The Warrior Remembers

Dear Reader;

Years ago, I received a reading for a lovely young man who was full of questions and curiosity about how to walk in an aligned, masculine energy. As the mother of two sons, my heart fills with compassion for the plight of such young men trying to find their way, often without healthy models and under daily scrutiny and judgment from the women in their lives.

The video above is a rendering of the image that was offered in the reading for that young man, and all the men like him. When creating the video, I chose to have the warrior lay down his weapon, but really, a more accurate (although less compelling) image would have been for him to not relinquish his sword but rather keep it sheathed, while making the conscious choice to be highly discerning about when to use it.

The transmission below is also many years old, responding to a question from a man who was experiencing issues with his prostate and sex drive. He wanted to understand the energetic implications of his body’s journey.

We live in a time of profound contrasts in the expression of the masculine. On the one hand, blindness, arrogance, and cruelty hold the reins in some parts of the world, leading to profound violence against women and other men. In other parts of the world, men find themselves emasculated by a culture that wants to blame them for every problem, while robbing them of their essential and beautiful gifts.

While many women continue to face their own struggles and concerns, it is important to acknowledge that we live in a time when it is not easy to be a man.

THE WARRIOR REMEMBERS excerpt

To be a man
has for many centuries
meant to be a conqueror
or to die
This was the choice
to dominate or be dominated
to control or be controlled
and any expression of compassion
was held within this framework
as all love was housed in protection
and all power
lived in defence against fear

The man was the sword
the blade 
of both honour and attack
and this became 
so firmly entwined with his identity
that any man reluctant to carry the sword
was one reluctant
to fully be a man

And now we come to a time
where the mind of the man 
questions
where the heart of the man
asks for more
and still his body reels
in confusion
asking where then is his power
where then does he place the trust
he once gave to the sword?

And in you 
this debate is expressed 
in unconsciousness
in the inner whisperings
of loss of identification
with the masculine
as you have understood it
for if you are not such a man
then what kind of man are you
and where then
is your purpose in this world?

You have 
for many lives
been a seeker of peace
a man who did not have a taste
for battle
for conflict
who preferred a quieter path
where the answer to every question
was not resolved by force

You have wished
for an end to combat
not so much
as a philosophical choice
but because
it was not in your nature
and you preferred 
not to look too closely
not to have to deal with 
the messiness
of war

And yet
the answer
has not yet been found in your body
For the bargain you made
in this avoidance 
of conflict
was the sacrifice of your power
the giving away
of the sense of Self
for the hand
that laid down the sword
had nothing to replace it
nothing to take hold of
nothing to give the strength
that had been taken
away

And do not find yourself alone
in this dilemma
for it is a common struggle
as the masculine 
reaches to redefine itself now
the turning away
from the primitive aggression 
but turning to what?
To intellectual consideration? 
To passive indifference?
To powerlessness in the face of those
who still live by the weapon
in the hand?

And so we ask you now
to look very closely
at the man
who does not want to fight 
and why 
Where has his courage gone
and what dreams has he left behind?
For in truth
there is a way
to stand in power
without dominance
to hold the sword high
without intent to kill
and this is
the man you seek to be
the man who struggles
to emerge from within you
as you turn gently away
from what you know
you cannot fulfill…

Know
that your love
may best be expressed
in the renewed allowing
of the whole man
in all his wildness
in all his expressions of lust
and rage
and strength
and that when he finds this Self
with consciousness
there is found
the gift of loving passion
that any woman welcomes
in her arms
and in her bed

Your physical health
and your energetic power
are inextricably linked
as is the life source
that floods the body
when such power
is released

The warrior remembers
Return to him
look into his eyes
and ask him
where he now lives
Your welcome to him
will grant the return
of the power
of the sword
within...

much love, Adi