"It's possible to insist, to properly insist, even though we know that what we're doing is useless," he said, smiling, "But we must know first that our acts are useless and yet we must proceed as if we didn't know it. That's a sorcerer's controlled folly."
Warrior of Lite
"Once you decided to come to Mexico you should have put all your petty fears away," he said very sternly. "Your decision to come should have vanquished them. You came because you wanted to come. That's the warrior's way. I have told you time and time again, the most effective way to live is as a warrior. Worry and think before you make any decision, but once you make it, be on your way free from worries or thoughts; there will be a million other decisions still awaiting you. That's the warrior's way."
"A warrior thinks of his death when things become unclear."
"Why should we?"
"Very simple," he said. "Because the idea of death is the only thing that tempers our spirit."
"Those are the lights on the head of death," he said softly. "Death puts them on like a hat and then shoots off on a gallop. Those are the lights of death on the gallop gaining on us, getting closer and closer."
I told don Juan that the car must have stopped or turned off the road. He did not look back; he just stretched his arms and yawned.
"No," he said. "Death never stops. Sometimes it turns off its lights, that's all."
Warrior of Lite
We have reached the end of these 7 days, and I want to leave you with the best news of all. The root of lasting change in the way you speak is not a book, a reading plan, or your own willpower: It is your new awareness and continued practice within the Warrior’s Way!
If you have surrendered your life to just accepting your current status quo, your new acceptance of the Spirit and working the Warrior’s Way says you are in for some impeccable success. Your old way of thinking, reacting, and speaking is gone. You are no longer a slave to your bad temper, complaining, or gossip. You now have the Spirit living inside you!
Your tongue is now an impeccable tool of the Warrior’s Way. When you speak, even though you were offended, or when you encourage the one who is down, you are showing to the world that you are unflappable and that the Warrior’s Way has transformed you.
My desire for you is that you continue this journey, one day at a time, and that every word that comes out of your mouth is a clear reflection of your new identity. You can do this with impeccability and the Warrior’s Way!
Reflect: How will your daily conversations change from now on as you constantly remember that you are an ambassador for the Warrior’s Way?
Meditate: Thank You, warrior’s path, because of you I am a new creation. May my tongue never again be a slave to the past, but an instrument that speaks life, love, and truth every single day.
Warrior of Lite
We have reached Day 6 and I want to be 100% transparent with you: taming the tongue with our own strength is absolutely possible. Although I have tried making promises like "I will never get angry again" or "I will never complain again," I often end up failing. Why?
Because I didn’t use the correct tools in my warrior’s toolbox. I just tried. This is why I love the honesty of being impeccable and the Warrior’s Way. Use your Will to direct Intent and truly focus. If you are impeccable in your ACTIONS regarding speaking, not just your thoughts, you will succeed.
Recognizing our weakness is not a failure; it is the place where Intent and the Spirit begins to operate. We need the Spirit to be that "guard" at the door of our lips when we are stressed at work, when we argue at home, or when we are tempted to judge. The victory over an uncontrolled tongue is always won first with focused Intent and living the Warrior’s Way.
Reflect: In what areas of your life (work, family, traffic, social media) do you desperately need the great Spirit to put "a guard" over your mouth today?
Meditate: I acknowledge that I can tame my tongue on my own. Set a guard with focused Intent and awareness, great Spirit, over my mouth, and keep watch over the door of my lips today and always.
Warrior of Lite
Today we are going to touch on a topic that is very difficult for all of us: forgiveness. I know how hard it is when someone has hurt you deeply. The offense buries itself in the heart and, as we saw on Day 2, begins to come out through our mouths in the form of criticism, passive-aggressive remarks, or a cold, cutting silence.
However, I tell you from experience that forgiveness is one of the most healing words a warrior can pronounce. By forgiving, you are not justifying what they did to you; you are using your tongue to release that person from a debt and, most importantly, you are freeing yourself from the poison of resentment.
Forgiveness is not based on whether the other person, or ourselves. deserves it. It is based on following the Warrior’s Way, being impeccable and those who looked at us in our worst condition and chose to forgive us.
