Questions on Warriors and War
We believe at this time we are all at War. We are at war, to save our People(no matter what Tribe you are in. We are at war in our families, we are at war in the neighbourhoods where we live, we are at war throughout the world, and in the spiritual way, we are in our greatest war. War does not bring out the best in anyone. It brings out the worst. War is not a Path to Power. It is the Path to Death and Destruction.
War is about Sacrifice. We sacrifice certain freedoms...our own pflvate worlds...our own corn fort...for the vision of a better future, the thoughts that we are at war over. Extended Vision is needed to see the changes that need to come into being, so someday our future, our children and grandchildren will enjoy a life of Peace.
Warriors must have vision. The vision to see beyond their emotions and personal world. A Warrior has to be an absolutely balanced and whole being, first and foremost. A Warrior needs to know what needs to be saved in a whole and balanced way, before they learn any skills used for fighting. They need to know all there is to know about LOVE. Most men and women, those professing to be Warriors, can't even say the word Love, and they don't know how to Act out of love. it is apparent that very few have been taught about Love. Love has to do with Respecting All Life. Love makes one want to proteet all life. Love is not a hormonal response to a given moment or being. Love is everlasting.
Warriors need to know how to be One Family, not divided in any way. Warriors know that it takes a million warriors acting with One Heart, One Mind and One Soul, to bring Peace to save Everyone. They would act in Harm ony(reeognising the ebb and flow of life), Respect(Thinking of All Life before any action), Courage(acting in Love for others), True Pride(knowing you are in the Family of the Creator), Hum ility(knowing the Creator is the only Leader), Truth(the Creator's truth not Mankind's) and Love(Caring and Sharing for and with All Life). Warriors act in Love for the benefit of the Future. Warriors act for the Future of the Next Seven Genera tions...the future of All Life.
The reason a warrior needs to know love, is, that if one does not understand love, one will get sucked into wars by others. These are usually petty wars or personal wars and in the bigger world...UNJUST Wars! It is fighting in an unjust war, that makes people come home from war 'crazy'. If a war is Just, one would sleep well, knowing what one fought for was righteous and good and it was a war that was an example for All Life. One needs to love life. One needs to know why one would want to protect all life and why one would sacrifice their life, for others. One should only want to sacrifice their lives for Love...ANY other reason, would be wrong!
Money, the big motivator of most wars, makes warriors that can be bought by the highest bidder. These beings hold no loyalty, producing mercenaries, not warriors. The second motivator Power, seen in political, military and personal, ego power, also does not make for good warriors and do not produce just reasons for war, but insanity. One has to be courageous and have unswerving convictions to be a warrior.
Everyone should understand that the Greatest Warriors...are the Peace Makers. Peace is the Path of Power and the Prosperity of Life. The Peace Makers are the ones that know how and when to hold back the Reigns of War. Peace can only come into being, when an Enemy knows defeat. At this time our Enemies laugh at our division. For everyone is at war with everyone and cannot come together with one purpose for anything, Just. Everyone has many wars going on in their personal worlds. We are all defeated at this time.
If we all agree change must come, we need a unified thought. That thought is ONENESS. It seems to me, that sacrifice is a must. We need to strengthen strategies to defeat our common enemies (greed, coruption, personal power, etc.). We need to agree on "who are our enemies?" Warriors recognise those thoughts. Warriors recognise the Beings that are evil and detrimental to others and will eliminate those that do not Respect Life, for then they are acting out of Love.
We all know the Warriors that will endure. The Warrior's Path is for those of courage and those that will be brave. Think on this; One might have heard, that to make the best Swords in the world, one must find a small piece of meteor that has fallen to Earth (we all belong to a star/sol/soul) and that they need to place that Sacred Stone in fire, to extract the impurities from the metal. Then the metal is placed in water, cooled, hammered and shaped, and folded once again in the fire. The Swords that are the very best in the World are folded and molded through fire and water, over 200 times, until it is so pure and so perfect, that it sings it's full strength. Some swords do not complete the process, as they are too flawed, and are destroyed. This is right, for when one goes into battle, one needs a Sword that can be depended upon. This is the only kind of Sword that one would want, for a warrior's Life will depend on the Sword he carries. The Sword needs to endure in battle.
