet you never see it. But it is there giving you power to accomplish unimaginable things, such as when it takes your body away.”

"No. That's not correct," he said, frowning. "My ally is the little smoke, but that doesn't mean that my ally is in the smoking mixture, or in the mushrooms, or in my pipe. They all have to be put together to get me to the ally, and that ally I call little smoke for reasons of my own."

"The ally is not in the smoke," he said. "The smoke takes you to where the ally is, and when you become one with the ally you don't ever have to smoke again. From then on you can summon your ally at will and make him do anything you want. "The allies are neither good nor evil, but are put to use by the sorcerers for whatever purpose they see fit. I like the little smoke as an ally because it doesn't demand much of me. It's constant and fair."

"What do allies do in the world?" "This is like asking me what we men do in the world. I really don't know. We are here, that's all. And the allies are here like us; and maybe they have been here before us."

"Real people look like luminous eggs when you see them. Non-people always look like people. That's what I meant when I said you cannot see an ally. The allies take different forms. They look like dogs, coyotes, birds, even tumbleweeds, or anything else. The only difference is that when you see them they look just like what they're pretending to be. Everything has its own way of being when you see. Just like men look like eggs, other things look like something else, but the allies can be seen only in the form they are portraying. That form is good enough to fool the eyes, our eyes, that is. A dog is never fooled, neither is a crow."

"We have scores of allies among us, but we don't bother them. Since our eyes can only look at things, we don't notice them." 

"Do you mean that some of the people I see in the street are not really people?" I asked, truly bewildered by his statement. 

"Some of them are not," he said emphatically."

Then he explained that the allies could not take the lead or act upon anything directly; they could, however, act upon man in an indirect way. Don Juan said that coming in contact with an ally was dangerous because the ally was capable of bringing out the worst in a person.

Warrior of Lite

Mescalito

I asked him how Mescalito taught the “proper way of life”, and don Juan replied that Mescalito showed how to live. “How does he show it?” I asked. “He has many ways of showing it. Sometimes he shows it on his hand, or on the rocks, or the trees, or just in front of you.”

He went on explaining that there were no exact steps to knowing Mescalito; therefore no one could teach about him except Mescalito himself. This quality made him a unique power; he was not the same for every man.

“The devil’s weed has never protected anyone. She serves only to give power. Mescalito, on the other hand, is gentle, like a baby.” 

“But you said Mescalito is terrifying at times.” 

“Of course he is terrifying, but once you get to know him, he is gentle and kind.” 

“How does he show his kindness?” 

“He is a protector and a teacher.” 

“How does he protect?” 

“You can keep him with you at all times and he will see that nothing bad happens to you.” 

“How can you keep him with you at all times?” 

“In a little bag, fastened under your arm or around your neck with a string.”

 “Do you have him with you?” 

“No, because I have an ally. But other people do.” 

“What does he teach?”

“He teaches you to live properly.” 

“How does he teach?” 

“He shows things and tells what is what. [enzenna las cosas y te dice lo que son].”

“Mescalito is a protector, a kind, gentle protector; but that does not mean you can make fun of him. Because he is a kind protector he can also be horror itself with those he does not like.”

“Is Mescalito God - the only God? Or is he one of the gods?” 

“He is just a protector and a teacher. He is a power.” 

“Is he a power within ourselves?” 

“No. Mescalito has nothing to do with ourselves. He is outside us.” 

“Then everyone who takes Mescalito must see him in the same form.” 

“No, not at all. He is not the same for everybody.”

“We will work our way back and pick him [Mescalito] as we cross the field. That is, we will pick him only when he is in our way. He will find us and not the other way around. He will find us - if he wants to.”

“Mescalito is a protector because he talks to you and can guide your acts,” he said. “Mescalito teaches the right way to live. And you can see him because he is outside you. The smoke, on the other hand, is an ally. It transforms you and gives you power without ever showing its presence. You can’t talk to it. But you know it exists because it takes your body away and makes you as light as air. Yet you never see it. But it is there giving you power to accomplish unimaginable things, such as when it takes your body away.”

