Question

Explain the life of Warriors and Elders. Pls answer fast.

Answer 1

 

The Warrior

When a man goes to war, or even earlier, in boot camp, his deep psyche wakes up a “psychic organ” that might otherwise stay asleep. It’s the Warrior. “He” is to take on the task of protecting his family and his people from danger of any kind, natural, animal, or human. The Warrior carries some built-in qualities that equip him for this: protectiveness, service, courage, willingness to kill, focus, commitment, sacrifice, and others.
 

The awakened Warrior brings with him some ancient, hard-wired (but unconscious) expectations of how his growth will go, how he will be shaped and matured into his protect-and-serve function. First there will be an Ordeal that will test his strength and mettle. That’s battle (or its supportive functions like supply). Will did well with his ordeal. 


Then, eventually (unless he’s killed), the Welcomingshould be the Warrior’s return home to his culture. This is where containment comes in. All the psychic and physical energy, the battle-readiness, the courage, the commitment, the readiness to kill and sacrifice, the emotions named above, still surge and spin in him. The primary emotions still surging in Will were anger, self-hate, and grief.