12-05-2007, 03:24 AM
Thank you for letting me know your intent towards moderation. If I were in your shoes, that seems like a pretty good stance.
I don't imagine you would mind, so I'll go ahead and argue the third point, attempting to not personalize anything.
Since we are speaking about a warrior, and not you or me, what we do or believe is inconsequential. A warrior has to follow the rule. He is a slave to the rule. He has no choice. Even when he "surpasses" the rule, if there is such an event, he is then a slave to spirit and still has no choice. (IMO, being a slave to spirit is the same event as when one no longer has a "me". Without thought and mind, there is only one present moment, and so no choice but to live it; whereas with thought and mind, we have the seeming choice to alter or avoid the present "what is". But this alteration or avoidance only appear to happen in the mind - "what is" still is unaltered, still present, unescapable.)
You and I can make all the choices we want; but a warrior cannot. Let's take the part of the warrior's way called impeccability. In any given moment, there is one thing that is the most impeccable. Not two things. So no choice. If we can choose, what's the point of impeccability?
As personal examples that we might relate to:
We can choose to form an opinion of someone or something and thus dismiss it as known, but that's not being a warrior as it leaves energy tied up in a belief, and acts as an anchor of sorts in infinity.
Can we choose to do better next time, to become better warriors, to hone our art? Or have we crossed the point of no return? Could you really stop doing this, ever? B)
I don't think so. You have no choice.
I don't imagine you would mind, so I'll go ahead and argue the third point, attempting to not personalize anything.
Since we are speaking about a warrior, and not you or me, what we do or believe is inconsequential. A warrior has to follow the rule. He is a slave to the rule. He has no choice. Even when he "surpasses" the rule, if there is such an event, he is then a slave to spirit and still has no choice. (IMO, being a slave to spirit is the same event as when one no longer has a "me". Without thought and mind, there is only one present moment, and so no choice but to live it; whereas with thought and mind, we have the seeming choice to alter or avoid the present "what is". But this alteration or avoidance only appear to happen in the mind - "what is" still is unaltered, still present, unescapable.)
You and I can make all the choices we want; but a warrior cannot. Let's take the part of the warrior's way called impeccability. In any given moment, there is one thing that is the most impeccable. Not two things. So no choice. If we can choose, what's the point of impeccability?
As personal examples that we might relate to:
We can choose to form an opinion of someone or something and thus dismiss it as known, but that's not being a warrior as it leaves energy tied up in a belief, and acts as an anchor of sorts in infinity.
Can we choose to do better next time, to become better warriors, to hone our art? Or have we crossed the point of no return? Could you really stop doing this, ever? B)
I don't think so. You have no choice.