He said, “You think there are two worlds for you - two paths. But there is only one. The protector [Mescalito] showed you this with unbelievable clarity. The only world available to you is the world of men, and that world you cannot choose to leave. You are a man! The protector showed you the world of happiness where there is no difference between things because there is no one there to ask about the difference. But that is not the world of men. The protector shook you out of it and showed you how a man thinks and fights. That is the world of man! And to be a man is to be condemned to that world. You have the vanity to believe you live in two worlds, but that is only your vanity. There is but one single world for us. We are men, and must follow the world of men contentedly. “I believe that was the lesson.”

"In the first place," don Juan explained, "you must want to become acquainted with him [Mescalito], and I think this is by far the most important thing. Then you must be offered to him, and you must meet with him many times before you can say you know him."

Warrior of Lite

Four Natural Enemies

“When a man starts to learn, he is never clear about his objectives. His purpose is faulty; his intent is vague. He hopes for rewards that will never materialize, for he knows nothing of the hardships of learning. 

“He slowly begins to learn - bit by bit at first, then in big chunks. And his thoughts soon clash. What he learns is never what he pictured, or imagined, and so he begins to be afraid. Learning is never what one expects. Every step of learning is a new task, and the fear the man is experiencing begins to mount mercilessly, unyieldingly. His purpose becomes a battlefield. 

“And thus, he has tumbled upon the first of his natural enemies: Fear! A terrible enemy - treacherous, and difficult to overcome. It remains concealed et every turn of the way, prowling, waiting. And if the man, terrified in its presence, runs away, his enemy will have put an end to his quest.” 

“What will happen to the man if he runs away in fear?” 

“Nothing happens to him except that he will never learn. He will never become a man of knowledge. He will perhaps be a bully or a harmless, scared man; at any rate, he will be a defeated man. His first enemy will have put an end to his cravings.” 

“And what can he do to overcome fear?” 

“The answer is very simple. He must not run away. He must defy his fear, and in spite of it he must take the next step in learning, and the next, and the next. He must be fully afraid, and yet he must not stop. That is the rule! And a moment will come when his first enemy retreats. The man begins to feel sure of himself. His intent becomes stronger. Learning is no longer a terrifying task. 

“When this joyful moment comes, the man can say without hesitation that he has defeated his first natural enemy.” 

“Does it happen at once, don Juan, or little by little?” 

“It happens little by little, and yet the fear is vanquished suddenly and fast.” 

“But won’t the man be afraid again if something new happens to him?” 

“No. Once a man has vanquished fear, he is free from it for the rest of his life because, instead of fear, he has acquired clarity - a clarity of mind which erases fear. By then a man knows his desires; he knows how to satisfy those desires. He can anticipate the new steps of learning, and a sharp clarity surrounds everything. The man feels that nothing is concealed. 

“And thus, he has encountered his second enemy: Clarity! That clarity of mind, which is so hard to obtain, dispels fear, but also blinds. 

“It forces the man never to doubt himself. It gives him the assurance he can do anything he pleases, for he sees clearly into everything. And he is courageous because he is clear, and he stops at nothing because he is clear. But all that is a mistake; it is like something incomplete. If the man yields to this make-believe power, he has succumbed to his second enemy and will fumble with learning. He will rush when he should be patient, or he will be patient when he should rush. And he will fumble with learning until he winds up incapable of learning anything more.” 

“What becomes of a man who is defeated in that way, don Juan? Does he die as a result?” 

“No, he doesn’t die. His second enemy has just stopped him cold from trying to become a man of knowledge; instead, the man may turn into a buoyant warrior, or a clown. Yet the clarity for which he has paid so dearly will never change to darkness and fear again. He will be clear as long as he lives, but he will no longer learn, or yearn for, anything.” 

“But what does he have to do to avoid being defeated?”

“He must do what he did with fear: he must defy his clarity and use it only to see, and wait patiently and measure carefully before taking new steps; he must think, above all, that his clarity is almost a mistake. And a moment will come when he will understand that his clarity was only a point before his eyes. And thus, he will have overcome his second enemy, and will arrive at a position where nothing can harm him anymore. This will not be a mistake. It will not be only a point before his eyes. It will be true power. 

“He will know at this point that the power he has been pursuing for so long is finally his. He can do with it whatever he pleases. His ally is at his command. His wish is the rule. He sees all that is around him. But he has also come across his third enemy: Power! 

