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"The little crow pointed out that specific spot to me, and at that spot I saw the opportunity of
making you understand how one acts while one is in the mood of a warrior.
"Everything you did last night was done within a proper mood. You were controlled and at the
same time abandoned when you jumped down from the tree to pick up the cage and run up to me.
You were not paralyzed with fear. And then, near the top of the bluff, when the lion let out a
scream, you moved very well. I'm sure you wouldn't believe what you did if you looked at the
bluff during the daytime. You had a degree of abandon, and at the same time you had a degree of
control over yourself. You did not let go and wet your pants, and yet you let go and climbed that
wall in complete darkness. You could have missed the trail and killed yourself. To climb that wall
in darkness required that you had to hold on to yourself and let go of yourself at the same time.
That's what I call the mood of a warrior."
I said that whatever I had done that night was the product of my fear and not the result of any
mood of control and abandon.
"I know that," he said, smiling. "And I wanted to show you that you can spur yourself beyond
your limits if you are in the proper mood. A warrior makes his own mood. You didn't know that.
Fear got you into the mood of a warrior, but now that you know about it, anything can serve to
get you into it."
I wanted to argue with him, but my reasons were not clear. I felt an inexplicable sense of
annoyance.
"It's convenient to always act in such a mood," he continued. "It cuts through the crap and
leaves one purified. It was a great feeling when you reached the top of the bluff. Wasn't it?"
I told him that I understood what he meant, yet I felt it would be idiotic to try to apply what he
was teaching me to my everyday life.
"One needs the mood of a warrior for every single act," he said. "Otherwise one becomes
distorted and ugly. There is no power in a life that lacks this mood. Look at yourself. Everything
offends and upsets you. You whine and complain and feel that everyone is making you dance to
their tune. You are a leaf at the mercy of the wind. There is no power in your fife. What an ugly
feeling that must be!

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