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		<title>How Does A Spiritual Warrior Fight</title>
		<link>http://www.toltecspirit.com/2011/12/how-does-a-spiritual-warrior-fight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How does a Spiritual Warrior fight Lies?  You fight lies with Truth. How does a Spiritual Warrior fight Fear?  You fight fear with Love. How does a Spiritual Warrior fight injustice?  You fight injustice with Forgiveness. Winning the war going on in your own mind is easier as you develop your skills with Truth, Love, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How does a Spiritual Warrior fight Lies?  You fight lies with Truth.</p>
<p>How does a Spiritual Warrior fight Fear?  You fight fear with Love.</p>
<p>How does a Spiritual Warrior fight injustice?  You fight injustice with Forgiveness.</p>
<p>Winning the war going on in your own mind is easier as you develop your skills with Truth, Love, and Forgiveness.</p>
<p>These tools may not always work when dealing with the outside world, but they are the best tools for fighting  the fear, lies, and injustice in your own mind.</p>
<p>More practical steps for winning the war in your mind in the <strong><a href="http://www.pathwaytohappiness.com/self_mastery.htm">Self Mastery course</a></strong> on my other site.</p>
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		<title>Finding Peace</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you become aware you see things with clarity.  When you have clarity you will see the world is chaotic, filled with, inequities, and uncertainty.    With clarity you are aware without a doubt that your future, and the future of the world around you is completely unknown. The temptation is to try to make [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As you become aware you see things with clarity.  When you have clarity you will see the world is chaotic, filled with, inequities, and uncertainty.    With clarity you are aware without a doubt that your future, and the future of the world around you is completely unknown.</p>
<p>The temptation is to try to make sense of the world, or put order to it, or control your world, so that you feel safe.   This is to chase the illusion of safety for a single human can not control all circumstances and changes of life.</p>
<p>The real challenge is to remain completely aware that the world and future is unknown to you, and to be accepting of this fact.  Acceptance of this fact will make your mind quiet and your heart peaceful.</p>
<p>To find, or in another sense create, a quiet mind and peaceful heart in the midst of a chaotic world with an unknown future is more challenging, and yet clarity reveals it is the only choice we have in the matter of how we will live our lives.</p>
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		<title>Difficulty Making a Choice</title>
		<link>http://www.toltecspirit.com/2011/02/difficulty-making-a-choice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 07:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes we struggle making a choice.  We know we have to, but we don&#8217;t know the right thing to do.  Maybe they are difficult because each outcome results in someone getting hurt.  Or each choice is good so we want them all. Sometimes, when we can&#8217;t see clearly what to do, it&#8217;s because it&#8217;s not [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sometimes we struggle making a choice.  We know we have to, but we don&#8217;t know the right thing to do.  Maybe they are difficult because each outcome results in someone getting hurt.  Or each choice is good so we want them all.</p>
<p>Sometimes, when we can&#8217;t see clearly what to do, it&#8217;s because it&#8217;s not time to make a choice.  Sometimes, not all the time, it&#8217;s best to wait, and watch.  Observe more closely.  Take the time to look more closely at what you really want.  Take more time to develop clarity about the nuances of the situation and possibilities.</p>
<p>Sometimes by patiently waiting you can watch the other people around you react, fidget, and do their drama in the way they do it.  If you sit still, you can see there drama for what it is.  This gives you an extra shade of clarity to make a better choice.   When you develop clarity you don&#8217;t have to struggle to make a choice.  You don&#8217;t struggle at all.  You just see it.</p>
<p>Of course,,, you have to be able to be still long enough to get the clarity.   You could say that making wise choices is a developed skill.   Good luck with your practice.</p>
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		<title>Fear and Power</title>
		<link>http://www.toltecspirit.com/2010/06/fear-poer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 04:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend studied political science. He said politics was basically a scramble for power. But power is a need to control,,,, and a need to control is only necessary if you are afraid. So the scramble for power is really just a reaction to fear. If we really want to study political science we need [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3><span style="font-weight: normal;">My friend studied political science. He said politics was basically a scramble for power. But power is a need to control,,,, and a need to control is only necessary if you are afraid. So the scramble for power is really just a reaction to fear. If we really want to study political science we need to understand fear. Power is just the tail being wagged by the dog</span>.</h3>
<p>The irony here is that those that seek power often do so because they are powerless over their fear.</p>
<p>As a spiritual warrior,,, you will not develop real personal power until you develop awareness and win over your mind from fear.</p>
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		<title>The Law of Attraction Is A Myth</title>
		<link>http://www.toltecspirit.com/2010/06/law-of-attraction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t buy into the Law of Attraction. You don&#8217;t always attract what is in your consciousness. You only need one instance to prove a law invalid. Christ had his body beaten and crucified but it wasn&#8217;t something he attracted because he had it in his consciousness.  He was treated that way because of beliefs [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t buy into the Law of Attraction. You don&#8217;t always attract what is in your consciousness. You only need one instance to prove a law invalid. Christ had his body beaten and crucified but it wasn&#8217;t something he attracted because he had it in his consciousness.  He was treated that way because of beliefs other people held in their consciousness</p>
<p>Nelson Mandela spent years confined to prison, but not because it reflected his consciousness.  He was held in prison because other people held in their consciousness beliefs of apartheid.  You don&#8217;t always attract what is in your consciousness.  Sometimes you are the recipient of what other people express from their  belief system.</p>
