No Ordinary Moments: A Peaceful Warrior's Guide to Daily Life (Millman, Dan) (Paperback)

by Dan Millman (Author) "Somewhere in the American West, a softly moaning wind blows dust and tumbleweeds across the vast desert wilderness, a barren land stretching across open country..." (more)
Key Phrases: inner hurdles, emotional obstructions, peaceful warrior, Basic Self, Conscious Self, Basic Selves (more...)

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Based on the principle that to change our world we first have to change ourselves, No Ordinary Moments: a Peaceful Warrior's Guide to Daily Life, outlines principles and practices to uplift our spirits, inspire real change, and make all our journeys easier. We all share the same journey up the mountain path of life, confronting issues of relationship, sexuality, health, money, and work. A clear mind is our map: a healthy body is our vehicle: open emotions provide the fuel. The way of the peaceful warrior is an awakened approach to life filled with purpose, meaning, and spirit, in which hurdles become a source of strength, and daily life becomes a vehicle for personal evolution. -- Wisconsin Bookwatch, May 1993

Dan Millman takes the perennial wisdom on maintaining inner peace and equanimity and puts it into straightforward, everyday language and useful exercisesa most valuable book. -- Peter Russell, author of The Global Brain

For many years, I have been a devoted reader of Dan Millman's Peaceful Warrior books. I have enjoyed traveling with him as he searched for his own inner truth. It was an enthralling journey but a vicarious one.

I wanted more. I wanted to know how I could implement the ways of the peaceful warrior in my own life, and Millman's new endeavor, No Ordinary Moments: a Peaceful Warrior's Guide to Daily Life answers all my secret question and achieves even more. Millman speaks eloquently about his reasons for the title. I've learned that the quality of each moment depends not on what we get from it, but what we bring to it. I treat no moment as ordinary no matter how mundane or routine it appears.

No Ordinary Moments is a carefully designed travelogue that puts you in the drivers seat. In plain, readable, life-affirming language, Millman offers a step-by-step guide to the peaceful warriors approach to living. It is a simple premise: by balancing your body, liberating your mind and accepting your emotions, you can acquire the tools you need to transform your life. As we apply these tools we open our selves to higher levels of energy and awareness and a closer contact with our higher self, Millman writes.

Throughout the book, Millman effectively intertwines quotes and exercises that inspire you to change intention into action, challenges into strengths, and life experiences into wisdom. In the final analysis, Millman has designed a map that is easy to follow. The road to wholeness is a mere 296 pages and well worth traveling, again and again. -- Whole Life Times, August 1992

The author, also the author of books that have inspired millions, shares an awakened approach to life filled with purpose, meaning, and spirit, in which hurdles become a source of strength, and daily life becomes a vehicle for personal evolution. We all share the same journey up the mountain path of life, confronting issues of relationship, sexuality, health, money, and work. A clear mind is our map; a healthy body is our vehicle; open emotions provide the fuel. This book outlines principles and practices to uplift our spirits, inspires real change, and makes all our journeys easier. -- Publishers Marketing Association, 1992

Product Description
Every day, we face challenges in relationships, sexuality, money, work, and health. While there is a wealth of information and advice available on all of these subjects, we still have trouble turning knowing into doing. Here, Dan Millman presents a peaceful warrior's way to turn our intentions into action, our challenges into strength, and our life experiences into wisdom.

Based on the premise that by changing ourselves we can change the world, No Ordinary Moments presents simple yet powerful ways to balance our body, liberate our mind, accept our emotions, and open our heart.:

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Product Details

• Paperback: 324 pages
• Publisher: HJ Kramer; remainder mark edition (December 28, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0915811405
• ISBN-13: 978-0915811403
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #10,189 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No Ordinary Moments:A Peaceful Warrior's Guide to Daily Life, June 13, 2000

By	Abu Mazen (USA) - See all my reviews

To me, this book reads like a conversation between the reader's mind and Mr. Millman. Mr.M. has interspersed several useful mental and physical(i.e. breathing) exercises amongst the various chapters of this great book, giving the publication a very practical appeal. The use of quotes is also very effective. There is no preachy, judgmental "fire & brimstone" tone to the teachings either. Mr. M. uses examples from his own life, which helps the reader get "closer" to the author.

I like Mr. M.'s approach to self-help issues such as addictions, relationships and success. One begins to realize that it is all up to the individual to CHOOSE their path when faced with ANY circumstance.

My favorite section is "The Time is Now" (pp.291-295) which truly drives home the truth that every moment of one's life can be an unreasonably happy microcosmic "lifetime".

Thank you Mr. Millman!

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No Ordinary Moments, January 4, 2000

By	Patrick D. Mayo "Drum Nut" (Huntington Beach, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Dan's writing is clear and concise. While each new idea builds upon previous thoughts, one can read snippets here and there, and still gain great insight. As a Psychiatric nurse, I have used areas of his book to help increase understanding and insight among my higher functioning patients, with great success. Everything he writes is easy to read and understand and put into practice. A very valuable book.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No ordinary book, December 9, 1999

By	Diane Verrochi "daxtrill" (Connecticut, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Unlike much of the "it's easy to be perfectly happy" self-help genre, this book offers practical and useful ways to become more aware of each action, each reaction, and each choice we make. None of it is easy, and that is what I appreciate the most - the honesty to say it takes work.