Having made the decision to move forward, we discover that within us might be found the direction we have been looking for: our youthful inspirations – our better selves. I have worked with many populations including men in prison to men attending the New Warrior Training Adventure to military veterans to men in recovery from addictions. Even in the most desperate of situations, including a man on death row, I have never met a man who as a youth did not have noble and inspiring dreams for himself, his family, and who still didn’t believe in his most deeply held hopes and aspirations. 
At the beginning of Parsifal’s Quest, he sees the five knights who he takes as angels or demigods. These figures represent those glorious and noble visions we have as a youth. Parsifal is at the edge of puberty and will meet the stirrings of his male heart when he meets the woman in the tent he takes for a cathedral. Filled with youthful passion, his hubris high and his blood running hot, he challenges and defeats the Red Knight and takes on his armor: the armor of the Warrior. When his adventures end and he lets go of this mask taking off the armor, he enters the Grail Castle of deep spirituality and transformation. It is here that he can merge the shining noble visions the five knights first presented to him with his hard won wisdom and transcend the Warrior life. Now he enters the place where noble youth and maidens present him with the symbols of the Christian faith (emblems of his spirituality).The Vibrant Emeritus is a man who moves his vision from personal reward to those youthful and ennobling aspirations that he may now have the “strength, patience, and wisdom letting go of ego “as the guiding force of life.”
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