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vseslavrus в посте Metapractice (оригинал в ЖЖ)

"A warrior, on the other hand, is a hunter. He calculates everything. That's control. But once
his calculations are over, he acts. He lets go. That's abandon. A warrior is not a leaf at the mercy
of the wind. No one can push him; no one can make him do things against himself or against his
better judgment. A warrior is tuned to survive, and he survives in the best of all possible
fashions."
I liked his stance although I thought it was unrealistic. It seemed too simplistic for the
complex world in which I lived.
He laughed at my arguments and I insisted that the mood of a warrior could not possibly help
me overcome the feeling of being offended or actually being injured by the actions of my fellow
men, as in the hypothetical case of being physically harassed by a cruel and malicious person
placed in a position of authority.
He roared with laughter and admitted the example was apropos.
"A warrior could be injured but not offended," he said. "For a warrior there is nothing
offensive about the acts of his fellow men as long as he himself is acting within the proper mood.
"The other night you were not offended by the lion. The fact that it chased us did not anger
you. I did not hear you cursing it, nor did I hear you say that he had no right to follow us. It could
have been a cruel and malicious lion for all you know. But that was not a consideration while you
struggled to avoid it. The only thing that was pertinent was to survive. And that you did very
well.
"If you would have been alone and the lion had caught up with you and mauled you to death,
you would have never even considered complaining or feeling offended by its acts.
"The mood of a warrior is not so far-fetched for yours or anybody's world. You need it in
order to cut through all the guff."
I explained my way of reasoning. The lion and my fellow men were not on a par, because I
knew the intimate quirks of men while I knew nothing about the lion. What offended me about
my fellow men was that they acted maliciously and knowingly.
"I know, I know," don Juan said patiently. "To achieve the mood of a warrior is not a simple
matter. It is a revolution. To regard the lion and the water rats and our fellow men as equals is a
magnificent act of the warrior's spirit. It takes power to do that."

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