Training for a Spiritual Warrior
You know how when they train the Navy Seals and other elite forces of the military, they create the most difficult situations for them to experience? Then they watch to see how they will handle these extreme situations – do they keep going or do they crumble? Well, training for a Spiritual Warrior is like that. The Spiritual Warrior knows that there is no war except the one within and there is no enemy other than the one living inside you. When we hold an intention to bring peace to the inner world, training begins.
Every day becomes a training ground. Life and what happens in it are the tests. How will we handle what is thrown at us – what often surprises us? Do we crumble or keep holding the peace? Somewhere we got the notion that a Spiritual Warrior lives a charmed life – they never get sick, they always have an abundance of money, love, and happiness. That would be like saying that a Navy Seal in training leads a charmed life! What a silly notion! Look at many of the great masters who walked this Earth holding the peace within of a Spiritual Warrior. Their lives were certainly not charmed! So why do we believe that we can be Spiritual Warriors and not encounter the adversities of life?
The key is learning how to meet these difficulties with a peaceful mind and a loving heart. When we focus on how difficult things are or what we want instead of what we have, the inner war begins. Instead we can choose peace and love – regardless of the level of challenge. It is not always easy but it sure beats the alternative – inner war!