{"id":16,"date":"2009-03-26T12:19:55","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T12:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/yourdailyspiritualstimulus\/2009\/03\/meditation-for-the-spiritual-warrior.html"},"modified":"2009-03-26T12:19:55","modified_gmt":"2009-03-26T12:19:55","slug":"meditation-for-the-spiritual-warrior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/yourdailyspiritualstimulus\/2009\/03\/meditation-for-the-spiritual-warrior.html","title":{"rendered":"Meditation for the Spiritual Warrior"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In these troubling times, many people are focused on what&#8217;s<br \/>\nnot working and what they do not have. And yes, while it is true that deficiencies exist, it is important to stay<br \/>\nfocused on what is working and what we do have to be grateful for in order to<br \/>\nstay positive and hopeful for the future. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Here is a wonderful 14<sup>th<\/sup> Century Samurai Warrior<br \/>\nmeditation. The author is unknown, but it is a timeless piece of wisdom that I<br \/>\nhope will inspire you to discover the Spiritual Warrior inside of you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I have no parents:<br \/>\n<i>I make the heaven and earth my parents.<\/p>\n<p><\/i>I have no home:<br \/>\n<i>I make awareness my home.<\/p>\n<p><\/i>I have no life and death:<br \/>\n<i>I make the tides of breathing my life and<br \/>\ndeath.<\/p>\n<p><\/i>I have no divine powers:<br \/>\n<i>I make honesty my divine power.<\/p>\n<p><\/i>I have no means:<br \/>\n<i>I make understanding my means.<br \/>\n<\/i><br \/>\nI have no secrets:<br \/>\n<i>I make character my secret.<\/p>\n<p><\/i>I have no body:<br \/>\n<i>I make endurance my body.<\/p>\n<p><\/i>I have no strategy:<br \/>\n<i>I make &#8220;unshadowed by thought&#8221;<br \/>\nmy strategy.<br \/>\n<\/i><br \/>\nI have no design:<br \/>\n<i>I make &#8220;seizing opportunity by the<br \/>\nforelock&#8221; my design.<\/p>\n<p><\/i>I have no miracles:<br \/>\n<i>I make right action my miracle.<br \/>\n<\/i><br \/>\nI have no principles:<br \/>\n<i>I make adaptability to all circumstances<br \/>\nmy principle.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>I have no tactics:<br \/>\n<i>I make emptiness and fullness my tactics.<br \/>\n<\/i><br \/>\nI have no talent:<br \/>\n<i>I make ready wit my talent.<\/p>\n<p><\/i>I have no friends:<br \/>\n<i>I make my mind my friend.<\/p>\n<p><\/i>I have no enemy:<br \/>\n<i>I make carelessness my enemy.<\/p>\n<p><\/i>I have no armor:<br \/>\n<i>I make benevolence and righteousness my<br \/>\narmor.<\/p>\n<p><\/i>I have no castle:<br \/>\n<i>I make immovable mind my castle.<\/p>\n<p><\/i>I have no sword:<br \/>\n<i>I make absence of self my sword.<br \/>\n<\/i><br \/>\nPeace and Blessings!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In these troubling times, many people are focused on what&#8217;s not working and what they do not have. 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