Today I want to challenge you to use your voice to break chains. Don't let pride, ego and self-importance steal your peace.
Reflect: Is there someone you need to say "I forgive you" to? What is stopping you from letting go of that offense today?
Meditate: I confess that it hurts to let go of the offense. Help me remember the immense forgiveness the Spirit has given me, and give me the courage to use my mouth to forgive and release others.
Warrior of Lite
So far, we have talked a lot about the danger of speaking without thinking, but today I want to change the focus. I want to encourage you with the most beautiful purpose your voice has: to build up. Let us "encourage one another and build one another up."
To edify means to build. You and I have the privilege of being architects in the lives of others. In a world where it is so easy to tear down with criticism, mockery, and negativity, let us be builders of impeccable speech, action and the Warrior's Way.
Think about the power you have today. You can use your voice to remind your spouse how much you value them. You can use your words to tell your children that you believe in them and that the Spirit has a purpose for their lives. You can send a message to that friend who is going through a dark time and be the light they need. Don't hold back your good words; use them to lift someone up today.
Reflect: Who in your circle desperately needs to hear a word of encouragement today? What are you going to say to them?
Meditate: I want to be a builder, not a destroyer with my words. Put in my mind and in my mouth the exact words to lift the spirits of those around me today.
Warrior of Lite
Have you ever seen how fast a rumor destroys a reputation? The apostle James compares our tongue to a small spark that can set a huge forest on fire. It amazes me how a comment we thought was "harmless" can spiral out of control so quickly.
The problem with fire is that once it consumes the forest, you can't just undo the damage. The ashes remain. In the same way, you cannot take back words once they have left your mouth. How many relationships and families have been consumed by the fire of gossip, slander, or constant complaining?
Today I want you to stop and think before you speak. Ask yourself: Is what I am about to say going to put out a fire, or is it going to add more fuel to it? Recognizing the danger of our own tongue is the first great step to giving us self-control and impeccability. Don't underestimate the spark of your comments.
Reflect: Is there a "fire" in your current relationships that was started - or fueled - by a spark from your own tongue?
Meditate: Recall the times I have started destructive fires with my words. Give me the wisdom and self-control to put out the spark before I open my mouth.
Warrior of Lite
Sometimes we think our problem is simply that we "have no filter" or that we speak too quickly. I confess that for a long time, I tried to fix this by biting my tongue, counting to ten, and suppressing what I wanted to say. Yet, I needed to get to the heart of the issue; if the words are deep within, the mouth will speak.
Think of it this way: if you squeeze a lemon, you won't get orange juice; what comes out is what’s inside. In the same way, when life squeezes you through stress, exhaustion, or frustration, what comes out of your mouth is exactly what you have stored in your heart.
Your words are just a thermometer of your internal state. If there is hidden envy, bitterness, or anger, it will eventually come out as sarcasm, gossip, or criticism. To change what you say, you must first allow impeccable thoughts and actions, deep down, to change what you feel. The transformation of your vocabulary doesn't begin with a dictionary; it begins with impeccable surgery. Today, let's ask the Warrior’s Way to examine what truly abounds within us.
Reflect: Be honest with yourself: when you are under pressure, what hidden attitudes or feelings come to light through your words?
Meditate: Today I surrender my heart to the Warrior’s Way without reservation. I will use impeccable thoughts and actions to cleanse it of all bitterness, pride, and resentment. Fill me with the great Spirit so that my mouth can only reflect impeccable words.
Hello! I want to begin by asking you a very honest question: Have you ever said something in a moment of anger that you wished you could take back? I have. Many times, I’ve let words fly without thinking about the damage they would cause.
Don Juan said that words have power. This isn't exaggerated; it's a spiritually energetic reality. Every time you and I open our mouths, we are planting seeds. You are not just someone who "speaks their mind" or "is brutally honest"; you are a carrier of life or a carrier of death.
Your words can be the breath of fresh air that lifts your friends, peers or spouse out of a dark moment, or the sword that finally breaks your children's self-esteem. Today, I want to invite you to become aware of this power. From this moment on, I challenge you not to see your words as mere air, but as tools for impeccable building of the Warrior’s Way.
