This book is your guide to personal awakening and the foundation for building an enlightened society. Join Mikael Ananda on his journey as he uncovers the key principles that empower the rise of The Awakened Warrior.
Within these pages lies the essential knowledge to break free from the Matrix and reclaim your power. Through Empathic Communication, Political Activism, Meditation, Shamanic Ceremonies, and Community Organization, you’ll gain the tools to transform yourself and the world around you.
The Awakened Warrior is the autobiography of Mikael Ananda Cromsjö. Mikael has been practicing meditation since he was six years old and has gone through a series of profound awakenings. In 2004, he became a political activist and a central figure in the Swedish truth movement. In this book, he combines spiritual and political awakenings to form a blueprint for becoming a spiritual warrior and creating an enlightened society.
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The Awakened Warrior
How can we break free from the Matrix? What does the Great Awakening really mean? And how can you step into the role of a Spiritual Warrior?
This is my story—the journey of how I became a spiritual warrior. In The Awakened Warrior, you’re invited to follow my path, beginning with my spiritual awakening as a child, which set me on a course to uncover the truths about our world and become a political activist and spiritual teacher.
As you dive into this book, you’ll learn the key teachings I rediscovered on how to train both body and mind, preparing you to become a teacher of the new tradition. This awakening is not just my own; it’s a global phenomenon, a natural movement that is already happening. The knowledge is out there—we just need to find it and apply it.
In this book, I share the most crucial information of our time. You’ll discover how to sharpen your mind to cut through the layers of lies fed to us by the world. You’ll learn how to develop a stable mind grounded in clear logic and reasoning, how to awaken your inner guide through deep intuitive meditation, and how to live a life of abundance while enjoying the beauty of simplicity.
The Awakened Warrior is not just my journey—it’s a blueprint for the liberation of the human race. It all starts with you. Join me on this path to awakening and become a part of the revolution. Together, we can create the world we want to live in.
From the book..
The Awakening
It all started very early for me. One of the first memories I have is of the many long nights lying in bed, unable to sleep. As a child, I experienced many problems with pains in my body. However, more than the pain of my headache or stomachache, there was a feeling of separation that created great sorrow in my heart. The intensity of the feelings that swept over me pushed me further and further, bringing me into new states of consciousness. All that time awake initiated a strange and beautiful journey for me.
After lying in bed for a long time, I could not find anything to think about. The sound of the clock in my room absorbed my awareness. Tick, tick, tick, tick. I remember that the sound was so loud and intense. After a while, my senses started to get more acute and more in tune with the surroundings. I remember listening to the sound created by my pillow when moving my head slightly. The sound was so strong and so clear, like walking in thick snow on a cold day. I could hear my own breath, slow and rhythmic, my heart beating and the sound of the blood in my veins. It all was so clear and strong.
My nightly adventures turned into a routine. If I would focus with all of my attention on one point, like my breath, I would get deeper and deeper into the experience. Often the breath played a big role by complementing and giving more focus to whatever was happening. Sometimes I was breathing fast, sometimes very slow. The breath had a life of its own and all I did was to follow it with great interest to see what would happen next. At the time, I had fno direct goal with the experience. It was more something happening to me than something I was trying to create. I just put my focus where it wanted to be and waited with curiosity for what would come next.
Eventually, the sensations absorbed me so totally that there was nothing to do but surrender everything, leaving everything behind. No thought, no reflection, nothing but pure impression. Time stood still as I moved through a tunnel of white light. Slowly I moved further into the light. After a while, I felt as if I was standing in front of a great gate. All my energy was focused on the door, and I was getting closer and closer. As I surrendered deeper into the experience, I could see the doors opening slowly and a bright light was coming out showering me with its rays. I entered the gate, and everything was suddenly totally calm.
Back to nature
I love walking in nature. Sweden has a lot of nature, and where I lived, there was such a beautiful natural park. The ground was mostly bedrock, shooting up from the ground, creating cliffs around the lakes. There were a lot of pine trees, with their crooked stems resembling Bonsai trees. The whole landscape looked like something out of a Chinese painting.
