We are never given something that we cannot handle, and thus the warrior knows that the greater the challenge, the greater the gifts of power will be at the end of the day. These are some of the basic tools and techniques that are taught to every apprentice on the path of freedom. Although they may initially seem simple, once they are understood and put into practice, they are not only very powerful, but they also yield to greater and greater depths of complexity and understanding. Through the process of recapitulation we can learn to come to terms with our past and see our life for what it really is. Apart from the vital importance of gleaning every gift of power from all of our life experiences, unless we can also learn to see the folly in our behavior patterns, we will simply continue to re-enact our folly instead of truly living.
Words are powerful tools for a warrior, for they literally shape our world.
We therefore learn how a warrior approaches the correct use of words. We are all creatures of habit. Therefore, it is often not enough simply to achieve clarity on a particular issue. Hunters are masters of stalking their prey. Our biggest prey is our self-destructive behavior, and warriors learn first and foremost to stalk their behavior.