Precursor to the Recapitulation

In both gardening and spiritual (Warrior's Way) terms, planting and harvesting are exciting seasons. Planting is the start of an adventure; harvesting is the product of hard work. It’s easy to celebrate new beginnings and hard-earned completions - but one thing that’s not as much fun?

The pruning process. (Recapitulation.)

Who wants to acknowledge what’s dead and unproductive in their lives? Who wants to trim back what’s already blooming - leaving you smaller, awkward, and feeling extra weak and at a loss for energy?

But pruning is exactly what we need to keep producing fruit.

One aspect of the Warrior’s Way is the recapitulation and there are two separate actions in this process - cutting off what’s dead and pruning fruit.

Cutting out what’s dead makes sense. It’s extra weight, it’s unproductive, it’s blocking sunlight, and it’s stealing good energy from branches that could thrive. But without proper context, pruning fruit feels backwards.

However, the purpose of pruning isn’t to disable something, but to revitalize it.

If a branch is weak or diseased, it could not only damage itself, but the surrounding trees as well. Without pruning, both the tree and the life surrounding it can never reach full potential.

Pruning creates room for more growth.

Pruning stimulates production.

Pruning keeps the plant or person strong.

The Spirit through the Warrior’s Way and recapitulation is a good ‘gardener’. This process wouldn’t be a good ‘gardener’ if it left you to yourself - overgrown, ineffective, and full of dysfunction. So, through the Warrior’s Way process you cut off what’s dead for your benefit. Trim back ineffective things in your life to make way for more ‘fruit’.

You can trust the Spirit, including the Warrior’s Way and impeccable recapitulation with your life because only then can you see who you are and who you can become.

So what ‘dead branches’ are you dragging around? Is it possible that YOU are (finally!) ready for pruning you for future growth and preparing for more advanced tasks within the Warrior’s Way? (Dreaming, Stalking, Mastery of Awareness, etc.) Take a few moments and meditate on any areas in your life that you recognize need to change. (Beliefs, self-importance, personal history, ego, etc.)

Here is a link to the recapitulation page of this blog.

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