Who is Adam Kwasman? I looked him up on Google+ and realized that my brain thought Kwasman was the angry man on the left while the truth is that Kwasman was the calm man on the right. So the warrior must take great care to control the mind and how it interprets information. Did the red shirt catch my eye? If so - even some text below the image saying "Kwasman - right" may have been ignored by my subconscious mind. But there wasn't even any text. Perhaps the information was intended to shape minds? Be very careful when you see an image because our subconscious mind was built to automatically interpret the information from our eyes. Optical illusions/delusions are very real.
The modern world is full of ignorance because people have not been taught to be a warrior. My writing on this blog is merely a mental exercise to help me learn to be a warrior. Beliefs differ from person to person and although we may share some similar beliefs the totality of our beliefs as a whole are unique because our beliefs are the result of experience. As the warrior begins to view the totality of their beliefs with more clarity we gain control of our self because we better know our self. We begin to see how our beliefs are not harmonious with each other. We see this obvious truth in the world as different people with different beliefs are unable to live together peacefully. But this is only the result of individuals who simultaneously hold internal beliefs that are not in harmony. As more people become warriors who have harmonized their personal internal beliefs there will be more harmony in the world.
The reason I am able to learn to be a warrior is because I have practiced emptying my metaphorical cup. I practiced doing this before I understood the metaphor by being agnostic. Agnosticism is a belief that you can't know. I am no longer a dogmatic agnostic. And I was only a dogmatic agnostic for a small time. But it gave me the mental capacity to switch my mind into the agnostic state in order to better view the information without being shaped by the lens of belief. I don't believe I am perfect because that belief is a dangerous one. Agnosticism let me see that some beliefs are unknowable - yet their influence on the health of the individual and society are very knowable.
I have my personal traits which I have acquired through the environmental influences. And this makes my earthly efforts toward martial art unique. All of our paths are unique. And a good teacher will help to identify the most basic information which facilitates the student's potential. Remember we are all ignorant. Combine this truth with all of our economic and government social systems and you begin to understand why we shouldn't be so dependent upon other people to provide for ourselves and those we love. We must also realize that our social systems have evolved for thousands of years. Many people have lived and died while influencing the social systems of their time which have definitely shaped the social systems of our time. My point is that warriors will begin to change the current system as they gain self control. Once people gain self control they will change any and every social system for the better so long as they are alive and able to engage other people.
If a prison is built for the purpose of rehabilitating humans, a warrior within that prison will be very successful at helping others become rehabilitated by gaining self control. This is true for every social system - whether it is economic, education, judicial, or anything else. As warriors wake up and take control of their self they will begin to shape the world. I want you to think about these two questions: "how do we help warriors emerge and how do we help warriors to shape the world?"
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