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Nov 19th, 2007 at 4:27pm
 
Sharing some of Paulo Coelho's work "Warrior of the Light" as it's ringing true for me and may for others.  Smiley

The experienced fighter puts up with insults; he knows the strength of his fist and the skill of his blows. Confronted by an unprepared opponent, he looks deep into his eyes and conquers him without ever having to resort to a physical fight.
(PUL) the power of love.

As the warrior learns from his spiritual master, the light of faith shines in his eyes and he does not need to prove anything to anyone. He is not bothered by his opponent's aggressive arguments which say the God is superstition, that miracles are just tricks, that believing in angels is running away from reality.
Like the fighter, the warrior of the light is aware of his own immense strength; he never fights with anyone who does not deserve the honor of combat.
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there are forces assisting us now to overcome our differences in this day and age. This board is one of those places to do that.

with that, I repeat one more phrase from this most helpful book

"The warrior is free. He knows that an open oven bakes no bread."

Stay strong. As a group consciousness we have just begun to slide into the 4rth dimension of balanced non-reactionary awareness.

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Reply #1 - Nov 19th, 2007 at 8:22pm
 
I have that book somewhere and found some of its sayings helpful too. I also like the concept of trying to be a "warrior of the light." war is often a negative idea - unless, perhaps it is a just one fighting against an evil person for the sake of freedom etc. But "warrior" does imply strength and single-minded confidence and courage, and the idea of applying that to fighting for purity and light sounds good. A warrior of the light also suggests  positive side of masculinity, instead of negative stereotypes of destructive aggression etc. There are plenty of dark and evil forces that can oppress me from time to time, inside my own mind -  regrets, doubts, depressions, bitterness, envy, anger, and looking on the black side of things; and even unwanted influences from negative entities at times, I believe, - and also from outside, from a sometimes upsetting or disappointing world - but the idea of fighting to make the inner world bright (and unwelcoming to negative thoughts or entities) by holding onto purity and hope and integrity and looking on the bright side - and trying to make the outside world better in smaller or bigger ways - is a good one to aim for. I don;t manage it all the time, but it;s still a good ideal. My version of the book is in Italian - so (even though I've not got it with me where I'm living right now) I hope to try to be be a guerriero della luce  Smiley [Alysia I think the young man with the sword in my "sub-presonalities" drawing is somthing like this]
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Reply #2 - Nov 19th, 2007 at 9:24pm
 
hey thanks for your response Oliver: this is an easy read and you're right the fight is with the internal forces within, not outside, the battle is about keeping faithful to what you know is true, your basic goodness grounded in faith.

heres something about faith, we've been discussing faith a bit here:

The warrior of the Light never forgets the old saying; the good little goat doesn't bleat.

Injustices happen. Everyone finds themselves in situations they do not deserve, usually when they are unable to defend themselves. Defeat often knocks at the warriors door. At such times, he remains silent. He does not (or she) waste energy in words, because they can do nothing. He knows it is best to use his strength to have patience, resisting the impulse to give into despair. He knows Someone is watching, Someone who saw the unnecessary suffering and who will not accept it.

That Someone gives him what he needs most: time. Sooner or later everything will work in his favor. A warrior of the light is wise: he does not need to talk about his defeats.
You, Oliver, are a good example of a fine warrior of the light. my opinion.
keep up the good work. love, alysia
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Reply #3 - Nov 20th, 2007 at 3:40am
 
Thank you. Those are some helpful sayings there
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Reply #4 - Nov 20th, 2007 at 9:41am
 
'Shambhala the Sacred Path of the Warrior' by Chogyam Trungpa captures much of this perspective too Alysia. As you know.  Smiley

Put simply we can live in the 'setting sun' world of competing egos and organisations, thus condemning ourselves and others to misery, and the world to a slide to becoming a hell.

The warrior, having gained an inkling of it's reality through meditation and other spiritual work bravely sets out to develop and expand the higher vision that recognises the world (ourselves and the external reality we experience - which are essentially the same) as inherently loving and benign.

The view of this vision is that provided we gain the confidence to drop the ego driven drama and come to live naturally (from our natural wisdom and compassion, through 'flow') in the moment that everything works out fine. (Chirstianity often expresses this view as trusting that God is in control, that whatever happens it's for the best)

It's warriorship in that this is not an easy path. Most of our conditioning is to be selfish, is setting sun. In this situation warriorship requires developing mindfulness. Observing our behaviour so that we catch ourselves inclined to do something we shouldn't when faced with a situation.

Most of the time our conditioning is so dominant that we don't even get the insight - we're driven straight into wrong actions. When we do the selfish response is to suppress it, and go with our conditioning anyway.

The warrior is brave enough to rest in the insight, to truly feel it. To lean into it, so to speak while remaining light and open. And to then dare to act on the higher impulse that this lightness lets through. Others seeing this respond in kind. And so we build a beautiful reality for ourselves and others.

Maintaining the lightness, space and openness is the hard bit - meditation is the key to attaining this mind state. Without it the goodness (our basic wisdom and compassion) struggle to shine through and we end up stuck in the goldfish bowl.

We act selfishly towards others, and they respond in kind. Thus reinforcing our certainty that this is how the world is, and so we do the same only with even more certainty and less care for others. And so end up in a hell of our own making. When it could have been a heaven...

Even working hard on it we sometimes get it right, and other times wrong. But it gets easier with experience.

