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The inner fire is a phenomenon observed in some Christian mystics. It is called incendium amoris, the fire of love<\/em>. These believers attribute this intense warmth to Jesus or the Holy Spirit. Yet a similar phenomenon occurs without religion or faith in very diverse people. Associated with unconditional love, it is the cause of a chosen death.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Divine faith or witchcraft?<\/h4>\n

Recorded from the 18th century to the early 20th, village sorcerers have been described as being able to light the inner fire to leave the world without leaving a trace. Except sometimes a round blackened on the tiles of their kitchen, and some toes around, not completely consumed. These sorcerers found the way to leave this world on their tiptoes, a tip that they left behind, the only trace of their passage on earth.<\/p>\n

This is the feat accomplished by all beings engaged in the search for total freedom, as the new seers described by Carlos Castaneda<\/a>. I belong in this cycle. After a night of hard fighting against astral entities, incubus devils or lugubrious archons, I think I have found this fire that consumes the flesh a coherent, if not rational explanation.<\/p>\n

Before, let us see what the mystics who have experienced this burning fire that comes from the heart say. Thus was celebrated the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I would tend to believe that unconditional love played a good trick on them, and as these mystics were nothing less than awakened, they saw only fire… But let\u2019s not anticipate.<\/p>\n

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The inner fire of mystics<\/h4>\n

\"\"Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)<\/span><\/p>\n

“You are a fire that is always burning; you consume and you are not consumed. By your fire, you consume every trace of self-love in the soul. Thou art a fire that casts out all coldness and illumines the spirits with its light, and it is by this light that Thou hast made known Thy truth.”<\/p>\n

\nSaint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)<\/span><\/p>\n

“God could be compared to a burning furnace, from which a small spark flies in the soul that feels the heat of this great fire, but which is insufficient to consume it. The sensation is so delicious that the mind lingers in the pain produced by its touch. That seems to me the best comparison I can find, because the pain is delicious and not really painful at all, and it does not always continue to the same degree; sometimes it lasts a long time; on other occasions, it passes quickly.”<\/p>\n

\nSaint John of the Cross (1542-1591)<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"“When this divine fire has transformed the soul into itself, not only does the soul feel the burning, it is still itself all fire and burn. But it is a surprising thing that this celestial fire, which can more easily reduce to nothing a thousand worlds than the elemental fire could destroy a leaf, But he does not consume the spirits that he burns, but he burns them according to their strength and their ardor, and he transforms them into God.”<\/p>\n

\nFather Paul de Moll (1824-1896)<\/span><\/p>\n

“When you enter the church in the morning, it will be like a burning furnace; fire everywhere, the fire of God\u2019s love to welcome you. You won\u2019t see that fire, but the whole church will be filled with it.”<\/p>\n

“O love! O infinite love of God! O sweet love, sweeter than honey! O ocean of love! Inflame my heart with the sacred fire of your holy love! My name is love.”<\/p>\n

\nFather Johann Baptist Reus (1868-1947)<\/span><\/p>\n

“Such a burning fire came to my heart that I could only reduce it by letting myself go and make the most vivid groans. This love, which came from above and kindled my heart in a sensitive way, grew to such an extent that I was unable to bear it any more, it was unspeakable.”<\/p>\n

“I really feel those flames. How? I don\u2019t know. But the reality is there. It is a painful, soft burning sensation that brings me to the verge of fainting”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"\"The Venerable Lucia Mangano (1896-1946)<\/span><\/p>\n

To her confessor she says that it seems to have a burning fire inside the whole chest which little by little consumes her body. More than once, the priest will see the external manifestations: “Yesterday morning, besides the eyes that had shone brightly, she showed a face enflaming; and out of her mouth came like the heat of a fire. I myself could note the fact very well, because I felt this heat, like a burning breath.”<\/p>\n

\nMother Yvonne-Aim\u00e9e de Malestroit (1901-1951)<\/span><\/p>\n

“The light, your light, came down on me, and I felt, in all my being, like the freshness of a waterfall and at the same time (I was) as if immersed in an ocean of divine fire.”<\/p>\n

