Have you ever gone out into the night and looked up at the stars, and wondered what is in all the space between them? The early Toltecs asked themselves that question, and they realized that the space between the stars was filled with light. You might wonder, “How could that be? It is so dark out there.” The ancient Toltec masters saw that if you put any object in the empty space, it would be hit on all sides by light coming from every direction, from every star in the universe!

Every star is a sun, sending out light in every direction. The universe is filled with the light from countless suns.

Have you ever seen one of those illustrations that show how an atom looks, with the electrons spinning around the nucleus? It looks a lot like the planets revolving around the sun, with empty space in between! Modern physics teaches that nothing in this universe is actually very solid — and that is exactly what the old masters saw.

You Are Mostly Light

The ancient Toltec masters did not know about atoms and electrons, but they knew what was later proved by modern science. They knew that what appeared to be solid was only an illusion of the human mind, and that the physical matter in the universe was as open and empty as the night sky. In addition, they saw that the space between all the small particles of matter in the physical universe was filled with light.

When the Toltecs saw that even their bodies were made of tiny little stars, surrounded mostly by space filled with light, they also recognized something very amazing: They saw that there is no boundary between their bodies and any other object. There is no place where one physical object stops and another begins, because nothing is solid and everything is filled with the same light.

The trees, rocks, and birds are filled with light, the air is filled with light, space is filled with light, and it is all the same light. The universe is made of little pieces of matter, suspended in a field of light. Your body is filled with light. You are mostly light!

The Light Is a Messenger

The light that you see with your eyes is a very narrow band of the entire spectrum of the energy that vibrates in this universe. If you could shift just a little to a different vibration, you would come to the infrared band in the spectrum, but you would not be able to see it with your eyes. There are also x-rays, gamma rays, cell phone signals, and an incredible range of “light” that you cannot see with your eyes. Each receiver is designed to “see” a different part of the spectrum, whether it is a cell phone receiving a call or a human eye seeing the beauty in a flower.

A noble Toltec of Tula

Radio waves are also a form of light. If you were able to hear all of the radio waves that are passing through you as light, it would be absolute chaos. Can you imagine? A rock ‘n’ roll station would be playing in your head, right along with three talk shows and a sports event! A radio that receives the light as radio frequencies has a system to choose one frequency out of the hundreds that are passing through everything all of the time. You can even receive the signals inside a building, because the radio light waves come right through the walls.

The light never changes or modifies the message it is carrying. Whether it is a radio signal, or visible light reflected from a distant planet, the light is a perfect messenger.

The Tonal and the Nagual

When the Toltecs saw that the light was everywhere in creation, they understood that it was a living part of the cosmos. The light is the messenger that carries the message of creation to all parts of the universe. They called this messenger the “nagual” and the physical parts of the universe the “tonal.” Most people think of themselves as part of the physical universe, and identify themselves with the tonal.

When someone awakens and sees that the universe is made of light, and identifies herself as that light, the person is called a nagual. The great Toltec teachers of the past and present embody this truth, and are referred to as naguals. These masters may or may not choose to accept apprentices and students to guide to liberation from their dream of a solid universe.