More on this book
Community
Kindle Notes & Highlights
A Warrior of the Light knows what he wants. And he has no need to waste time on explanations.
Victors never make the same mistake twice. That is why the Warrior only risks his heart for something worthwhile.
A Warrior always returns to the fray. He never does so out of stubbornness, but because he has noticed a change in the weather.
Then the Warrior realizes that these repeated experiences have but one aim: to teach him what he does not want to learn.
A Warrior does not spend his days trying to play the role that others have chosen for him.
That is why they are Warriors of the Light. Because they make mistakes, because they ask themselves questions, because they are looking for a reason they are sure to find it.
A Warrior of the Light does not waste his time listening to provocations; he has a destiny to fulfill.
In order to have faith in his own path, he does not need to prove that someone else’s path is wrong.
The Warrior uses that touch of madness. For—in both love and war—it is impossible to foresee everything.
He tries to establish what he can truly rely on. And he always checks that he carries three things with him: faith, hope, and love.
That is why he is a Warrior of the Light, because he has been through all this and yet has never lost hope of being better than he is.
A Warrior knows that the farthest-flung star in the Universe reveals itself in the things around him.
The Warrior of the Light meditates.
“Sometimes, it is the archer’s own overactive desire that ruins the accuracy of the shot.”
He must act, but he must allow room for the Universe to act too.
When a Warrior is the victim of some injustice, he usually tries to be alone, in order not to show his pain to others. This is both good and bad. It is one thing to allow one’s heart to heal its wounds slowly, but it is quite another to sit all day in deep contemplation for fear of seeming weak. Inside each of us there lives an angel and a devil, and their voices are very alike. Confronted by a problem, the devil encourages that solitary conversation, trying to show us how vulnerable we are. The angel makes us reflect upon our attitudes and occasionally needs someone else’s heart to reveal
...more
If he has difficulty in finding company, he asks himself: “Was I too afraid to approach someone? Did I receive affection and not even notice?” A Warrior of the Light makes use of solitude, but is not used by it.
This fear generally manifests itself in two ways: through aggression or through submission. They are two facets of the same problem.
While the others talk, the Warrior trains himself in the use of the sword and keeps his eye on the horizon.
Because he believes in miracles, miracles begin to happen. Because he is sure that his thoughts can change his life, his life begins to change. Because he is certain that he will find love, love appears.
“You do not drown simply by plunging into water, you only drown if you stay beneath the surface.”
A Warrior of the Light is wise; he does not talk about his defeats.
The true companions of a Warrior are beside him always, during the difficult times and the easy times.
A Warrior of the Light is not constantly repeating the same struggle, especially when there are neither advances nor retreats.
The friends of the Warrior of the Light ask him where he draws his energy from. He says: “From the hidden enemy.”
But as he proceeds on his journey, he realizes that the people to whom he did not behave correctly always cross his path again.
The Warrior has been asleep for a long time. It is only natural that he should wake up very gradually.
Like the fighter, the Warrior of the Light is aware of his own immense strength; he never fights with anyone who does not deserve the honor of combat.
Occasionally, the Warrior sits down, relaxes, and lets everything that is happening around him continue to happen. He looks at the world as a spectator, he does not try to add to it or take away from it, he merely surrenders unresistingly to the movement of life. Little by little, everything that seemed complicated begins to become simple. And the Warrior is glad.
Concentrate and disperse your energies according to the situation.”
There are moments when one should act and moments when one should accept. The Warrior knows how to distinguish between these moments.
The Warrior, however, ignores them. He calmly goes to his sacred place and puts on the indestructible cloak of faith. Faith parries all blows. Faith transforms poison into crystal clear water.
A Warrior of the Light practices a powerful exercise for inner growth: He pays attention to the things he does automatically, such as breathing, blinking, or noticing the things around him.
A Warrior of the Light knows the power of words.
A true Warrior of the Light always chooses his own battlefield.
“I fought for something and did not succeed. I lost the first battle.”
When somebody wants something, the whole Universe conspires in their favor. The Warrior of the Light knows this.
“Let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay.”
When he wins a battle, the Warrior celebrates.
The Warrior of the Light has learned that God uses solitude to teach us how to live with other people.
That is why, even if he is not in the mood, the Warrior of the Light tries to enjoy the small everyday things of life.
The Warrior knows that a great dream is made up of many different things, just as the light from the sun is the sum of its millions of rays.
Warrior of the Light does not go into battle without knowing the limitations of his ally.
The Warrior knows an old saying: “If regrets could kill…”
He uses common sense to judge not the intentions of an action but its consequences. He takes responsibility for everything he does, even if he has to pay a high price for his mistake. As the old Arabic proverb says: “God judges a tree by its fruits and not by its roots.”
He knows that the fool who gives advice about someone else’s garden is not tending his own plants.
“In just the same way, the Warrior of the Light knows that everything around him—his victories, his defeats, his enthusiasm, and his despondency—form part of his Good Fight. And he will know which strategy to use when he needs it. A Warrior does not try to be coherent; he has learned to live with his contradictions.”
