AN OFFICER IN TATTERED CLOTHING POINTS HIS SWORD SKYWARD, SIGNALING THE COMMENCEMENT OF A COMPLEX DRILL
Single-minded concentration on the task at hand. Penetration. Focused analysis. Physical and mental self-discipline. Perfecting some routine. Eliminating extraneous thought or motion. Dignity and bravery in the face of adverse circumstances (sense of being crucified). Assuming leadership in humanity's struggles. Looking into what makes people tick. Penetrating inaccessible reaches of human experience. Travel and adventure. Literary skill. Tragi-comedy of human existence. Comic routines. Goofy insights. Knight-errant in search of his appointed mission. Subordinating personal will to divine will. Providence.