In the shaman's way,Go to page especially in the nagualism of Castaneda,Go to page the Middle Way or Middle Path refers to a particular behavior, that should be adopted to avoid the discrepancy of both right and left. We described this inner attitude here.Go to Voyage en alpha

In Kundalini yoga, the Middle Way means the main channel of subtle energy, sushumna, the central conduit through which the kundalini rises for enlightenment. The symbol of caduceusSee upper picture express the same energetic scheme. The Middle Way also designates this energetic process by which the individual becomes a person. For Islam, stay in the middle lane is a great victory over self, the fulfillment of Jihad:holy war "The greatest jihad we have to fight is with yourself," said prophet Muhammad.

The pure Jihadists will therefore be warriors competing themselves. The greatest Jihad is to continually track yourself, as are truth seekers and other rainbow warriors.Go to page A true understanding of jihad could build a bridge between different religions and beliefs, which could only benefit to Islam. "Jihad is an introspection that allows you to see what to change deep within ourselves to get to stay on the Middle Way." (source)On the site vie-spirituelle The Middle Way fits in all ideologies.

It manifests itself in this particular state of brain wave alpha. Clearly, Muhammad said that can be translated as that which remains in the rational world, the everyday, no hello. A person who remains in the dream world, and hovering in the immensity of creative work, no hello. But he who lives in alpha wave,Go to page who uses his two brains, but none of priority, that one will experience enlightenment. Ultimately, with other words, Muhammad said the same thing that Carlos Castaneda.Go to page

In Castaneda, we have two very different perspectives to contemplate reality. He calls the tonal and the nagual, he also says "right side" and "left side". A parallel was often made  between these two sides of the person and the two hemispheres of the brain. It's fair and it's not. If there is a report terms must be reversed because the left side of Castaneda is the right hemisphere of the brain and the right side is the left hemisphere. Inversion is not surprising, since the hemispheres, too, are reversed relative to the sides of the body.

Which way the dancer turns?

If the dancer turns anticlockwise, then you use most often your left brain. The left brain, simply put,Go to voie du chamane is the logic brain, the right side or tonal in Castaneda. You belong to the mostpart of humankind. Many of the ideas expressed here are really shocking to you.

If it rotates in a clockwise, you prefer the right brain: you are familiar with the Nagual of Castaneda, you are looking for magical powers, you like creativity, irrationality. Both ways lead to excess.

In one case as in the other, it is not the middle lane.

The middle path is in-between. Wanna try? Stare at the dancer, make her change direction at will. The more you'll get there, the more fluidity you gain. Second step: stop accommodate your vision. Your eyes become blurred, until you see two dancers. Try to run one in one direction and the other in reverse. Your state of "mind" is very close to the alpha wave. Beware of self-hypnosis or loss of balance! Practise makes perfect: try, just a little bit harder. It is a good way to stay right in the middle between the two hemispheres.

The thing is possible, although it is not taught, which is a shame. Right brain and left brain are connected by the corpus callosum, or mesentery.The word is old, but so cute! Reality is more technical. Imagine a bundle of electrical cables which handle large amounts of information. Instead of constant exchange between the two hemispheres, a bridge between logic and creativity, the corpus callosum is a bit inside the web. By changing the direction of the dance, you learn to just take in this web.

You don't think anymore with one or the other hemispheres, you use both at once. That's the secret. That is the key to the alpha wave,Go to Le voyage en alpha  keep on the Middle Way, without deviating neither to right nor left. The warrior must learn moderation, Castaneda has learned to his cost. Moderation of passion, temperance, avoidance of excess ... In the Tarot of Marseilles,Go to Le Tarot initiatique the arcane XIIII - Temperance presided over the opening of the chakras, the arcane XV -  the Devil.

With her tightrope between her jugs, defying physics,

Temperance shows us the Middle Lane.

A High Rate Meditation

The "Tables of Chartres" is a meditation technique and mental training that French gypsies have been practising in secret for centuries. Gypsies call the "Tables" a "Garden of initiation." Pierre DerionIn "Traditions Occultes des Gitans", Robert Laffont 1975 described the technique of meditation. The illustration below shows a "Garden of initiation" with the traditional "Tables" arranged so that they can be contemplated, squinting slightly, until the two columns of geometric shapes superimpose.

So that a third column (virtual) appears between the two tables. Look at this third column  during meditation. Make it blue, then make it red at your will. This way of contemplating the tables puts the mind in a highly aroused state. It allows exceptional states of perception and meditative experiences. While your look comes to rest on the tables, your spirit can flourish at ease and gain access to normally inaccessible introspective revelations.

Attention increases significantly at all levels: visual, acoustic, physical and mental. One easily learns to consciously establish a state of hemispheric scale, and often one can even observe the contents of the subconscious. The eyes and vision may also enjoy: practitioners often report improvements in their net and lasting vision. During meditation the red and blue geometric forms serve as an anchor in the eyes and spirit.

The right eye looks at the left column, the left eye to the right column. Must squint a little - and, if necessary, use a finger to guide the eye. George Pennington, in his book "Die Tafeln von Chartres"(Walter / Patmos 1994) Despite its long presence in the German Booksellers unfortunately it has not yet been published in France. Hopefully it exists in English?? discusses the effects of meditation on body and mind as well as psychological and philosophical implications. This book is essential reading for those who want to seriously apply this meditation. (source)on the site