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Old 09-22-2008, 09:18 AM   #5
Joe McParland
 
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Re: Using love is it or isn't spiritual?

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Lynn Seiser wrote: View Post
I had learned that warriors don't attack because they hate the enemy, but because they love the people they are protecting.
In my experience, a true warrior's circumstances put him in the situations to use his skills, but his skills operate without mind according to his training in the moment.

Love of right and justice may have a person train to become a police officer; the sense of duty may have him respond to a call; but, those things should not be on his mind when he draws and pulls the trigger of his service weapon.

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I also heard that if you attack with the intent of helping another see the errors of their way, rather than ego control or fear, then the attack come from a good place.
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