The Creator shapes His Warriors in the same way. We are the metal(Stars/Beings of Light) that falls from the Heavens and enter the Earth. Our life is designed to shape us into the Warriors of God. The Fire we are placed in, are the difficulties in one's life, that one must overcome. The Water we are placed in represents the Thoughts and Lessons we learn. The cooling is the rest between events and the hammering and shaping is the molding and change that is supposed to take place in one's life. We become a new and strengthened Beings, before we are placed in the Fire, once more. The Creator wants Swords and Warriors that He can rely on, to defend the weaker Children in the Nations, and those Beings that will endure to restore Heaven on Earth. These Warriors are the ones that Love their People and will sacrifice their lives and personal worlds, for a greater vision. Warriors are Loving Beings. The best warriors are balanced beings.
The Creator wants the Children of Earth, that willingly surrender to the Fire(His Will) and will learn from their mistakes and never re-member them again (to keep the weakness out of the metal). Only in this way, can One be shaped(enfolded) to the Creator's Sacred Path (His Will)and be made Perfect(the Creator's definition of Perfeet, not Man's). So when the Creator sounds the Battle Cry, only those that can be counted on and relied upon, will be the Strongest and Bravest of the Children of Earth, and those that will Endure Forever.
Most People are warriors at heart. For when push comes to shove they will act to protect the ones they love. To make peace within your family, many will make personal sacrifices. So broaden one9 5 idea of Family and know that many are in the Family of God, all over the Earth. Always remember that the Creator loves All His Children and that He doesn't love one Nation more or less than another!
All Great things started with a small seed of thought and a first step in the right direction. Someday you may need your friends as your allies. Friends are not fellow conspiritors. True
Friends will give up their life to save yours. Find the friends that know love. One day, more
Human Beings will think in a whole(holy)way and then we will set the Earth, we were given to
Proteet, Free. The only way we are going to do that, is to act as One People following the Sun, the
Creator God.
Peace, is my Prayer for All the Children of Earth.
Hear the Thunderbird calling!
Lightening Woman
The following is for clarification:
Warrior; n, 1 a person experienced or distinguihed in fighting in an armed force, tribe, etc. 2 A, (attribute) of or relating to a warrior. B, martial a warrior nation. Oxford Concise English.
A warrior is a fighter or soldier, espeeially one in former times who was very brave and experienced in fighting. Collins Cobuild English Dictionary.
No wonder people are lost, the educated people that define the words in dictionaries are lost, they don't know what a warrior is. Soldiers have always been mercenary. In Europe during fuedal times, they were hired and paid by foreign governments, to fight battles or they were forced into miltary service, to pay for the use of farmland, to fulfil the legal obligation of their overlords to the crown, as was the case in England, during those times.
These were not warriors, they were mercenaries.
When warriors fight, they do it for love of their families, tribes and nations, not beeause a government made a convenient deal with them or has legislated mandatory military service, as payment for the privilages of citizenship.
Warnors are not necessarilly or only fighters. All tribal leaders, men and women, that maintain the cultural ideals and spiritual convictions (autonomy) of their people, were always considered great warriors by Native People, more so than those who were just experienced, on the battle field. Tribal Elders, Peace Leaders, and Clan Mothers are the people (warriors) that keep the tribal forces alive and well. Tribal Families are the Armies of God. All male armies are not. Some of these peace leaders, tribal elders and clan mothers, may be 80 or 90 years old, with not to much muscle on their bodies, but it is not the physical intimidation they rely on to martial their troops.
True warriors cause strong tribal and family ties, to develop the trust needed among their people in battle. Warriors who believe in physical force, may be able to intimidate a few members of their tribe, into following them into battle, but never more than a few. They will never become great warriors, who lead thousands. True warriors, rely on the love they have caused their people to have for them,to form their armies when needed. True warriors become the greatest war leaders, because their people love them. So much so, that each and every member of their tribe, would
sacrifice their lives for them, were it to become necessary.