Reflect: Think about the conversations you’ve had in the last 24 hours: Did your words bring more life or more death to those who listened to you?
Meditate: Think of the times I have used my mouth to destroy. Help me to understand the true weight of my words. Starting today, let me be aware of the immense power words transmit, and may I always choose to speak positively.
Warrior of Lite
“There is nothing wrong with being afraid. When you fear, you see things in a different way.”
"He added that nothing in this world was a gift, that whatever there was to learn had to be learned the hard way."
"One can feel with the eyes, when the eyes are not looking right into things."
"Fear is the first natural enemy a man must overcome on his path to knowledge. Besides, you are curious. That evens up the score. And you will learn in spite of yourself; that’s the rule."
"Whenever you look at things you don't see them. You just look at them, I suppose, to make sure that something is there. Since you're not concerned with seeing, things look very much the same every time you look at them. When you learn to see, on the other hand, a thing is never the same every time you see it, and yet it is the same. I told you, for instance, that a man is like an egg. Every time I see the same man I see an egg, yet it is not the same egg."
Warrior of Lite
When everything is overwhelming, it can feel like it will last forever.
It might seem like things will never be fixed. You could lose sleep because your mind is trying to solve problems. Without realizing it, you begin living in a constant state of pressure.
You may believe you have to keep holding everything together. Keep thinking it through. Keep managing, anticipating, and preparing for what might happen next.
What if you gave yourself permission to just be fully present in this moment with the Spirit?
Not just physically - but emotionally and spiritually too.
You don’t have to carry every outcome. You don’t have to solve every possibility. You don’t have to hold every “what if” all at once. Some of what you’re carrying belongs to the future. Some belongs to other people. And some was never yours because it's too much for any human.
The great Spirit along with the Warrior’s Way doesn’t ask you to control everything. Instead, they invite you to join the warrior’s path with all that concerns you.
You’re allowed to loosen your hold, even just a little. You can open your hands, even if it feels unfamiliar. You can let the impeccability solve the burdens that feel too heavy for you.
That doesn’t mean you stop caring; it just means the great Spirit invites you to cast your cares on the Warrior’s Way every day for a lifetime.
Meditate: I’ve been carrying so much. Great Spirit, help me release what was never mine to hold. I choose to cast all my cares away today.
What's one thing you can release right now?
Warrior of Lite
You keep going. You push through. You tell yourself; I just need to handle this. And over time, that can start to feel like the only option.
Maybe you’ve learned to rely on yourself because it felt safer that way. Maybe you’re used to being the one others depend on. Maybe you’ve tried opening up before and it didn’t go the way you hoped, so now it feels easier to keep things to yourself.
But the Spirit created you for connection - with fellow warriors and yourself. And often, the support we hesitate to reach for is exactly what helps us move forward.
Letting someone in can feel vulnerable. You may not know what to say or where to begin. You may worry about being misunderstood or becoming a burden.
But it doesn’t have to be everything all at once.
It can be as simple as saying, “I’ve been feeling overwhelmed lately.”
Or, “I don’t need advice - I just need someone to listen.”
The Spirit often meets us through fellow warriors - their steadiness, their care, and their willingness to sit with us in what feels heavy.
Sometimes what we need most isn't a solution to a problem; it's the presence of someone who loves us.
Meditate: Help me have the courage to let others support me. Show me who I can trust, as well as when and how to ask for what I need in this overwhelming times.
Who has helped you get through a challenging time?
Warrior of Lite
When you’ve been overwhelmed, it’s easy to feel like you need to catch up. To make big changes quickly. To prove to yourself that you’re doing better and won’t end up back where you started.
But that kind of pressure often keeps you stuck.
Because when everything feels urgent and important at the same time, it becomes hard to begin at all.
The weight of “doing it right” can actually keep you from taking any step forward.
What if, instead, you chose one small step?
Not everything. Not all at once. Just one.
Maybe it’s getting out of bed and starting your day slowly. Remembering and writing down your Dreaming from the previous night. Meditating for ten minutes. Sitting still for a few minutes of quiet.
