Becoming a warrior means that you are building a world that does not allow you to indulge in your confusion, which is the setting-sun concept of “rest.” Sometime you are tempted to return to that world. You just want to flop and forget the echo of your awareness. It seems like a tremendous relief not to have to work so hard. But then you discover that this world without even an echo is too deadly. You find it refreshing to get back to the warrior’s world, because it is so much more alive.

From Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery, page 65.

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