Warrior of the Light

If, however, such a separation was provoked by someone else's perverse actions, then he is implacable in his response.

The Warrior possesses both force and forgiveness. He can use both with equal skill.

The Warrior of the Light never falls into the trap of that word "freedom."

When his people are oppressed, freedom is a very clear concept. At such times, using sword and shield, he fights as long as he has breath and life. When contrasted with oppression, freedom is easy to understand.

But sometimes the Warrior hears older people saying: "When I stop working, I will be free." A year later, those same people are complaining: "Life is all boring routine." In this case, freedom is difficult to understand.

A Warrior of the Light is always committed. He is the slave of his dream and free to act.

A Warrior of the Light is not constantly repeating the same struggle, especially when there are neither advances nor retreats.

If a battle is not progressing, he knows that he must sit down with the enemy and negotiate a truce; they have both practiced the art of the sword, now they need to understand each other.

This is a dignified gesture, not a cowardly one. It is a balance of forces and a change of strategy.

Once the peace plans have been drawn up, the Warriors return to their houses. They do not need to prove anything to anyone; they fought the Good Fight and kept the faith. Each one gave a little, thus learning the art of negotiation.

The friends of the Warrior of the Light ask him where he draws his energy from. He says: "From the hidden enemy."

His friends ask who that is.

The Warrior responds: "Someone we can no longer hurt."

It might be a boy who beat him in a childhood fight, the girlfriend who left him when he was eleven, or the teacher who said he was stupid. When he is tired, the Warrior reminds himself that these enemies have still not seen his courage.

He does not consider revenge, because the hidden enemy is no longer part of his story. He thinks only of improving his skills so that his deeds will be known throughout the world and reach the ears of those who have hurt him in the past.

Yesterday's pain is the Warrior of the Light's strength.

A Warrior of the Light always has a second chance in life.

Like all other men and woman, he was not born knowing how to use a sword; he made many mistakes before he discovered his Personal Legend.

No Warrior can sit down by the fire and tell the others: "I always did the right thing." Anyone who says this is lying and has not yet learned to know himself. The true Warrior of the Light has committed injustices in the past.

But as he proceeds on his journey, he realizes that the people to whom he did not behave correctly always cross his path again.

It is his chance to right the wrong he did them, and he always, unhesitatingly, seizes that chance.

A Warrior is as wise as a serpent and as innocent as a dove.

When people gather to talk, he does not judge the behavior of others; he knows that evil uses an invisible net to spread its darkness. This net catches any snippet of information floating in the air and transforms it into the intrigue and envy that infest the human soul.

Thus, everything that is said about someone reaches the ears of the enemies of that person, augmented by the dark weight of poison and malice.

For this reason, when the Warrior speaks of his brother's opinions, he imagines that his brother is there present, listening to what he is saying.

The Breviary of Medieval Knights says: "The spiritual energy of the Path uses justice and patience to prepare your spirit.

"This is the Path of the Knight: A path that is at once easy and difficult, because it forces one to set aside trivial things and chance friendships. That is why, at first, many hesitate to follow it.

"This is the first teaching of the Knights: You will erase everything you had written in the book of your life up until now: restlessness, uncertainty, lies. And in the place of all this you will write the word courage. By beginning the journey with that word and continuing with faith in God, you will arrive wherever you need to arrive."

When the moment for combat approaches, the Warrior of the Light is prepared for all eventualities.

He analyses every strategy and asks: "What would I do if I had to fight myself?" He thus discovers his weak points.