Simply pausing long enough to remember that the Spirit is with you.
Small doesn’t mean insignificant.
Small steps are often how big change begins. They create movement without pressure. They build trust that things can be okay again. They remind you that you are not stuck - you are moving forward, even if it’s slowly.
The Spirit is not asking you to have everything figured out. It’s inviting you to walk the Warrior’s path - one step at a time.
Meditation: Help me release pressure and take one small step with the Spirit today. Guide me into the good plans the Warrior’s path has for me.
What is one small, impeccably - filled step you can take today?
When you feel overwhelmed, one of the hardest parts is how lonely it can seem.
Even if people are around you, your inner world can feel isolating. Your internal dialogue and thoughts may loop in ways you can’t easily explain. Your emotions may feel heavier than the situation seems to justify. And you might wonder why no one else seems to see what’s happening inside you.
That sense of being alone can make everything feel even more intense.
But what’s true, even when it’s hard to feel, is this: you are not alone.
The great Spirit is not distant from what you’re experiencing. It’s is not watching from afar, waiting for you to get it together or say the right words. The Spirit is present in your real, unfiltered experience - your thoughts, your feelings, your questions.
Right here. Right now.
Sometimes we imagine the Spirit only in peaceful moments, in quiet meditation times, or when we feel spiritually steady. But if you listen, stillness speaks; the Spirit meets people in uncertainty, in fear, and in overwhelm.
This moment is not outside of its reach.
You don’t have to clean anything up before coming to the Spirit. You don’t have to present a calmer version of yourself. You can simply be honest.
“I’m overwhelmed.”
“I don’t know what to do.”
“I need you here.”
And the Spirit is. Always. Here. Right. Now.
Not after you fix it. Not once you feel better. But right here, in the middle of it.
Let’s Meditate: Great Spirit, thank you that I am not alone. Help me become even more aware of your presence with me today.
What’s one way you’ve experienced the Spirit, or the Warrior’s Way, for that matter, and how it cares for you?
Warrior of Lite
Does everything feel like too much right now?
Maybe your thoughts seem louder than usual. Your body is tense, like it can’t quite settle. Even small decisions are heavier than they should be, and you find yourself wondering why something that used to feel manageable now feels so hard.
Maybe you’ve told yourself...I just need to get it together.
Other people are handling more than this.
I don’t know what’s wrong with me.
But what if we paused before trying to fix anything and got curious instead?
Because there’s always a reason behind what we’re experiencing. Sometimes overwhelm comes from carrying too much for too long. Sometimes it comes from trying to hold things that were never ours to carry. And sometimes it’s simply our mind and body asking for care in a world that rarely slows down.
None of that makes you weak. It makes you human.
And more than that - it’s exactly the place where the Warrior’s Way meets you.
The Warrior’s Way isn’t waiting for you to be perfect before you embark on it. It’s already near. Steady. Present. Unhurried.
You don’t have to solve everything today. You don’t have to untangle every thought or fix every situation.
Right here, you can simply begin with one moment of stopping the internal dialogue (mind chatter), one deep breath, one simple act of impeccability.
Peace doesn’t always come by changing everything around you. Sometimes it begins by meeting impeccability and joining the Warrior's Path right where you are.
Let’s meditate: Everything feels like too much right now. Help me slow down and remember that the Warrior’s Way is here with me and will take care of me as long as I behave impeccably.
Think of another time in your life when you felt overwhelmed. What helped you get through it?
Warrior of Lite
Without love, we cope under conditions that the great Spirit never intended. Couples become roommates, or worse. Warm romantic feelings come after true love is put into action. When my own marriage was in trouble, each day I took a different angle about love and chose to live it out practically toward my wife.
Our relationship took a sharp turn. It took time, but when one person loves another with unbending intent, it’s nearly impossible for that other person to remain unchanged. We must stop fighting our husbands and wives and start fighting the real enemy, apathy. It’s a lazy indifference. It wants us to nag, ignore, bristle, and withdraw. We fight against that by doing the exact opposite. When we show unconditional love to our husbands and wives, we disarm the forces of apathy hellbent on destroying our marriages.
