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Preparation note given to an Aztec seeking a means by which to set the mind in accord with the Way. 1986

Approaching the Mystical Experience.
The fusion of the Self and the Universe
with the flowers of courage, be prepared to transcend
Everything one knows
With no resistance to experience, embrace everything
Recognize the empty, transparent freedom of consciousness
All substances are part of one's own consciousness, 
this awareness is vacuous, unborn and unceasing.
The Mystical Experience is like a great musical phenomena before which the guest, seeking audience, must suspend judgements, opinions and simply listen with all one's being, to fully appreciate.
An open mind, a willing heart, will receive full grace arising like the sun in the morning.
By degrees the mind will fill with light.
Follow the process you experience with a moving stillness of quite observation and you will penetrate to the greatest revelations. 
Courage is the way, relaxation the key,
openness of heart and mind,
the greatest power.
Offer flowers, light instrumental music, incense, yourself, let things happen
Playfully give yourself up to the process.
Fill you heart with trust
In this relaxed condition the mystical experience
has a chance to bloom and open within
on its own terms
Like a dance, one swings with it, 
even if it vaults you beyond the stars
Be open to experience anything, with the knowledge
that all things pass
The Universe surrenders in celebration to he who
surrenders to the Universe
The Self must be open to the Light 
for the Light to open the Self
These are the Jewels of Awakening that I give to you
in the same Spirit they were given to me.