The sweat lodge is a place of the testing. Anyone who has ever been in a sweat understands that aspect of the lodge - those moments when you feel that you cannot stand it any longer and that you have to get out. If you are not calm within a sweat lodge your fears intensify your discomfort, whether that discomfort is real or imagined. Conquering those fears and completing a sweat makes the experience a more meaningful one. You have truly faced your greatest enemy -- yourself.
