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Firefly – False Love Warriors Stay Alert– You’ve been catfished. You’ve been gaslit. “All’s fair in love and war” means the warrior’s always on game. The Firefly is not the only creature using illusion for the purposes of seduction. Seduction is not the only advantage offered by False Love; the Opponent is virtually disabled by…

Dawn – Relief Warriors Know All Suffering Comes to an End – This too must pass” is a true mantra. Every dream is followed by an awakening which is followed by another dream. In the moment of relief from the fear and the tension that preceded it we are still shaking from the experience we…

Night – Balance Warriors Seek Balance – Unfortunately our contemporary life has become a competitive pursuit of “highs”. A good life well-lived provides natural highs – learning a sport, falling in love, listening to music, sharing with children, enjoying the grandeurs of nature. Our intellect teaches us that every “high” is dramatically enriched by thinking…

Day – Focus Warriors Build Routines – Then Explode Them We construct lists and calendars in our Training Journals that are very much Works In Progress. Every effort’s an experiment. If you do not rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems, we have to build good systems.…

Mourning – Detachment We All Need to Mourn – Warriors mourn, too. Warriors’ forward drive sometimes fools them into thinking that moving backward in the dance is a sign of weakness, when ebb and flow are laws of life. Sadness is not allowed in a society where perfect strangers feel comfortable demanding you “smile.” Look…

The Path – Goals Warriors Dream of Maps. Are you talking to yourself as you follow your routine? Make it positive coaching dialog. What IS your routine? How has your routine evolved? What efforts have you made to change it to newly perceived needs and discoveries? Or is your routine formed outside you, for the…

Breakthrough – Epiphany Eureka! – Warriors Learn From Epiphanies – It’s possible to have a sudden enlightenment and NOT FULLY REALIZE it. Could it be that it is too threatening? Could be that you lack the language to explain the connection you have made. Could be that your “discovery” started down so deep in your…

Planets & Stars – Eternity Warriors Train to be Immortal – Immortality is never guaranteed. When you imagine life “forever” – what is the “you” in that context? Matter is already transmutably immortal – Your body is composed of the atoms of exploded stars. We all tremble at transitions; do we want certain phases of…

Paradise – Bliss Warriors Know Where They are Going – We create our own Heaven every day. As we mature, we are either elevating or denigrating our consciousness. “Heaven”, or “hell” – your choice. Which direction are you tending? Which direction do you want to go? Warriors Choose Heaven – When we are young, we…

Loss – Suffering Warriors Get Used to Loss – Pain is inevitable but suffering is optional. In other words, it is the position that pain holds in your life that causes suffering. Pain is Joy’s Shadow – Joy is an excess of feeling and so is suffering. When we long to “numb out”, we numb…