Meeting don Miguel Ruiz and his introduction to Maya --
The Goddess of Illusion

Since childhood I've had a gnawing sense that life on earth is not intended to be as painful or serious as it seems. In my dreams, I would often see life as a grand game of virtual reality, devised by some greater force for our souls’ enhancement.

Yet I had no outer support of this belief, since I was the least likely person to undertake a journey of awakening—I was way too cool to be spiritual. Then, during a fateful 1988 trip to Peru, I met a woman who would soon introduce me to a then-unknown Mexican Toltec teacher: don Miguel Ruiz.

Little did I suspect how life-changing that meeting with Miguel would be. Immediately, he helped me see that my “too cool” attitude was one of the many masks that I had adopted to help me navigate through life. He explained that, like everyone, I had worn masks such as “victim” or “authority” as outward tokens of my identity, when, in fact, none of them accurately described who I was. In fact, the essence of myself—the I am—was far greater than any of the ways I was accustomed to defining myself. As I stripped off the layers of masks, I felt my heart begin to open and I knew my life would never be the same... Read More