Warriors: A Silent Spiritual Surrender To Toxic Waste.
When is enough, enough? Despite the legion of mind and body
practices to keep our hearts inline with perspective and calm – most of us
experience inexplicable heartache that we cannot comprehend at some point in our
lives.
Strength is an admirable trait in anybody willing to embrace
it. But with great strength comes great weakness. This appears to be a
contradictory statement; but most people are contradictions and one of the most
courageous acts a human can undertake is admitting their weakness –
feeling it, divulging into it and working their way through it. Conquering it.
The term “warrior” is used intensively for those who
practice various forms of meditation, yoga and martial arts. It comes from the
mainly Eastern belief of being able to conquer and control our minds in
correlation with our physical shell – distilling hurt, selfishness and self-pity
out of existence.
As an active practitioner of meditation, yoga, martial arts
and admittedly a devoted spiritual and scientific romanticized student: I know life
before and after “warrior”. A warrior is
not (despite common belief) cold, nor a
rock. A warrior understands and feels just as much as the next person. The
difference is – instead of wallowing in hurt, disappointments and hate (which
in turn hurts others) – the warrior surrenders to fact; learns, loves,
motivates and moves forward. The strength is not so much in moving forward but the
ability to accept, understand and build something proactive from something that
could otherwise be emotionally (and physically) destructive.
Toxins. When you know it’s time to surrender and stop
fighting in the war. At times it is difficult to differentiate between
something worth fighting for and something toxic (addictive/negative/non
progressive). Toxic relationships, toxic habits, toxic cycles – however we look
at it they all share the same traits and result: momentary satisfaction,
euphoria and repetitive behavior that is unfulfilling in the long run, moreover
ultimately self-depreciating (mentally, physically harmful). The problem with
toxic behavior, like any addiction is the first step: accepting that something
is lost, bad for you and will not change for the better – most of all, that it
is not worth fighting for: you will not win. If you have lost control: you are
embedded in a war you need to surrender to. Yes – it will hurt and it will be
difficult. But you will become a warrior.
The capacity to use negativity to actualize positivity comes
first with realizing your emotions. I am not a believer that people should be
empty, to the contrary life is filled with passion of higher consciousness
within ones self. Meditation is a practice to center, inspire and cleanse – often
misunderstood for becoming a vacuum.
Passion can be the greatest catalyst to rectify inner weaknesses,
transforming the intensity of addictive non-progressive behaviors into
strengths on the outside and inside.
This Passion can be used in meditation, likewise yoga, martial arts,
exercise, career ambition, creative arts (fine art, writing, music, dance). It
is very basic; taking one devotion and turning it into another. Engineering
controlled, beneficial strengths from self -neglecting injurious weaknesses.
Becoming a warrior means knowing yourself. It is right that
the world may not always treat you the way you wish to be – but throwing that
back at the world is nothing more than cowardly: if we do this, we stay in a
cycle with no reward. Being able to face the difficult decisions and see that
they really aren’t difficult at all is the beginning of a toxin free life.
Think, be kind, don’t be bitter and understand when it is time to surrender one
war and become a warrior of your own spirit. You are brave.
Namaste.
