What does it mean to be a spiritual warrior? It's a phrase that gets a lot of mileage, but what does anyone actually mean when they use it? What does it mean to have "quests" in the modern era? What is my dharma, yours, and the dharma of others? How do we embody spiritual practices in every day life? What does it mean for martial artists or those who play literal warrior roles in society? How do all these fit together? What stories do we have to learn from, along these lines?
What do we mean by "embodied practices?" How might that differ between practices with implicit spiritual dimensions, but varying practical uses? For example: in my own life, I very much get implicit…
Focus is a basic requirement for anyone trying to expand their personal capabilities; certainly anyone on a "spiritual quest" has to carve out the ability to focus. But we have more distractions tha…
Welcome to the first episode of "Dharma Knights"! I give a rough description of why I'm bothering to talk about this stuff, and what it is I'm actually trying to say. I begin with a question: "what…