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The Path to Greatness: What Must the Warrior Do?

 The Path to Greatness: What Must the Warrior Do?

Yesterday, we explored an essential question: How does a warrior learn? Today, we take the next step—What must the warrior do to become great?

This question holds weight, not just in words, but in action. It challenges us to examine the very nature of greatness and wisdom.

What is Greatness?

Recently, one of my elders transitioned to the ancestral realm. During his crossover ceremony, I had the honor of pouring libations and speaking on his legacy. I found myself saying, Elder Tony was a great man. But then I paused and corrected myself—Elder Tony was a wise man.

There's a difference.

A great person leaves behind holes in reality—gaps so deep that it may take generations to fill them. Their presence, their work, their impact shifts the world around them in such a way that when they are gone, the absence is felt profoundly.

A wise person also leaves holes in reality. But they do something more. They prepare others to fill those spaces. They pass on knowledge, train successors, and ensure that their work continues even in their absence.

What Must the Warrior Do to Become Great?

To become great, a warrior must be willing to die.

Not just in the physical sense, but in every way that matters.

  • A warrior must be willing to die in their practice, constantly pushing beyond their limits.
  • A warrior must be willing to die for their principles, standing firm in what they believe, even when it costs them everything.
  • A warrior must be willing to die in their studies, surrendering ignorance and embracing lifelong learning.
  • A warrior must be willing to sacrifice the old versions of themselves to transform into something greater.

This journey requires constant rebirth. It means dying to outdated ways of thinking, unhealthy emotional responses, and destructive habits. It means shedding the past self over and over again, like a snake shedding its skin, to make room for growth.

The Death of the Unbalanced Passions


But the transformation doesn’t stop there.

A warrior must also die to the seven unbalanced passions—those forces that keep us trapped in weakness:

  1. Fear – The great paralyzer that keeps us from stepping into our power.
  2. Envy – The poison that makes us resent others instead of building ourselves.
  3. Greed – The endless hunger that blinds us to what truly matters.
  4. Sloth – The resistance to effort, the avoidance of necessary work.
  5. Lust – The uncontrolled desire that distracts and weakens the spirit.
  6. Anger – The unchecked fire that burns indiscriminately, consuming even what we love.
  7. Pride – The false elevation that blinds us to our own faults.

To rise into wisdom, a warrior must conquer these passions—not by suppressing them, but by mastering them.

The Path Forward

Greatness is not enough. If we only seek to be great, we risk leaving behind an incomplete legacy—one that others may struggle to carry forward. But when we balance greatness with wisdom, we ensure that the holes we create in reality are filled by those we have prepared.

So, as warriors, we must ask ourselves:

  • Are we willing to die to our old selves to become something greater?
  • Are we willing to rise beyond fear, greed, and anger to master ourselves?
  • Are we working to leave not just a void, but a foundation for others to build upon?

This is the warrior’s path.

Are you ready to walk it?

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