The Warrior’s Way is not empty dialogue; it’s an active instruction manual for our everyday lives. Here’s how we can apply it regarding demonstrations of love in our marriages: Take out the trash, in love. Compliment her dress, in love. Give him a kiss, in love. Call her on your lunch break, in love. Tell him you appreciate his hard work, in love. Approach your financial problem, in love. Invite her into the bedroom, make him his favorite meal, clean up another mess, settle the kids’ arguing, in love. Do everything from a place of love, being filled by the great Spirit, whether or not your spouse does the same.
Love is a holy equalizer, removing the record of wrongs from our memories. You and I both have committed a multitude of wrongs ourselves. We can keep track, or we can keep our marriages intact.
Acts of love create a breeding ground for feelings to germinate. Any reasonable spouse will respond to being loved well. Loving your husband breaks down his defenses. Loving your wife softens her spirit. Impeccable marital love begins with obedience and ends with blessing upon blessing.
If you love your spouse, you will actively look for ways to enhance his/her life on a daily basis. Like so many, I have been in a place of constant bickering and I’ve been in a place of cold indifference in my marriage. Neither of those conditions is worth settling for. Love is the answer and while it’s wonderful to be on the receiving end, be the great Spirit’s conduit, first and foremost. It’s doable if you’re available. Do you want to feel love in your marriage? Nothing will fill your heart more than mirroring the unconditional impeccable love toward your spouse. Love with everything you’ve got, and you’ll have everything to gain.
Let’s Meditate: Great Spirit, thank you for loving me. When I consider how much You have loved me, even at my worst, I am humbled. I believe that if I am impeccable, love will flourish in my marriage. Help us not to fly off the handle! Stop us from keeping a record of wrongs. Help us to always look for the best in one another! It hurts when I don’t feel loved by my spouse, but I refuse to give in to hopelessness. I picture our relationship as one where love cannot be contained!
Warrior of Lite
Our marriage triggers become marriage testers. The test of weariness and exhaustion makes or breaks us. If you feel this way, there is hope. We find help to go from triggered to triumphant with the Warrior’s Way.
Don Juan Matus in the Carlos Castaneda book series is our example. That’s a lot to aspire to, isn’t it? Nevertheless, don Juan doesn’t give us an “out” in times of weariness and exhaustion. When he was troubled, he complained like the rest of us, when he was younger, but the Nagual Julian taught him the Warrior’s Way. Once he learned and started to practice impeccability, he began to understand. When he suffered at the hands of the Nagual Julian, he kept the Warrior’s Way in mind. But, enough of that. Back to our relationships…
On our wedding days, we promised to love and cherish our spouses. In order to do that well, we can’t just pull ourselves up by our bootstraps when the going gets rough. Allowing impeccability and the Warrior’s Way to take over and assist us enables us to care for our spouses without constantly obsessing over ourselves.
Your burdens may feel anything but light today. The Spirit is not trying to make light of your circumstances. The Spirit wants you to see your circumstances through impeccability and the Warrior’s Way. We are not helpless or forgotten in our times of need. Don’t allow an hour to go by before taking your cares, concerns and complaints into the Warrior’s Way and examining them through that lens. Use impeccability for ego-busting, destroying personal history and eliminating self-importance. Because the Warrior’s Way is our ‘Daily Bread’, so to speak, and we become malnourished energetically if we neglect it. Spending time with the core teachings of the Warrior’s Way refreshes our spirit and strengthens us to face both our trials and our triggers.
If you feel triggered by the weariness and exhaustion of your circumstances, you won’t be able to combat your anger and frustration until you lay your burden down at the feet of the Warrior’s Way. Learn from Carlos and don Juan. Take note of how humble don Juan is. In the same way that our angry reactions typically spark even bigger angry reactions in our spouses, use don Juan’s humble spirit to rub off on us, producing a supernatural steadiness of heart and mind.
As we give our weariness to controlled folly, the Great Spirit’s gentleness becomes our gentleness. Soon, humility is reflected in our own actions. As we grow in character, exhaustion gives way to strength upon strength, equipping us with the ability to overcome the temptation to lash out in frustration.
