| According to the Toltecs, the Warrior is an aspect | | | | The goal could be your goal, if you know how to |
| of the self, along with the Stalker and the | | | | create true necessity, or it could be borrowed |
| Dreamer. | | | | from someone else. |
| The Warrior is the foundation of a developed self. | | | | Suppose the goal you are fulfilling is to write and |
| The Warrior aspect is self-discipline. The Warrior | | | | publish a book. Some intents might relate to |
| has the ability to declare a goal and take | | | | spending a certain amount of time every day |
| deliberate steps to accomplish it in the face of | | | | sketching, writing, and rewriting a particular |
| any resistance. He or she keeps the attention on | | | | chapter for completion by a certain date. You will |
| the goal and does not waver despite the 10,000 | | | | consciously evoke from yourself a certain mood |
| distractions. The Warrior has will. | | | | and make the work fit a certain pattern. Other |
| Koyote the Blind, a Toltec Master with whom a | | | | intents might relate to researching publishers, |
| group of us have worked, told us that to | | | | developing a marketing strategy, and writing |
| accomplish our will it was necessary to set up and | | | | query letters. The emotional, mental, and physical |
| fulfill a series of small intents. An intent is a | | | | parameters of one's activities are chosen ahead |
| pre-selected mood, physical form (it can be | | | | of time and adhered to. |
| dynamic), and concept that one consciously | | | | How can such prosaic plans require a Warrior? |
| adopts. | | | | The plan is only a map. The real world is a jungle. |
| The goal to be achieved must be truly necessary, | | | | No one ever knows for certain what will be |
| in the sense that it could not be otherwise. It is | | | | encountered when the path of service is engaged |
| not merely incidental to the universe but through | | | | in earnest, when the goal is pursued for the sake |
| a magical act has become inevitable. However, | | | | of something higher. Death wakes up. Death is |
| the angels still require hands for the work to | | | | the Beloved of the Warrior. |
| translate to this plane. | | | | |