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Ladyslipper – Singularity Each Warrior is Unique – We are civilized into groups, but society only advances because of its singletons. Becoming a warrior means insisting on the right to make your own contribution. Recognize how the world needs you, and congratulate yourself for it. Warrior Danger – Warriors train themselves to out-think people and…

Foxglove – Medicine What Makes A Warrior’s Heart Race? – Anyone developing their own map gets lost frequently. How can we find the right path? How can we develop the confidence to choose the “right diagnosis” for what ails us? When should we request a “second” or “third” opinion? How can we stay on the…

Clinging Vine – Dependency Warriors Require Freedom of Action – At what point does mutual dependency become constrictive? Clinging vines can’t stand up by themselves; they need an immoveable shoulder to cling to. Are you locked into position supporting someone else? Warriors Must Define Freedom in Their Relationships – Resist parasitic and exploitive relationships where…

Hummingbird – The Soul What Are Warriors Fighting For? C.S. Lewis says we are not Bodies with Souls, we are Souls with Bodies. These bodies may be very mutable, but the soul within is immortal. Nevertheless, they are under threat. The Sin Against the Holy Spirit is the sin that cannot be forgiven, and it…

Wildflowers – Beauty Warriors Don’t Take Time to Appreciate Their Own Beauty – We’re here to preserve the beauty of the natural world, and of others. What we can feel is when the planet slips into disharmony, which suggests how it can be restored. Beauty Is A Guide to Order – Wildflowers’ magnificence is otherworldly.…

Sunflowers – Spirituality Sunflowers Turn To The Light and So Do Warriors – The sunflower represents our spirituality – a reaching out for connection with something some insist they can’t feel. Some people are born color blind – others are tone deaf – so it’s perfectly possible. But some of us – the lucky warrior…

Birdsong – Art Some of Us Are Warriors for Art – Art is the judge of our poetic confrontation with the world, the cure and the cause. It is also our prime avenue for non-verbal healing. Only non-verbal healing can address pain that can’t be quantified. The Warrior Soul Cries Out – Your inner self…

The Field – Fate Even Warriors Are Caught in the Mesh of History. The field is too large for us to see it clearly. We can feel the pull of forces too vast to resist or even rise above. Those caught in wars, in genocides, in natural disasters, are brutally unlucky. The techniques of the…

Fruit – Fruition Harvest Is coming Because Warriors PrepareYou became a warrior because you are propelled forward by imagining smiles on the faces of others as the work of community and family harmony is celebrated and enjoyed. This vision can keep us going through bitter hardships. Challenge – Keeping these visions alive during the training…

Fish – Ambisextrous Love Opens Warriors – Empathy Enobles Warriors – IS there an opposite sex? Warriors learn to swim in any water. Deep empathy makes us worthy to be our own romantic partners, the subject of our lifelong pursuit. This is nothing but the honorable, deepest desire to truly know oneself AND others, to…