Warrior of the Light
A Warrior of the Light practices a powerful exercise for inner growth: He pays attention to the things he does automatically, such as breathing, blinking, or noticing the things around him.
He does this when he feels confused, and in this way he frees himself from tensions and allows his intuition to work more freely, without interference from his fears and desires. Certain problems that appeared to be insoluble are resolved, certain sorrows from which he thought he would never recover vanish naturally.
He uses this technique whenever he is faced with a difficult situation.
The Warrior of the Light hears comments like: "There are certain things I'd rather not talk about because people are so envious."
When he hears this, the Warrior laughs. Envy cannot harm you, if you don't let it. Envy is part of life and everyone should learn to deal with it.
However, he rarely discusses his plans. And sometimes people believe this is because he is afraid of envy.
But he knows that whenever he talks about a dream, he uses a little bit of the energy from that dream in order to do so. And by talking, he runs the risk of spending all the energy he needs to put the dream into action.
A Warrior of the Light knows the power of words.
The Warrior of the Light knows the value of persistence and of courage. Often, during combat, he receives blows that he was not expecting. And he realizes that, during war, his enemy is bound to win some of the battles. When this happens, he weeps bitter tears and rests in order to recover his energy a little. But he immediately resumes his battle for his dreams.
The longer he remains away, the more likely he is to feel weak, fearful, and intimidated. When
a horseman falls off his horse, if he does not remount immediately, he will never have the courage to do so again.
A Warrior knows when a battle is worth fighting.
He bases his decisions on inspiration and faith. He nevertheless meets people who ask him to fight battles that are not his own, on battlefields that he does not know, or which do not interest him. They want to involve the Warrior of the Light in contests that are important to them, but not to him.
Often these are people close to the Warrior of the Light, people who love him and trust in his strength and who want him to ease their anxieties in some way.
At such moments, he smiles and makes it clear to them that he loves them, but he does not take up the challenge.
A true Warrior of the Light always chooses his own battlefield.
The Warrior of the Light knows how to lose.
He does not treat defeat as if it were a matter of indifference to him, saying things like "Oh, it doesn't matter" or "To be honest, I didn't really want it that much." He accepts defeat as defeat and does not try to make a victory out of it.
Painful wounds, the indifference of friends, the loneliness of losing--all leave a bitter taste. But at these times, he says to himself: "I fought for something and did not succeed. I lost the first battle."
These words give him renewed strength. He knows that no one wins all the time and he knows how to distinguish his successes from his failures.
When somebody wants something, the whole Universe conspires in their favor. The Warrior of the Light knows this.
For this reason, he takes great care with his thoughts. Hidden beneath a whole series of good intentions lie feelings that no one dares confess to himself: vengeance, self-destruction, guilt, fear of winning, a macabre joy at other people's tragedies.
The Universe does not judge; it conspires in favor of what we want. That is why the Warrior has the courage to look into the dark places of his soul in order to ensure that he is not asking for the wrong things.
And he is always very careful about what he thinks.
Jesus said: "Let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay." When the Warrior takes on a commitment, he keeps his word.
Those who make promises they do not keep lose their self-respect and feel ashamed of their actions. These people spend their lives in constant flight; they expend far more energy on coming up with a series of excuses to take back what they said than the Warrior of the Light does in honoring his commitments.
Sometimes he too takes on a foolish commitment which will in some way harm him. He does not repeat this mistake, but he nevertheless keeps his word and pays the price for his own impulsiveness.
When he wins a battle, the Warrior celebrates.
This victory has cost him anxious moments, nights racked with doubt, endless days of waiting. Since ancient times, celebrating a triumph has been part of the ritual of life itself. Celebration is a rite of passage.
His companions see the Warrior of the Light's joy and think: "Why is he doing that? He might be disappointed in his next battle. He might draw down on himself the wrath of his enemy."