[BratscheWarrior]

Let us not forget that a warriors discipline is flexible. Denying ourselves is an indulgence. Just follow the flow of energy.
Personally I have not had any form of dreaming since before I posted my night terrors piece. But last night I reached the first gate of dreaming again. I woke up straight away before any actual dreaming took place, but hey it felt good to be back there.

i think that discipline and denying are 2 different things. With this no leaking of sexual fluids exercise (chipola, it's a not-doing), i am eliminating an energy wasting behavior, not deny myself a moment of pleasure. Same as getting rid of something like emotional outbursts. Would you say that ridding yourself of emotional outbursts is really denying yourself of looking like an asshole?

Discipline is the ability to keep doing what one is doing, efficiently and the best that they can. Ryan's quote sums it up nicely.

There's that Don Juan quote when Castaneda was supposed to go swimming with his dad. Something about Discipline not being harsh routines and throwing water in you face until your blue (don't feel like finding it, but thats the gist). It is doing what it takes to accomplish something.