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Joshua Santana:
Living the Code of Chivalry is more or less application of both ideal and values, also talking with like minded individuals does help a great deal.

While on this subject I will add this.  Living by the Code does call for one to be genuine about belief and value(s).  While most people that are like minded will have different views and moral goals, the Code remains the same.  Therefore be certain of yourself, how high your goals and keeping in mind that actions speak more than words.   

Sir Nate:
It helped Motivate me, and it also changed the kind of people I hanged out with. I think Ive dipped during these past two years of Highschool. Sometimes Ill look for more motivation to follow the Code, when as many have guided me, all we need at times is discipline to do what needs to be done or whats right. Discipline is especially important in this modern age of convenience, Chivalry may not seem/be at all convenient.
Which brings me to a quote which I'm stealing from Thorsteinn... "A King may move a man, a father may claim a son, but remember that even when those who move you be Kings, or men of power, your soul is in your keeping alone. When you stand before God, you cannot say, "But I was told by others to do thus." Or that, "Virtue was not convenient at the time." This will not suffice. Remember that. "- Baldwin IV, Kingdom of Heaven

Joshua Santana:

--- Quote ---It helped Motivate me, and it also changed the kind of people I hanged out with. I think Ive dipped during these past two years of Highschool. Sometimes Ill look for more motivation to follow the Code, when as many have guided me, all we need at times is discipline to do what needs to be done or whats right. Discipline is especially important in this modern age of convenience, Chivalry may not seem/be at all convenient.
Which brings me to a quote which I'm stealing from Thorsteinn... "A King may move a man, a father may claim a son, but remember that even when those who move you be Kings, or men of power, your soul is in your keeping alone. When you stand before God, you cannot say, "But I was told by others to do thus." Or that, "Virtue was not convenient at the time." This will not suffice. Remember that. "- Baldwin IV, Kingdom of Heaven
--- End quote ---

Very good quote Naythan.

Callym:
I am a new forum member and, I won't hide it, am aspirant to joining the order to replace a brotherhood I left over moral and intellectual disputes. My own ideas on living the code are somewhat odd I think. The code of chivalry demands humility, but I think there is an inherent demand for pride as well. Not false bravado but the sprezzatura of the true gentleman as put forth by Baldassare Castiglione.

A man must have pride in himself, his beliefs, and his associations to act with the certitude of a knight. To act with certitude of this sort is to act knowing you must defend your actions, even possibly to defend them with violent action, and a man who would do so over something they take no pride in is either a brute or a fool.

As to some other points... associating with those of a like mind is helpful, but it should never be the basis for a belief, associating to closely with those of a like mind can create an echo chamber, and a knight or aspiring knight should have not just physical courage but moral and intellectual courage enough to test their ideas by confronting other views in study and discourse. I for one am a fan of reading and meditation, especially when I have exhausted myself in physical training.

jason77:
What is your particular physical discipline of study?

I don't see anything wrong with what your saying so long as one has the humility to also understand that one's own subjective beliefs are not an "absolute" when dealing with others outside of one's own "personal culture." Therefore I find the expression:

--- Quote ---you must defend your actions, even possibly to defend them with violent action, and a man who would do so over something they take no pride in is either a brute or a fool.
--- End quote ---
I am rarely in a position to defend "my actions" with violence as my actions don't tend to lead to violence (except on a competitive level) nor do they provoke others to violence. If I was performing actions which antagonized others to violence then I would question my choices and spend some time in self-examination and introspection.

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