I have seen how other People train their military recruits. They train them to instill fear in others by instilling fear in them. They work on the principal that one has to know fear, to instill fear. Peace.
The word soldier, litterly means, "a solid piece of money." implying soldiers are paid.
Ever hear of a career officer? A professional Soldier? There doesn't appear to be much difference between a professional soldier or a mercenary, because the idea of professional soldiering was generated from the mercenary tradition of Europe, during an age of conqest.
Mercenary from merces, Latin word for reward, wages; one who is hired; a soldier moved by the love of money.
The concept of a warrior predates the concept of a soldier. Warriors were defending their people, long before money entered the equation of war.
Some people would say, that there have always been mercenary soldiers, or believe that soldiers have not always been mercenary. If you believe this, then ask any soldier, if they (soldiers as a whole) would join or go off to war, without remuneration or some form of gift, reward or payment? Better still, ask them if they would pay their own way to a battle, like modern First Nations "Warnors" of North America do? If you get a unanimous "yes", then you can report this good news to the tax payers. Any other answer, such as "no", places them within the parameters that define concept of a mercenary act.
Being a mercenary Hollywood style, seems to be defined by the rules of free enterprise. Their portrayal of a mercenary, is a person better trained than regular army personel, who willingly sells their acquired martial skills, as a professional assassin, hired killer, or soldier of fortune, for revenge or an unjust cause. Usually the good guy, with penchant for vengence. This is not the true portrayal of what being mercenary is, but it's what makes many people, feel obligated to defend established military tradition as right.
It seems many are confusing this Hollywood portrayal of mercenaries, with the true meaning of the word. Ordinary soldiers, do get paid for what they do and touch on the catagory of mercenary, because they are paid. They are contracted to carry out government assignment, without questioning the justice of that action. In signing a contract, they sold their right to question the moral aspect of any military assignment. It must upset many people to no end, that they have to defend military tradition, from the images that Hollywood promotes regarding to the duties and character of professional soldiers, in association with the true definition of the word mercenary. Peace.
Written by Immortal Thunder
Del Ashkewe
Spiritual Teachings
We believe at this time we are all at War. We are at war, to save our People(no matter what Tribe you are in. We are at war in our families, we are at war in the neighbourhoods where we live, we are at war throughout the world, and in the spiritual way, we are in our greatest war. War does not bring out the best in anyone. It brings out the worst. War is not a Path to Power. It is the Path to Death and Destruction.
War is about Sacrifice. We sacrifice certain freedoms...our own pflvate worlds...our own corn fort...for the vision of a better future, the thoughts that we are at war over. Extended Vision is needed to see the changes that need to come into being, so someday our future, our children and grandchildren will enjoy a life of Peace.
Warriors must have vision. The vision to see beyond their emotions and personal world. A Warrior has to be an absolutely balanced and whole being, first and foremost. A Warrior needs to know what needs to be saved in a whole and balanced way, before they learn any skills used for fighting. They need to know all there is to know about LOVE. Most men and women, those professing to be Warriors, can't even say the word Love, and they don't know how to Act out of love. it is apparent that very few have been taught about Love. Love has to do with Respecting All Life. Love makes one want to proteet all life. Love is not a hormonal response to a given moment or being. Love is everlasting.
Warriors need to know how to be One Family, not divided in any way. Warriors know that it takes a million warriors acting with One Heart, One Mind and One Soul, to bring Peace to save Everyone. They would act in Harm ony(reeognising the ebb and flow of life), Respect(Thinking of All Life before any action), Courage(acting in Love for others), True Pride(knowing you are in the Family of the Creator), Hum ility(knowing the Creator is the only Leader), Truth(the Creator's truth not Mankind's) and Love(Caring and Sharing for and with All Life). Warriors act in Love for the benefit of the Future. Warriors act for the Future of the Next Seven Genera tions...the future of All Life.
The reason a warrior needs to know love, is, that if one does not understand love, one will get sucked into wars by others. These are usually petty wars or personal wars and in the bigger world...UNJUST Wars! It is fighting in an unjust war, that makes people come home from war 'crazy'. If a war is Just, one would sleep well, knowing what one fought for was righteous and good and it was a war that was an example for All Life. One needs to love life. One needs to know why one would want to protect all life and why one would sacrifice their life, for others. One should only want to sacrifice their lives for Love...ANY other reason, would be wrong!
