Daily Practice and Rituals
We Earthfolk invite you to practice “living as
if I am no one’s enemy” for three
months. This is a period where you seriously and patiently
become present to yourself. As mentioned
in “Attention!” you should confront a lot of Warrior’s
Quest thoughts and feelings during these months. It would be
useful to keep a notebook or a journal.
Just focus on this
one practice—don’t jump around to other
practices or try a ritual.
“Living as if I am no one’s enemy”
is opening yourself to your own preciousness. It is
being among other humans as family, as Forever-Family. It is the openness
to an Other’s preciousness—an Other who is more stranger
than friend or lover. Being open to your preciousness is seeing
through the Other’s eyes as you approach and accept their
embrace of you.
You’ll know that you are making progress
when you start getting frustrated, then angry, then
eager to move forward. Guys, especially, should not
just dip their toes into the water. If you don’t feel the dark
grip of the Warrior’s Quest on your body, mind and heart, well,
you’re not really practicing very hard. Get
real about the images and languages you use when you approach
women or feminine feelings. Really confront the terrible realization
that you are a “motherless child.” You
know that you’ve plumb the depths of that sense of abandonment
when you do begin to yearn for the comfort of Mother.
Possibly the only way to keep yourself honest
is to start off as suggested before, namely, that you find someone you
trust and explain to them what you are seeking to discover
from these Pathways. Use someone as a reality check.
“Have I really changed?” “What do you think about
this {thought, image, feeling, etc.}.” If
you really do affirm in your heart that the Warrior’s Quest has
us living in apocalyptic times when more Atomic Bombs
might be dropped, then you will preserve. If not
you—we ask—then whom?
When you are ready, consider adding a practice or two
of Intending. Say, every day for another couple of months. This is a
way that you can get-in-touch with the Earthfolk vision and imagination.
As you experience your own preciousness, your desire to be present to
an Other’s preciousness will tantalize you!
Continue—Daily
