Having to Believe

“A warrior must be fluid and must shift harmoniously with the world around him, whether it is the world of reason, or the world of will.”

“The most dangerous aspect of that shifting comes forth every time the warrior finds that the world is neither one nor the other…. The only way to succeed in that crucial shifting is by proceeding in one’s actings as if one believed…. A warrior, whenever he has to involve himself with believing, does it as a choice, as an expression of his innermost predilection. A warrior doesn’t just believe, a warrior has to believe.

“Having to believe that the world is mysterious and unfathomable was the expression of a warrior’s innermost predilection. Without it, he had nothing.” Tales of Power by Carlos Castaneda

As a friend said, "You have to believe your Europe trip is the next step in your unfoldment. Anyone who walks deliberately into the unknown has to believe in the path they are on or the will falter and succumb to fear." I have no doubt the world is mysterious and unfathomable.