The Saber-toothed tiger, for the seers of ancient Mexico, embodies the passion of the warrior-traveler - the navigator in the sea of awareness. The saber-tooth roamed from the valley of Mexico all the way along the western coast and into southern and central California, the areas from which the magical passes originate. We may think of the saber-tooth as a creature from another time, a museum piece; and from our linear perspective, this is true. In the view of the seers of don Juan's lineage, however, the other time of the Saber-tooth is not the past, but another layer of awareness. They propose that perhaps, in terms of energetic facts, it would be more accurate to say that we are caught in the museum case, and the Saber-tooth is roaming free, moving from dream to dream. We can adopt the fluid dreaming ability of the Saber-tooth by practicing the magical passes of the form known as the Saber-toothed Tiger of Intent.

The intent of the Saber-tooth, according to seers, is to dream - to move its assemblage point. This means it embodies pure perception, and fluid, alert action. In adopting the Saber-tooth's deep full breathing, we enter new areas of breath, which for seers means new areas of perception. Engaging the muscles in the area of the pelvis and the diaphragm in every motion and breath, as the Saber-tooth does, can help us to cultivate the guts of steel needed for navigating. The rippling motion of the Saber-tooth's shoulders as it walks and moves renders its assemblage point fluid. Its assemblage point doesn't stay fixed behind the shoulder blades, as with human beings; it moves, giving the Saber-tooth, and practitioners of its form the possibility of perennially new perceptions.

Practicing the Saber-tooth form can move us out of the static position of contemporary man, slouching in front of a computer screen in an airless room, or hunched over a cell phone, into a more vast and open state of awareness. It can allow us to see our prey - our own habits and routines - on the horizon, and to tear them down, so that we might roam onward to face new challenges, new dreams.

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