“Power is the strongest of all enemies. And naturally the easiest thing to do is to give in; after all, the man is truly invincible. He commands; he begins by taking calculated risks, and ends in making rules, because he is a master. 

“A man at this stage hardly notices his third enemy closing in on him. And suddenly, without knowing, he will certainly have lost the battle. His enemy will have turned him into a cruel, capricious man.” 

“Will he lose his power?” 

“No, he will never lose his clarity or his power.” 

“What then will distinguish him from a man of knowledge? 

“A man who is defeated by power dies without really knowing how to handle it. Power is only a burden upon his fate. Such a man has no command over himself, and cannot tell when or how to use his power.” 

“Is the defeat by any of these enemies a final defeat?” 

“Of course it is final. Once one of these enemies overpowers a man there is nothing he can do.”

“Is it possible, for instance, that the man who is defeated by power may see his error and mend his ways?” 

“No. Once a man gives in he is through.” 

“But what if he is temporarily blinded by power, and then refuses it?” 

“That means his battle is still on. That means he is still trying to become a man of knowledge. A man is defeated only when he no longer tries, and abandons himself.” 

“But then, don Juan, it is possible that a man may abandon himself to fear for years, but finally conquer it.” 

“No, that is not true. If he gives in to fear he will never conquer it, because he will shy away from learning and never try again. But if he tries to learn for years in the midst of his fear, he will eventually conquer it because he will never have really abandoned himself to it.” 

“How can he defeat his third enemy, don Juan?”

“He has to defy it, deliberately. He has to come to realize the power he has seemingly conquered is in reality never his. He must keep himself in line at all times, handling carefully and faithfully all that he has learned. If he can see that clarity and power, without his control over himself, are worse than mistakes, he will reach a point where everything is held in check. He will know then when and how to use his power. And thus, he will have defeated his third enemy. 

“The man will by then, at the end of his journey of learning, and almost without warning he will come upon the last of his enemies: Old age! This enemy is the cruelest of all, the one he won’t be able to defeat completely, but only fight away. 

“This is the time when a man has no more fears, no more impatient clarity of mind - a time when all his power is in check, but also the time when he has an unyielding desire to rest. If he gives in totally to his desire to lie down and forget, if he soothes himself in tiredness, he will have lost his last round, and his enemy will cut him down into a feeble old creature. His desire to retreat will overrule all his clarity, his power, and his knowledge. 

“But if the man sloughs off his tiredness, and lives his fate through, he can then be called a man of knowledge, if only for the brief moment when he succeeds in fighting off his last, invincible enemy.

That moment of clarity, power, and knowledge is enough.”

Warrior of Lite

Man of Knowledge

“A man of knowledge is one who has followed truthfully the hardships of learning,” he said. “A man who has, without rushing or without faltering, gone as far as he can in unravelling the secrets of power and knowledge.” 

“Can anyone be a man of knowledge?” 

“No, not anyone.” 

“Then what must a man do to become a man of knowledge?” 

“He must challenge and defeat his four natural enemies.” 

“Will he be a man of knowledge after defeating these four enemies?”

 

“Yes. A man can call himself a man of knowledge only if he is capable of defeating all four of them.” 

“Then, can anybody who defeats these enemies be a man of knowledge?” 

“Anybody who defeats them becomes a man of knowledge.”

“But are there any special requirements a man must fulfill before fighting with these enemies?” 

“No. Anyone can try to become a man of knowledge; very few men actually succeed, but that is only natural. The enemies a man encounters on the path of learning to become a man of knowledge are truly formidable; most men succumb to them.” 

I asked him if he could use witchcraft or divination to see the outcome of the battle. 

He flatly stated that the result of the struggle could not be foreseen by any means, because becoming a man of knowledge was a temporary thing. When I asked him to explain this point, he replied: “To be a man of knowledge has no permanence. One is never a man of knowledge, not really. Rather, one becomes a man of knowledge for a very brief instant, after defeating the four natural enemies.” 

“You must tell me, don Juan, what kind of enemies they are.” He did not answer.

Visit here to read about the Four Natural Enemies for a Man of Knowledge.

Warrior of Lite