Money, the big motivator of most wars, makes warriors that can be bought by the highest bidder. These beings hold no loyalty, producing mercenaries, not warriors. The second motivator Power, seen in political, military and personal, ego power, also does not make for good warriors and do not produce just reasons for war, but insanity. One has to be courageous and have unswerving convictions to be a warrior.
Everyone should understand that the Greatest Warriors...are the Peace Makers. Peace is the Path of Power and the Prosperity of Life. The Peace Makers are the ones that know how and when to hold back the Reigns of War. Peace can only come into being, when an Enemy knows defeat. At this time our Enemies laugh at our division. For everyone is at war with everyone and cannot come together with one purpose for anything, Just. Everyone has many wars going on in their personal worlds. We are all defeated at this time.
If we all agree change must come, we need a unified thought. That thought is ONENESS. It seems to me, that sacrifice is a must. We need to strengthen strategies to defeat our common enemies (greed, coruption, personal power, etc.). We need to agree on "who are our enemies?" Warriors recognise those thoughts. Warriors recognise the Beings that are evil and detrimental to others and will eliminate those that do not Respect Life, for then they are acting out of Love.
We all know the Warriors that will endure. The Warrior's Path is for those of courage and those that will be brave. Think on this; One might have heard, that to make the best Swords in the world, one must find a small piece of meteor that has fallen to Earth (we all belong to a star/sol/soul) and that they need to place that Sacred Stone in fire, to extract the impurities from the metal. Then the metal is placed in water, cooled, hammered and shaped, and folded once again in the fire. The Swords that are the very best in the World are folded and molded through fire and water, over 200 times, until it is so pure and so perfect, that it sings it's full strength. Some swords do not complete the process, as they are too flawed, and are destroyed. This is right, for when one goes into battle, one needs a Sword that can be depended upon. This is the only kind of Sword that one would want, for a warrior's Life will depend on the Sword he carries. The Sword needs to endure in battle.
The Creator shapes His Warriors in the same way. We are the metal(Stars/Beings of Light) that falls from the Heavens and enter the Earth. Our life is designed to shape us into the Warriors of God. The Fire we are placed in, are the difficulties in one's life, that one must overcome. The Water we are placed in represents the Thoughts and Lessons we learn. The cooling is the rest between events and the hammering and shaping is the molding and change that is supposed to take place in one's life. We become a new and strengthened Beings, before we are placed in the Fire, once more. The Creator wants Swords and Warriors that He can rely on, to defend the weaker Children in the Nations, and those Beings that will endure to restore Heaven on Earth. These Warriors are the ones that Love their People and will sacrifice their lives and personal worlds, for a greater vision. Warriors are Loving Beings. The best warriors are balanced beings.
The Creator wants the Children of Earth, that willingly surrender to the Fire(His Will) and will learn from their mistakes and never re-member them again (to keep the weakness out of the metal). Only in this way, can One be shaped(enfolded) to the Creator's Sacred Path (His Will)and be made Perfect(the Creator's definition of Perfeet, not Man's). So when the Creator sounds the Battle Cry, only those that can be counted on and relied upon, will be the Strongest and Bravest of the Children of Earth, and those that will Endure Forever.
Most People are warriors at heart. For when push comes to shove they will act to protect the ones they love. To make peace within your family, many will make personal sacrifices. So broaden one9 5 idea of Family and know that many are in the Family of God, all over the Earth. Always remember that the Creator loves All His Children and that He doesn't love one Nation more or less than another!
All Great things started with a small seed of thought and a first step in the right direction. Someday you may need your friends as your allies. Friends are not fellow conspiritors. True
Friends will give up their life to save yours. Find the friends that know love. One day, more
Human Beings will think in a whole(holy)way and then we will set the Earth, we were given to
Proteet, Free. The only way we are going to do that, is to act as One People following the Sun, the
Creator God.
