[OceanofDharma] The Challenge of Warriorship

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Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

December 26, 2006

(Today's quote is being sent from on the road in Lucca,Italy. Apologies for any formatting problems. Ciao from moderator Carolyn Gimian)

THE CHALLENGE OF WARRIORSHIP

The challenge of warriorship is to live fully in the world as it is and to find within this world, with all its paradoxes, the essence of nowness. If we open our eyes, if we open our minds, if we open our hearts, we will find that this world is a magical place. It is not magical because it tricks us or changes unexpectedly into something else, but it is magical because it can BE so vividly, so brilliantly. However, the discovery of that magic can happen only when we transcend our embarrassment about being alive, when we have the bravery to proclaim the goodness and dignity of human life, without either hesitation or arrogance.

>From 'Sacred World' in SHAMBHALA THE SACRED PATH PF THE WARRIOR, pages 147 to 148 in the Shambhala Library Edition.