<p>If something is a law it operates all the time everywhere.  The law of gravity is a law because it applies to everything we know everywhere we can measure and test it.  If it only worked sometimes or in some places it wouldn&#8217;t be a law.   The same with the Law of Attraction.  It&#8217;s too inconsistent.  It&#8217;s only a theory that doesn&#8217;t hold up under scrutiny.   It&#8217;s not a &#8220;Law.&#8221;  It&#8217;s a Myth of Attraction.  If it really worked a lot more people would have what the want.</p>
<p>Originally posted at <a href="http://www.toltecspirit.com/2010/06/law-of-attraction/">The Law of Attraction is a Myth</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.toltecspirit.com/2010/06/law-of-attraction/"></a>Where you can find <a href="http://www.toltecspirit.com/">Guidance and Wisdom for the Spiritual Warrior based in the Four Agreements</a></p>
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		<title>Free Your Mind</title>
		<link>http://www.toltecspirit.com/2010/02/free-your-mind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The challenge is not to free your mind. The challenge is to free your self from your mind.   This post by Gary van Warmerdam at http://www.toltecspirit.com/2010/02/free-your-mind/ Where you can find Wisdom of the Four Agreements for Spiritual Warriors For practical steps and exercises to inventory and change your own beliefs/agreements there are exercises in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The challenge is not to free your mind.</p>
<p>The challenge is to free your self from your mind.</p>
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<p>This post by Gary van Warmerdam at <a href="http://www.toltecspirit.com/2010/02/free-your-mind/">http://www.toltecspirit.com/2010/02/free-your-mind/</a></p>
<p>Where you can find Wisdom of the <a href="http://www.toltecspirit.com/">Four Agreements</a> for Spiritual Warriors</p>
<p>For practical steps and exercises to inventory and change your own beliefs/agreements there are exercises in the <a title="Self Awareness and Self Mastery" href="http://pathwaytohappiness.com/self_mastery.htm">Self Mastery</a> course.</p>
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		<title>Speak Up For Your Self</title>
		<link>http://www.toltecspirit.com/2010/01/speak-up-for-your-self/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<title>The Big Lie:  Change is Hard</title>
		<link>http://www.toltecspirit.com/2009/12/change-is-hard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s actually a much harder life if you don&#8217;t change the fears and false beliefs that are driving your unhappiness. The most common comment of resistance that I hear while guiding people through the process to change their beliefs and emotional driven behaviors is:  &#8220;This is Hard.&#8221; It&#8217;s a simple enough comment and we might [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s actually a much harder life if you don&#8217;t change the fears and false beliefs that are driving your unhappiness.</p>
<p>The most common comment of resistance that I hear while guiding people through the process to change their beliefs and emotional driven behaviors is:  &#8220;This is Hard.&#8221;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a simple enough comment and we might easily accept it as true.    But here&#8217;s the trap.  It&#8217;s a lie that makes the changes you are attempting more difficult.</p>
<p>Yes it is difficult to change beliefs.  It is challenging.  However to say that it is hard, implies that doing nothing is easier.  And this is a lie.  It is actually harder to continue to live with the same false beliefs that are driving your unhappiness.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.toltecspirit.com/2009/12/change-is-hard/">This post originally at Change is Hard</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.toltecspirit.com/">ToltecSpirit.com is a guide for Spiritual Warriors using the Four Agreements</a></p>
<p>Some people say change is hard.  It&#8217;s one of those things that sounds true, but turns into a big lie.   Change is challenging,,, but not to change,,,, that is a really hard way to live.</p>
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		<title>Power and Worth</title>
		<link>http://www.toltecspirit.com/2009/08/power-and-worth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are associations that our mind makes, particularly where our self importance is concerned.  We build a self image structure of beliefs.   In that structure of beliefs we usually think of people in powerful positions, as being more important.  The associated belief is that if we have less power, then we are less important.  And [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are associations that our mind makes, particularly where our self importance is concerned.  We build a self image structure of beliefs.   In that structure of beliefs we usually think of people in powerful positions, as being more important.  The associated belief is that if we have less power, then we are less important.  And to our belief system less importance means less worth.</p>
<p>The emotional math we do with our self image is to associate our self worth to our power.  The more power we wield, the more important and valued we are.  The less power we have, the the less we feel we are worth.</p>
<p>This is all to say that we use the subject of power to create beliefs about our self worth.  While that may seem to make sense to some people,,,, what gets really weird is when you become aware of the kinds of power we usually use to base our self worth on.</p>
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		<title>Creating Confidence</title>
		<link>http://www.toltecspirit.com/2008/05/confidence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 07:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Faith is a force you command. You have the power to put faith in something or someone. When you do we say that you believe in an idea or a person. Confidence is the feeling you create for your self by investing your faith in something or someone. Oddly you can create this feeling of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Faith is a force you command.  You have the power to put faith in something or someone.  When you do we say that you believe in an idea or a person.</p>
<p>Confidence is the feeling you create for your self by investing your faith in something or someone.  Oddly you can create this feeling of confidence even if the idea is a lie or the person you believe in is a fraud.</p>
<p>A <a title="Characteristics of a Spiritual Warrior" href="http://www.toltecspirit.com/spiritual_warrior.htm" target="_self">spiritual warrior </a>is aware of how his or her belief in something can create a false sense of safety.</p>
<p>Practices for spiritual warriors in <a title="Self Mastery Audio Proggram" href="http://www.pathwaytohappiness.com/self_mastery.htm" target="_self">Self Mastery </a></p>
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