We were walking along one of the many lakes when we suddenly saw a tipi standing in the forest. We started walking towards the construction that was made out of a green plastic tarp and some freshly cut poles. There we met Juan Jose, a Spanish man who had come to Sweden to get into the spirit of the north. He was reading a book about Nordic culture and was creating wood carvings with symbols and motifs inspired by his journey. He showed us a carving of Thor, one of the gods from Nordic mythology.
We could not speak to him, as he did not know any English or Swedish, and none of us knew any Spanish. Nevertheless, we stayed there long into the night, sitting in his tipi, boiling tea, looking at the fire, and looking at each other. The quietness and the peace that we were experiencing made a strong impression. Such a strong impression that Artur decided to stay overnight, and in a matter of days, both my best friends had built their own tipi just a little bit further down the pathway. Both my friends, just like me, were in the fast-growing IT industry, developing software; nevertheless, the newfound freedom in nature was pulling far stronger than the comforts of society.
It is interesting to see what change a small but profound experience can have on a human being. I am sure that my friends never would have thought about moving out into the forest if they had not met Juan. Even if they would have known theoretically that it would be possible or heard stories from someone who had done so, they would never consider doing so themselves, and would never understand why that even would be an option. But seeing is believing. And to experience the stillness and wonder of being one with nature, just for a short while, was all that was needed.
Positivity
We traveled around Spain eventually ending up in Orgiva on the south coast. It was a place where travellers and hippies from all over the world came to stay. Coming from Sweden, it was quite a shock for us to see the conditions people were living in. In Sweden, it would not be considered acceptable to live in a caravan, but here people were living in anything you can imagine. Old bus wrecks, homemade straw houses, yurts, and so on. Sometimes it looked like a “Mad Max” post-apocalyptic scenario where you would not want to walk around alone in the middle of the night. It took us some time to feel relaxed in this new strange environment. But after a while, we could see that most people were friendly and that it was actually nice.
Around the corner where we lived, I met a man named Ras. He was a Rastafari. I did not know much about that tradition at the time and was interested to know more. He was such a gentleman, always kind and welcoming. He was from the UK as well and had gone through intense training for several years in a Rastafari community back home. He had some title that was in a way similar to being a priest. Ras had long dreadlocks and often wore the typical red, green, gold colored hat. He was not of African descent, but rather quite white in his complexion. People from all over came to his little bungalow to talk about their problems and get support. There, I spent a lot of time on his small farm where he and a group of volunteers were farming the land by hand. It was quite a paradise, with many fruit trees and vegetables, not to mention a huge cannabis bush.
He explained that one thing he needed to do to become a Rastafari was to be positive at least 95% of the time. I could see that he was taking this seriously and that he indeed was being very positive. I saw something good and I wanted to do it as well so I took on a personal challenge to become positive. For a whole month, I managed to be positive. This made such a change in my family life. Everyone was happier, I did not become angry with my older son when he was making trouble, and I did not become irritated when my partner was in a bad mood. In fact, everyone became more calm and relaxed. I understood that my behaviour was setting an example for the whole family and that I had the possibility to change my situation for the better.
Political activist
But as soon as the new rules came into place, there was a sudden change in the whole community. We were spared many of the lockdown regulations that other nations needed to endure. All we, in reality, needed to do was to put on a mask as we went into the Saturday market to buy our vegetables. The market used to be the highlight of the week, as we gathered on the town square to enjoy our time and speak about this and that. But it was not so sweet anymore. We all could feel that something was wrong. It was all a lie, and we could not hide from the truth any longer.
At every table, you could hear whispers of danger, a sense that something grim was unfolding. Not many people believed the story from the news and felt that things were not adding up. We all knew something was coming and that the truth of the matter was being kept from us. A few weeks passed, and as the tension grew stronger, I began to hear whispers of rebellion around the tables.