The husband and wife who are followers of the Warrior’s Way never have to operate on empty or be quick to anger. We are promised the fruit of supernatural strength and given an example in the person of don Juan Matus. Who else do you know who is impeccable? Emulate them if you don’t care to use a fictional book character.
The heart filled with impeccable character has very little room for angry reactions. Let’s accept the invitation to “come” to the Warrior’s Way and find rest for our souls by demonstrating gentleness and humility in our marriages as trust in our path with heart.
Let’s Meditate: Give us a desire to put our husband or wife’s needs before our own. As we pour out selfishness and negativity, let us be filled supernaturally with powerful energy from the Great Spirit. Let us love one another deeply, letting go of anger and resentment.
Let me be quiet now.
Warrior of Lite
It’s important to ask ourselves some poignant questions when conflicts over finances (or any other issue) arise: What is my goal in dealing with this issue?
Am I opening my heart to understanding my spouse’s point of view? Can I let go of my need in this situation for the betterment of my spouse/marriage? Am I being humble? Is what I am saying and thinking, impeccable? If we don’t come to a place of agreement or understanding, am I willing to yield? Can I grace my spouse and give them what they don’t deserve, just as the Spirit does for me so often?
When peace rules our hearts, that is the moment to hash things out and set some specific plans in place. When emotions are high, few of us can become teachable or communicate in a way that has the other person’s best interest wholly in mind. Our emotions block us from thinking logically or responding gently and impeccably.
Certain moments in our lives can be triggering moments. Are financial discussions one of your trigger moments? Do you cringe every time the topic of money comes up? A good idea is to decide with your spouse that you will talk about finances only when you have the budget right in front of you or only on the weekend when your schedules are more “relaxed”. Coming to these kinds of agreements with one another is a proactive way to avoid the reactive disagreements we all want to avoid.
The key is to be inclusive of one another’s ideas and feelings, working toward a reasonable and impeccable practice of stewardship. It sounds simple enough, but we forget that money is never more important than the people in our lives. But what if your spouse refuses to collaborate with you? The Spirit is more interested in our own transformation than it is in fixing our circumstances so that we don’t have to change. When your husband disregards your feelings about spending, commit to being mindful of his feelings. When your wife forgets to balance the checkbook, be diligent on your end. You can never go wrong by doing what is impeccable!
When anger fills our hearts, search within to guard us against the co-mingling of unrighteous anger. If our spouse resists change or carry on unwisely in financial decisions, respond with loving-kindness and discernment. When worry and discontent threaten to discourage us, be ready to offer peace and satisfaction. When everything and everyone seems unstable, remain impeccable and do your best. Put your trust in the warrior’s way, impeccability, to both refine you and meet your needs and you will find a security that is far more valuable than money.
Warrior of Lite
"For me there is only the travelling on paths that have heart, on any path that may have heart. There I travel, and the only worth-while challenge is to traverse its full length. And there I travel looking, looking, breathlessly."
Warrior of Lite
A Man of Knowledge does not have anything to teach in the conventional sense of the word, does not have anything to give or add to you, such as new information, beliefs, or rules of conduct. The only function of such a Man of Knowledge is to help you remove that which separates you from the totality of yourself, as well as the truth of who you already are and what you already know.
The Man of Knowledge is here to uncover and reveal to you that dimension of yourself that is infinite. If you come to a Man of Knowledge searching for books or blog posts, etc., looking for stimulating ideas, theories, beliefs, intellectual discussions, then you will be disappointed. In other words, if you are looking for food for thought, you won't find it. And you will miss the very essence of the teaching, the essence of the warrior’s way, which is not in the words but within yourself. It is good to remember that, to feel that, as you listen to the great Spirit as it continuously whispers to you.
Words are no more than signposts. That to which they point is not to be found within the realm of thought, but a dimension within yourself that is deeper, and infinitely vaster than thought. A vibrantly alive internal silence and peace are a few of the characteristics of that dimension. So, whenever you feel inner silence arising, and a connection with the Spirit as you read, these posts are doing their work and fulfilling its function as your teacher. They are reminding you of who you are and pointing the way back home; your infinite connection with the great Spirit.
