Category: Oracle
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Oracle – Becoming a Warrior
Waterfall – Change Change Is Inevitable – Not just change, but revolution. Revolution is what we warriors are all about. Cultivate flexible thinking. Don’t invest psychologically in one way requirements. Thought Exercise – What if everything were completely different? What if things turned upside down? This is the kind of planning and strategizing warriors have…
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Oracle – Becoming a Warrior
Winter – Dormancy Warriors Can Hibernate Sometimes a plan isn’t ready. Sometimes you’re not ready. Timing is everything. Waiting for Peak – It’s a long wait sometimes, as anyone who’s ever been through eighteen years of schooling or a seemingly endless winter can tell you. But it comes faster if you turn your attention to…
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Oracle – Becoming a Warrior
The Bridge – Discipline Warriors Set Marks and Hit Them – Forming habits is easier than breaking them apart, so warriors know that preventing bad habits is the core of discipline. But bad habits sneak up on you, they will form anyway, so part of your discipline will always be turning down something that was…
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Oracle – Becoming a Warrior
Youth – Resilience Because Warriors are Resilient – They are young forever. Combine that with the far-seeing wisdom of planning and experience and you have a Superpower. Warriors Preserve the Hope of Youth – Hope is the warrior’s religion. Life will always win out, will grow even against despair. Warriors Preserve the Joy of Youth…
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Oracle – Becoming a Warrior
Symbiosis – interdependence Warriors Understand Systems – We live in a flow. Achieving psychic flow state allows us to contribute to the constructive flow of life. Blockages are caused by greed, (wanting too much) by envy (desiring others’ take-down) and by narcissistic rage (if I can’t be happy, no one gets to be happy.) Warriors…
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Oracle – Becoming a Warrior
Flight – Ingenuity When You Can’t Go Backwards or Forwards the Only Solution is Up – Warriors are accustomed to thinking outside the box because they long ago realized they would never fit the box society had chosen for them. Warriors Invent – Warriors figure out brand new ways to do things based n innovative…
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Oracle – Becoming a Warrior
Children – Legacy Warriors Preserve Value – Warriors exist to increase safety where all living things can grow and flourish. Warriors Create Worth – In an atmosphere of respect, value is created. When humans are free to explore, imagination is unleashed. In a time of peace, playfulness and joy are prime. Warriors Understand Tradition –…
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Oracle – Becoming a Warrior
Cooperation – Division of Labor Warriors Know the Game – Capitalist societies are based on competition and scarcity. Politics maneuvers us into seeing others as competitors for scarce resources, instead of willing hands helping us build. No wonder Main Street is falling into disrepair, volunteer activities go begging and community resources are depleted! Without a…
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Oracle – Becoming a Warrior
Memory – The Past Warriors Know Who They Are – You’ve got a purpose. You’ve got a future. You’ve thought about your past and worked out conflicts with a mentor and in your Training Journal. Warriors Have A Sense of History – You understand that history is a spiral, not a circle – the same…
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Oracle – Becoming a Warrior
Marriage – Partnership Sometimes Allies Need a Long Term Contract – Lives are uprooted. Possessions are shared. Long term strategy results in map merging to create a new – but more exciting – map. Someone Needs To Take Your Back – As the great mystic Emmanuel Swedenborg pointed out, we’re only half an angel. You…
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