The Warriors Stance

The warriors stance usually means you are ready to die any moment. And because of this you live each moment to the fullest because you never know when you are going to die.

In contrast to this there are people whose lives are ONLY about delayed gratification that never ever comes. They put off things they want to do because of fear. However, often there is no satisfaction ever in these people's lives because they never live.

I'm not saying that everyone should take the warriors stance. However, this is the stance of all truly great men even Mandela. He was never afraid to die or to lose his life. He was willing to die or even be put in jail for 25 years for a good cause. If he could end the suffering of his people he was willing to die for that cause.

Historically, Native American Warriors were often like this because this stance is directly tied into native American Religions and basic philosophy. It was also a part of being a Viking because they believed in fate. So, they might take what might be to most people outrageous risks because they all believed they could not die until it was their time. Also, the wanted to die with a sword in their hands which meant they did not want to die of old age. My grandfather and my father were sort of like this too. Neither of them died of old age. My Grandfather died from going off a cliff near his mine in his (panel truck) into the ice cold river there in Idaho. My father died of Prostate cancer. But neither died of old age. And they both would tell you they were never going to die vehemently at every point.

I find I also have always had this warriors stance attitude myself. The ways it which it manifested for me is that I had whooping cough and then childhood epilepsy. So, I found it best to live in the moment because I had already had years of thinking I was going to die ongoing from illnesses that I almost did die of. I found myself gladly taking physical risks just to prove to myself that I was still alive and hadn't died of these things. And sometimes I had to rescue my friends that followed my lead because they weren't as brave and as completely fearless as I tended to be.

One time I decided to climb a 200 to 300 foot metal ladder up the face of a dam filled with water. And my friend dutifully followed me up only to freeze up halfway up because the ladder went out a few feet backwards at one point. I was at the very top trying to encourage him but after 1/2 an hour of waiting for him I knew this was getting bad. So, I climbed down and over him and encouraged him to go back down by grabbing his feet one by one and putting them on each step downward to the bottom. He was in shock and shaking. He was different than me and most people were. I was absolutely fearless because I had already died many times already. So, death held no meaning anymore for me. In fact I had to prove to myself every day that I was still actually alive by taking physical risks to know that I was still alive then in my teens.

Maybe this is part of what the warrior's stance is about. Death has lost it's meaning because of how many near death experiences you have already had.