01-29-2014, 12:00 AM
In this following text the author of several books about Toltec knowledge is explaining the difference between taking what we like out of the Toltec teachings to enrich our lives and actually becoming a Warrior. This man always makes so much sense to me when he speaks.
'' An
opportunity has now come about which was never before present. What this opportunity amounts to, is that because the teachings are now being recorded in book form, anyone who wishes to
do so can avail themselves of the teachings. However, the
conditions for becoming a warrior are still the same as before, except
that now it is possible to work from
these manuals rather than having to receive
oral instruction from a nagal.
It is truly
wonderful that the teachings are now available to everyone, without
any form of discrimination, but I would be doing the reader an injustice
if I do not point out the pitfall in this new set-up. The
danger in this new set-up is to believe that you can bend the rules to suit your purposes. To indulge in such a belief is
just a stupid waste of time and energy, for let me once again reiterate that there is
absolutely no way of acquiring the skills,
the abilities and the power of a warrior without becoming a warrior. To think that it is
possible to add warriorship to your existing life is exactly the same as thinking
that you can become a world champion in tennis, but without
making tennis your career, your life, your everything.
Today it is possible for anyone to become a warrior, but only if
the age-old requirements are fulfilled. However, this does not preclude
people from taking out of the teachings only that which they
find to be useful and enriching. There is nothing wrong with
this, in fact, it is to be encouraged, provided it is understood
that if you are not prepared to change, and you only want to
take out of the teachings that which suits you, then you will also
never become a warrior. This principle
is the same as for those people
who learn to play tennis,
not to become
world
champions,
but just for their own enjoyment and
enrichment. But just as you
would be a fool to think that you can compete in world championships if you are only an average tennis player, so too would you be a fool to think that you should be
able to do what a warrior does when you are not a warrior. Should you
even be dishonest enough to claim such status by calling yourself a warrior a hundred times over, there is no way in which you can fake the
impeccability of the warrior's spirit, nor is there any way in which you can imitate his power. Sooner or later your actions will reveal your
charade.
This then, brings us hard up against
the stalker's rule, for if you as
the reader intend claiming your
power as a warrior, and are not simply wishing
to enrich your present life with the teachings, then you
are going to
have to learn
how to stalk
yourself impeccably. In this respect the very first
thing you should do , is to ask yourself: "Do I really want to become
a warrior? Am I honestly prepared
to undergo a total transformation?"
Quoted from
THE MISTS OF DRAGON LORE by Theun Mares
'' An
opportunity has now come about which was never before present. What this opportunity amounts to, is that because the teachings are now being recorded in book form, anyone who wishes to
do so can avail themselves of the teachings. However, the
conditions for becoming a warrior are still the same as before, except
that now it is possible to work from
these manuals rather than having to receive
oral instruction from a nagal.
It is truly
wonderful that the teachings are now available to everyone, without
any form of discrimination, but I would be doing the reader an injustice
if I do not point out the pitfall in this new set-up. The
danger in this new set-up is to believe that you can bend the rules to suit your purposes. To indulge in such a belief is
just a stupid waste of time and energy, for let me once again reiterate that there is
absolutely no way of acquiring the skills,
the abilities and the power of a warrior without becoming a warrior. To think that it is
possible to add warriorship to your existing life is exactly the same as thinking
that you can become a world champion in tennis, but without
making tennis your career, your life, your everything.
Today it is possible for anyone to become a warrior, but only if
the age-old requirements are fulfilled. However, this does not preclude
people from taking out of the teachings only that which they
find to be useful and enriching. There is nothing wrong with
this, in fact, it is to be encouraged, provided it is understood
that if you are not prepared to change, and you only want to
take out of the teachings that which suits you, then you will also
never become a warrior. This principle
is the same as for those people
who learn to play tennis,
not to become
world
champions,
but just for their own enjoyment and
enrichment. But just as you
would be a fool to think that you can compete in world championships if you are only an average tennis player, so too would you be a fool to think that you should be
able to do what a warrior does when you are not a warrior. Should you
even be dishonest enough to claim such status by calling yourself a warrior a hundred times over, there is no way in which you can fake the
impeccability of the warrior's spirit, nor is there any way in which you can imitate his power. Sooner or later your actions will reveal your
charade.
This then, brings us hard up against
the stalker's rule, for if you as
the reader intend claiming your
power as a warrior, and are not simply wishing
to enrich your present life with the teachings, then you
are going to
have to learn
how to stalk
yourself impeccably. In this respect the very first
thing you should do , is to ask yourself: "Do I really want to become
a warrior? Am I honestly prepared
to undergo a total transformation?"
Quoted from
THE MISTS OF DRAGON LORE by Theun Mares