Being Human

To be a spiritual warrior is not to become an emotionless and indifferent person.  Once you are a human being, you cannot escape having thoughts, feelings and emotions.  But through a deeper understanding of the relationship between I and our reality, we can make a conscious choice to be dispassionate and impartial.  Our purpose is not to be in a state of elation or to be cold and unsympathetic at the other extreme.  More importantly, we can be honest and authentic with our feelings and be attentive and caring to them at the same time.  We let ourselves be happy but not ecstatic.  We are allowed to be angry but not hateful.  We accept ourselves to be sad but not wounded.  We are permitted to be joyful but not immoral.  An analogy is like having an uninvited guest the shows up at your door.  You can greet or even invite him or her in, but you do not need to make him or her your overnight guest.