\nCatherine-Michelle Courage (1891-1922)<\/span><\/p>\n

“I felt something mysterious in my heart: it is a fire that consumes me, delights me as much as it tortures me, but it calms and consumes me. Ah, if I die of love, what a beautiful death!”<\/p>\n

“I am under the action of an inner fire, which burns me and seems to want to consume me. Especially in the heart region, this fire is so intense that my clothes are scorched. The person who washes my flannels noticed it, and when I was asked questions, I didn\u2019t know what to say.”<\/p>\n

“Since yesterday morning, the side burn has become even more intense. Here is the explanation that Jesus gave me: My dear wife, I have made your heart a furnace, you may want to contain the flames, something escapes outside, I allow it for the good of souls.”<\/p>\n

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For more information, please refer to the site where I obtained these quotes.<\/a>https:\/\/www.pascalbizet.com\/en\/mystiques-chretiens-saints-kundalini\/<\/span><\/p>\n

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Emotional discoveries<\/h4>\n

What can I say, except that we have read so many examples of emotional discoveries. “Like all Westerners, Carlos Castaneda<\/a> is in too much of a hurry. At the slightest sign of progress, he rushes to his benefactor the sorcerer Don Juan Matus who replies: Do not count on emotional discoveries. Let your assembly point<\/a> (AP) move first, then years later make your discovery.” (source)<\/a><\/p>\n

\nBeware. I am not Juan Matus, far from it. I do not want to compare myself with him or any of the warriors he trained. It so happens that I was the apprentice of a French man of my age who found this practice after being awakened by lightning<\/a>. The filiation with nagualism may seem tenuous, but it is real. Admittedly, the living conditions and energy of sweet France have no relation with those of Mexico.<\/p>\n

Despite these real differences, my benefactor initiated me into the way of a nagual<\/a>. And I followed his track with joy and no restriction. Nagual or not, I am confronted with the same impatience on the part of those who trust me to achieve awakening or enlightenment. That\u2019s the only goal. Awakening is not a religious act. You can awaken in many ways, accidental or voluntary. My benefactor<\/a> was awakened by lightning. I was awakened<\/a>or re-awakened<\/span> by electric shock<\/a>. Others may have been awakened by emotional shock.<\/p>\n

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The Fire from Within<\/h4>\n

\"\"One of Castaneda\u2019s excellent books is called The Fire from Within<\/em>. It is the same as the inner fire<\/em> of mystics, and yet it is very different. Castaneda\u2019s interpretation is more useful because it is less restrictive. Nagualism<\/a> does not require any mysticism, on the contrary. The impeccable warrior must show moderation.<\/p>\n

“Don Juan conceived of the mastery of conscience as a contemporary version of a very ancient tradition which he called the tradition of the ancient Toltec seers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Although he felt intimately connected to this ancient tradition, he considered himself one of the seers of a new cycle. The main character of these new seers is that they are warriors of total freedom. They possess such mastery of consciousness, the art of tracking and intent that death did not surprise them as it surprises other mortals, but they choose the time and form of their departure from this world.<\/p>\n

When the time comes, they are consumed by an inner fire and vanish from the surface of the earth, free as if they had never existed.” (source)<\/a>page 11 of the original edition T\u00e9moins\/Gallimard and not of the Folio.<\/span> All references to pages given here refer to this edition<\/p>\n

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Complete freedom<\/h4>\n

“The warriors of total freedom have as their sole objective the ultimate liberation that comes when one reaches full consciousness. Then one enters into the third attention, and one lights the fire from within.” (page 127)<\/p>\n

But before he can achieve this ultimate freedom, before he can reach the ultimate consciousness, the impeccable warrior<\/a> is subject to doubt. He questions himself, which brings him back into the mind, therefore into the ego. And in the ego, in the virtual world of ordinary reality, he becomes the prey of the Archons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of a spectator and calls it self-confidence. The warrior seeks to be impeccable in his own eyes and calls it humility.<\/p>