This is the basic secular/non-Buddhist training course offered by Shambhala which seeks to teach meditation and establish this view in us: http://www.shambhala.org/shambhala-training.php
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Reply #5 - Nov 21st, 2007 at 12:23am
 
I'll put that in my link records Ian, maybe someone here would enjoy that link.
I must say the book was easy to follow compared with some of my books, so it was like a pleasure read, like sitting down with a friend around a crackling fire, I could almost hear the pleasant lilt to his voice...well, maybe I'm too poetic.

heres the most interesting things he said in regards to the rising sun attitude:
four phases which evolve to self expression, or the character of the rising sun warrior versus the setting sun warrior: btw, I see correlations to Christianity sometimes in this.

1) the Warrior of Meek
Meekness is the first dignity. it means resting in a state of simplicity, being uncomplicated and approachable.
I make a personal observation here: in my years up until recently I was a little hard to approach, especially if I were lost in my own world. now I can change quickly to be approachable.
a strange thing happened. my kids are twins. they frequently both talk to me at once. I would be trying to hear both and couldn't concentrate. so I tell them one voice at a time please!  Roll Eyes however, they never did quit doing this when they get excited they both want to talk at once. (they are 34 and still do this)
nowdays..YAY!! I can hear both of them at the same time! something happened!

2) Warrior of Perky: It says unconditional cheerfulness. I have to admit, I don't need a reason anymore to be cheerful, but I am not bragging. I did a lot of hard work to change my thought system.
as u read these warrior traits, consider them, the one trait gradually sliding into the next trait, as in overlapping states of consciousness accessible to any person who meditates.
3) Warrior of Outrageous; he goes onto say outrageous doesn't mean what u think at first glance. It means to achieve a state of fearlessness, where love dwells, fear is not. the way I like to think of it, is you are free to express from your heart, and feel safe to do that knowing there is guidance, intuition, helpers, and that it is a benign universe operating under ego illusions.
4) Warrior of Inscrutable: this too is not the meaning assigned to this trait as you might imagine. he says inscrutability is based on fearlessness, which develops gentleness, empathy and a sense of humor and a noncommittal attitude, it is both joyous and methodical. there does not exist deception here as there is no fear, so no need to deceive.


well, it was a fun read! thanks again for your responses

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Reply #6 - Nov 21st, 2007 at 2:13pm
 
Chogyam Trungpa was a very magic bunny!! He was famous when teaching and when people voiced a lack of confidence in their ability to act on teachings for coming out with 'go on, you can do it' in his high and squeaky voice.

The sequence of through mindfulness becoming able to stay with insight, go with our higher/intuitive response  to it and dare to act on our higher impulse as outlined above is about the most fundamental process there is in spirituality.

It's no less than how we awaken, how we move towards realisation. The alternative is to stay locked in the cocoon, the goldfish bowl of our selfish and selective perception. 'The world of the setting sun.'

The insight is the magic bit. Becoming aware of an insight and daring to act is a conscious process, but we've no idea where insight actually comes from. It just floats into awareness...

It's taught it comes from God consciousness/the true nature of mind shining through our obscuration and delusion...
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Reply #7 - Nov 21st, 2007 at 3:07pm
 
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Chogyam Trungpa was a very magic bunny!! He was famous when teaching and when people voiced a lack of confidence in their ability to act on teachings for coming out with 'go on, you can do it' in his high and squeaky voice.

The sequence of through mindfulness becoming able to stay with insight, go with our higher/intuitive response  to it and dare to act on our higher impulse as outlined above is about the most fundamental process there is in spirituality.

It's no less than how we awaken, how we move towards realisation. The alternative is to stay locked in the cocoon, the goldfish bowl of our selfish and selective perception. 'The world of the setting sun.'

The insight is the magic bit. Becoming aware of an insight and daring to act is a conscious process, but we've no idea where insight actually comes from. It just floats into awareness...

It's taught it comes from God consciousness/the true nature of mind shining through our obscuration and delusion...


so you have heard him and he has a squeaky voice? they say the squeaky wheel gets the grease! lol. scuse me, I like puns.

I always picture that one I call a speaker, would have a calm, reasurring voice, but squeaky is ok too!
just a personal note..all that I call true friends, whom I can but be myself with, they are my true teachers as it is then an exchange of energy rather than anyone imposing themself as being superior to another. then in relaxed company, the joy is unequaled community. what I would like to see here and sometimes do, sometimes not.

there is one, a psychic friend whom I asked, how do u know what u know when you do receive a message from spirit or intuition, do u have confidence to go forth with it?

she sent me a short, somewhat terse reply thru the email which hit me in the face with it's truth. in those cases, I am empathic to receive a gut feeling, it is the 3rd chakra spinning most quickly. she said Alysia, I was told to trust myself.

trust. I too would have to learn to trust what I was getting. which means one takes a risk to employ such trust in what has been picked up out of the blue.
I believe these messages are from the collective mind. in that sense, we can have no secrets from spirit if all our thoughts are in the collective mind.

there is no fear involved in picking up messages like this actually because if you consider that there is no thought which has not been thought up before, there is no great message has not been written down in somebody's book, that is not accessible to all of us, you know we are all in the boat of life, together, and we need each other's help as we go along. there is no shame in asking for help of intuition and spiritual guides. but first, I learned, we must be very quiet in our egos, we do not always know what is best in any difficult situation until we are quiet and listen for instructions.

thanks for your note, always enjoy hearing from you, the various gifts you offer us.
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