I set up a meeting with my Portuguese friend and neighbor. He had the spirit of the warrior in his eyes, and together we called for a town meeting. The next Saturday, we gathered in the town park to speak of what we could do. As I was calling for the meeting, I had the opportunity to set the format of our discussions, and I chose to once again bring the fractal circles into practice.
We were about 30 people who met up in that park. After I gave a short introduction, we sat down in small groups on the green lawn to bring forth ideas of what to do next. As the center circle gathered for the second round, the ideas were presented. The first proposal was to connect with lawyers and doctors to see how we could tackle this situation from within. The other was to create a manifestation, as the president was to come through Aljezur and to start distributing leaflets to the people of the village. We chose the name Aljezur ABC and took on an orange circle to be our banner.
The manifestation was a success. Around eighty people came to join our cause, and we brought large signs and gave out orange flowers to the police.
Shamanism
The Amanita is very different from other plant medicines that I know about. I had been working a lot with San Pedro cactus and had also been experimenting a little with psilocybin mushrooms and Ayahuasca. All of these plants had a very distinct spirit connected to them. When you are working with them you can really feel the spirit inside you, and they have qualities that you will recognize. It almost feels like you are merging with another being and taking on their qualities and moods. To me most of these plants have a bit of a mysterious and playful way. They take you on a journey, a journey that you are not in control of but rather have to follow along almost like a strange dream. This can be very helpful and interesting, but I can feel that it is not only me that is in for the ride.
When I first tried Amanita myself the first time I was amazed. It was right after my intense period of going to Zen retreats regularly. In the retreats, I would often experience pure awareness, something so soft and pleasant as pure golden nectar. The Amanita brought me back to this very experience. It brings you back to yourself. It takes you right into your body and into this moment. You add nothing but rather remove everything that is not your essence. It was pure mind. It was also a strong aphrodisiac that would put me into the deepest tantric connection that I had ever experienced.
There are many rumors about the Fly Agaric in today’s society that make it out as a bad and poisonous mushroom. This is not true at all. The Amanita is slightly toxic if you eat it fresh without preparing it properly, but you will not die from poisoning, or at least there are no known cases. The real reason behind the bad reputation is rather something completely different. I believe that the Amanita has been a very important part of our old traditions and religions. It has been used by Shamans in the north for probably thousands of years, but this knowledge is today almost lost, and the tribes who are still practicing the old tradition are very secretive.
You can find clues about its importance still hidden in our culture today. The clearest clue is the famous paintings of Amanita that appear on postcards with Christmas motifs. Often you see small elves are depicted collecting and giving away the Amanita to each other. Some say that the reason for this is that in the old pre-Christian tradition, the winter solstice was celebrated by the Shamans giving away Amanita to the people for use in their ceremonies and for recreation. The traditional shaman was dressed in a long red coat to honor the Amanita, and dried large amounts of the red mushrooms by hanging them in trees and placing them on the walls.
Feedback
Thank you for everything you share in “The Awakened Warrior”. It is truly a powerful story you tell, a story about a boy who gains deep insights about existence early on, in an environment and culture that does not promote or support what lies outside the norm.
When I read your book, I realize that throughout my own journey, I have actually always had brothers and sisters out there who have also “fought” against convention; I just didn’t know it. Thank you for your courage and strength in putting into words the sense of alienation that many of us, so-called spiritual individuals, have experienced during our younger years!
It is very liberating to read when you talk about your sexual awakening and tantra in your book. You also share insights about dance and psychedelics, and many other paths that our bodies can guide us towards the light. The light, which you so beautifully describe as a door whose threshold should not be crossed until “the awakened warrior” is ready—ready to die, ready to live.
I also feel that with this beautiful text, you inspire others to start sharing their life stories. We all have unique paths and stories that have brought us to this NOW. When we accept our journey and stand completely naked in the truth, we free ourselves from karma. Thank you for inspiring, Mikael, thank you for living the wisdom.
– Eric Amarillo, Sound Healer
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