“The way of the Great Eastern Sun is based on seeing that there is a natural source of radiance and brilliance in the world – which is the innate wakefulness of human beings.” Trungpa p.55
I picked a book off of the bookshelf that I haven’t looked through in many years. The book is Shambhala, The Sacred Path of the Warrior, by Chogyam Trungpa. It immediately spoke to me. It’s a collection of talks from the 1980s which together with Trungpa’s drawings make a beautiful and very readable introduction to the path of the spiritual warrior. We talk about the spiritual warrior in Caregiver Revolution. Every challenge in our caregiving work can be viewed as an opportunity to open up our hearts a little bit more. We can trust that our innate true nature is unclouded pure awareness.
There are countless passages that I could quote from this text but pls take a listen to just this one: “Warriorship is a continual journey. To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life. That is the warrior’s discipline.”
If you want to do yourself a great favor, tune in to the Shambhala teachings. You and your loved ones will be glad that you did!