These Warrior’s Log posts are not to be read one after another and then be done with them. Live with them. Visit them frequently. And, more importantly, click-away from them frequently. Or, spend more time contemplating the posts than clicking through them. Many readers will feel naturally inclined to stop reading after each post, to pause, reflect, become one with the information the Spirit is pointing to. It is always more helpful and more important to stop reading than to continue reading. Allow the posts to do their work, to awaken you from the old grooves of your repetitive and conditioned thinking.
The form of these Warrior’s Log posts can be seen as a revival for the present age of the oldest form of recorded spiritual teachings, the sutras of ancient India. Sutras are powerful pointers to the truth in the form of aphorisms or short sayings with little conceptual elaboration. The Vedas and Upanishads are the early sacred teachings recorded in the form of sutras, as are the words of the Buddha. The sayings and parables of Jesus, too, when taken out of their narrative context could be regarded as sutras as well as the profound teachings contained in the Tao Te Ching, the ancient Chinese book of wisdom.
The advantage of the sutra form lies in its brevity. It does not engage the thinking mind more than is necessary. What it doesn't say, but only points to, is more important than what it says.
The sutra-like character, of the writings in these Warrior’s Log posts, is particularly marked in the first couple of posts, which contains only the briefest of entries. These posts contain the essence of the entire Warrior’s Log topic, and may be all that some readers require. The other posts are here for those who need a few more signposts.
Just like the ancient sutras, the writings contained within these specific posts are sacred and have come out of a state of second attention awareness we may call stillness of the Spirit. Unlike those sutras, however, they don't belong to any one religion or spiritual tradition, but are immediately accessible to the whole of humanity. Especially those interested in the warrior’s way or those just choosing impeccability.
There is also an added sense of urgency here. The transformation of human consciousness is no longer a luxury, so to speak, available only to a few, isolated individuals, but a necessity if human kind is not to destroy itself. At the present time, the dysfunction of the old consciousness and the arising of the new are both accelerating. Paradoxically, things are getting worse and better at the same time, although the worse is more apparent because it makes so much noise.
These Warrior’s Log posts, of course, uses words that in the act of reading, become thoughts in your mind. But those are not ordinary thoughts: repetitive, noisy, self-serving, clamoring for attention.
Just like every true spiritual teacher, such as a Man of Knowledge, just like the ancient sutras, the thoughts within these posts don't say “look at me", but “look beyond me.” Because these thoughts came from the great Spirit, they have power, the power to take you back into the same great infinity from which they arose. That energy of the Spirit is also inner peace; a silent internal dialogue. And that great Spirit and peace are the essence of your being. It is the great Spirit that will save and transform the world as well!
Warrior of Lite
The ancient Nagual warrior’s spoke about peace to candidates and possible warriors who did not have peaceful lives.
They lived with fear, loss, occupation, and uncertainty woven into everyday life. So, when warriors talked about peace, they weren’t offering comfort or escape. They were offering a way to remain living in impeccability and the great Spirit when nothing around them felt stable.
The Nagual warriors lived in that same reality. They knew violence, injustice, and division firsthand. Yet they consistently spoke about peace, not as denial of suffering, but as a way of living rooted in trust of impeccability. The peace the warriors were offering was different than what most were offering. It did not depend on circumstances improving or conflicts disappearing.
We often think peace comes after problems are solved. After things calm down. After life feels manageable again. But the warrior presents peace as something that sustains us while problems remain. The warrior’s peace does not pretend everything is fine. The warrior anchor’s themselves in impeccability when everything feels uncertain.
Many of us struggle with peace because we live surrounded by noise. Fear-driven headlines. Endless opinions. Pressure to react quickly and choose sides. In that environment, peace can feel passive or even irresponsible. Anger feels more powerful. Outrage feels more justified.
But the peace of the warrior is not passive. It is active and costly. It requires restraint when anger feels earned. Humility when pride wants control. Trust when fear demands certainty. Choosing peace often means resisting the urge to mirror the hostility around us.