Peace, is my Prayer for All the Children of Earth.
Hear the Thunderbird calling!
Lightening Woman
The following is for clarification:
Warrior; n, 1 a person experienced or distinguihed in fighting in an armed force, tribe, etc. 2 A, (attribute) of or relating to a warrior. B, martial a warrior nation. Oxford Concise English.
A warrior is a fighter or soldier, espeeially one in former times who was very brave and experienced in fighting. Collins Cobuild English Dictionary.
No wonder people are lost, the educated people that define the words in dictionaries are lost, they don't know what a warrior is. Soldiers have always been mercenary. In Europe during fuedal times, they were hired and paid by foreign governments, to fight battles or they were forced into miltary service, to pay for the use of farmland, to fulfil the legal obligation of their overlords to the crown, as was the case in England, during those times.
These were not warriors, they were mercenaries.
When warriors fight, they do it for love of their families, tribes and nations, not beeause a government made a convenient deal with them or has legislated mandatory military service, as payment for the privilages of citizenship.
Warnors are not necessarilly or only fighters. All tribal leaders, men and women, that maintain the cultural ideals and spiritual convictions (autonomy) of their people, were always considered great warriors by Native People, more so than those who were just experienced, on the battle field. Tribal Elders, Peace Leaders, and Clan Mothers are the people (warriors) that keep the tribal forces alive and well. Tribal Families are the Armies of God. All male armies are not. Some of these peace leaders, tribal elders and clan mothers, may be 80 or 90 years old, with not to much muscle on their bodies, but it is not the physical intimidation they rely on to martial their troops.
True warriors cause strong tribal and family ties, to develop the trust needed among their people in battle. Warriors who believe in physical force, may be able to intimidate a few members of their tribe, into following them into battle, but never more than a few. They will never become great warriors, who lead thousands. True warriors, rely on the love they have caused their people to have for them,to form their armies when needed. True warriors become the greatest war leaders, because their people love them. So much so, that each and every member of their tribe, would
sacrifice their lives for them, were it to become necessary.
I have seen how other People train their military recruits. They train them to instill fear in others by instilling fear in them. They work on the principal that one has to know fear, to instill fear. Peace.
The word soldier, litterly means, "a solid piece of money." implying soldiers are paid.
Ever hear of a career officer? A professional Soldier? There doesn't appear to be much difference between a professional soldier or a mercenary, because the idea of professional soldiering was generated from the mercenary tradition of Europe, during an age of conqest.
Mercenary from merces, Latin word for reward, wages; one who is hired; a soldier moved by the love of money.
The concept of a warrior predates the concept of a soldier. Warriors were defending their people, long before money entered the equation of war.
Some people would say, that there have always been mercenary soldiers, or believe that soldiers have not always been mercenary. If you believe this, then ask any soldier, if they (soldiers as a whole) would join or go off to war, without remuneration or some form of gift, reward or payment? Better still, ask them if they would pay their own way to a battle, like modern First Nations "Warnors" of North America do? If you get a unanimous "yes", then you can report this good news to the tax payers. Any other answer, such as "no", places them within the parameters that define concept of a mercenary act.
Being a mercenary Hollywood style, seems to be defined by the rules of free enterprise. Their portrayal of a mercenary, is a person better trained than regular army personel, who willingly sells their acquired martial skills, as a professional assassin, hired killer, or soldier of fortune, for revenge or an unjust cause. Usually the good guy, with penchant for vengence. This is not the true portrayal of what being mercenary is, but it's what makes many people, feel obligated to defend established military tradition as right.
It seems many are confusing this Hollywood portrayal of mercenaries, with the true meaning of the word. Ordinary soldiers, do get paid for what they do and touch on the catagory of mercenary, because they are paid. They are contracted to carry out government assignment, without questioning the justice of that action. In signing a contract, they sold their right to question the moral aspect of any military assignment. It must upset many people to no end, that they have to defend military tradition, from the images that Hollywood promotes regarding to the duties and character of professional soldiers, in association with the true definition of the word mercenary. Peace.
Written by Immortal Thunder
Del Ashkewe
Spiritual Teachings