Nagual warrior’s teach other warrior’s to be peacemakers, not peacekeepers. Peacemaking does not avoid tension. Warrior's step into it with wisdom, courage and impeccability. They refuses to dehumanize others, even when disagreement is deep. They chooses impeccability over retaliation and presence over withdrawal.
Sometimes peace looks like reconciliation. Other times it looks like holding your ground without hatred. Listening longer than feels comfortable. Refusing to let fear shape who you become.
In the way of the warrior, peace is not weakness. It is strength rooted in confidence that the great Spirit and the second attention are at work, even when the world feels broken. When we choose peace, we bear witness to a different Kingdom - one not built on fear, but on impeccability, intent and will.
Hello! I think I've posted enough about Christianity for now. I've spent a good three months immersed in Christianity, daily. Although it's a great system of belief, or faith, if you choose to label it that, and it's been a great learning experience for me, yet it's not right for me. I'm not going to go into a long dissertation in regards to WHY it's not for me; it just isn't. (At this time. Perhaps in the future. Who knows?) I've learned a great deal, and that's really what I set out to do. Learn about Christianity, and that's what I did.
Warrior of Lite - JoJo The Mystical Monk - Zamurito - Self-Healed Madman - Warrior of Dreams
After enough disappointment, hope starts to feel foolish.
I've been there. There was a season in my life that came after I left a job I had poured myself into. What I discovered afterward was that many of the decisions I had made, the way I had treated people, the direction I had led — all of it had been built on lies. My boss had been systematically lying to me, and I hadn't known it!
When I found out, everything I had trusted caved in at once. I was angry in a way that surprised me. I made it my personal mission to undermine everything that person tried to do. Whatever they wanted to succeed, I worked to make them fail.
One day, my closest friend sat across from me at our weekly coffee and told me the truth. He said, "Scott, you're so angry and bitter that you've become toxic. You can't see it, but it's affecting everyone around you. You're mad at one person, but you're taking it out on people who don't even know him." Then he said, "I'll be honest; it's really hard to be your friend right now."
That's what unprocessed hurt does. It doesn't stay where you put it. It leaks into everything, and you don't notice until someone who loves you is willing to say the hard thing.
I say all of this because I want to be honest about what resurrection hope is not.
Resurrection hope is not the decision to pretend that hard things aren't hard. It is not the spiritual discipline of faking cheerfulness when everything is falling apart. That's not hope, nor honesty. That's performance, and we talked yesterday about the cost of performance.
Jesus, on the night he was arrested, told his disciples: "In this world you will have trouble." (John 16:33 NIV) He didn't say you might. He said you will. He was not offering comfort by minimizing reality. He was offering something better.
He finished the sentence: "But take heart! I have overcome the world." (John 16:33 NIV)
Resurrection hope doesn't deny that the world is broken. It refuses to believe that brokenness is final. Naïveté pretends the hard thing isn't hard. Hope looks the hard thing directly in the face and says, "This is not the end of the story."
Some of us have gone quiet in our faith because the gap between what we hoped for and what actually happened is too painful to keep revisiting. That's not a faith problem, though. That's a human problem. And it's exactly where resurrection was always meant to do its work.
Paul writes in Romans 5 that "suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope." (5:3-4 NIV) The hope at the end of that chain is not wishful thinking. It's the hard-won conviction of someone who has watched God show up in places that looked finished.
The next section of this plan will ask you to act on that hope. Before we get there, sit with this question today: where has disappointment quietly turned into a decision that nothing will change? That's the place where resurrection starts.
Identity Statement:
“Because Jesus has overcome the world, I am not defined by my hardest season. I am anchored in a hope that defies reality.”
Reflect:
Where has disappointment hardened into a settled expectation that nothing will change? What would it look like to bring that specific place to Jesus today?
Prayer:
Jesus, I don't want to perform hope I don't feel. So I'm bringing You the real version — the places where I stopped expecting anything. Meet me there. Amen.
All of the above copied from: https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/68058/day/7?segment=0
JoJo The Mystical Monk - JJtMM
