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Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives Paperback – April 13, 2006
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An International Bestseller — Rediscover Life’s Larger Meaning and Purpose
The 20th Anniversary Edition with a New Afterword and Revisions by Dan Millman.
A book that could change your life: When Dan Millman was a young man, he expected that hard work would eventually bring a life of comfort, wisdom, and happiness. Yet, despite his many successes, he was haunted by the feeling that something was missing. Awakened by dark dreams one night, Dan found himself at a gas station with an old man named Socrates, and his world was changed forever. Guided by this eccentric old warrior, and inspired by a young woman named Joy, Dan began a spiritual odyssey into realms of light and shadow, romance and mystery, toward a final confrontation that would deliver or destroy him.
Inspirational and spiritual saga: This autobiographical novel is one of the most beloved spiritual sagas of our time. For decades, friends and families around the world have shared the book that teaches the way of the peaceful warrior. Life as a peaceful warrior is a life of meditation, mindfulness, compassion, and acceptance.
Help in these tumultuous times: In this 20th anniversary edition, the author offers an updated afterword for a new generation of readers looking for grounding in tumultuous times. Way of the Peaceful Warrior is the iconic first book from Dan Millman. His other guides to peaceful warrior life include The Life You Were Born to Live and The Hidden School.
If you loved The Heart of the Shaman, The Magic Mala, and The Celestine Prophecy, you’ll be moved by the inspiration and spirituality of Way of the Peaceful Warrior.
- Print length217 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherHJ Kramer
- Publication dateApril 13, 2006
- Dimensions5.5 x 0.5 x 8.25 inches
- ISBN-101932073205
- ISBN-13978-1932073201
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Way of the Peaceful Warrior serves as an introduction to the way, detailed in the numerous books that have followed over the years. Each of these books -- including titles like No Ordinary Moments, The Laws of Spirit, and The Four Purposes of Life -- presents another facet of the peaceful warrior's way -- an approach to living that I teach worldwide.
After my first book was finished, I didn't write another one for ten years -- until the intervention and influence of other mentors and life experiences provoked new writings that followed over the years.
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- Publisher : HJ Kramer; Revised edition (April 13, 2006)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 217 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1932073205
- ISBN-13 : 978-1932073201
- Item Weight : 9.1 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #6,513 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #24 in Inspiration & Spirituality
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Most people who've read Way of the Peaceful Warrior (or seen the movie) already know a few aspects of my life. And you may have seen the following bio at my website:
"Dan Millman, a former world champion athlete, gymnastics coach, martial arts instructor, and college professor, is author of Way of the Peaceful Warrior (adapted to film in 2006), and 16 other books read by millions of people in 29 languages. Dan teaches worldwide and has influenced people from all walks of life. The author and his wife, Joy, live in Brooklyn, NY. His most recent work includes The Hidden School, completing the 'peaceful warrior saga,' as well as an audio program, "The Complete Peaceful Warrior's Way," available through Audible.com.
Dan's website - peacefulwarrior.com - features his books, events, online courses, and life purpose guidance.
Personal note:
In my youth I focused on self-improvement, taking memory courses, speed reading; practicing martial arts and gymnastics. Then one day I realized that no matter how much I improved myself, only one person benefited — but if I could influence other people in a positive way, that made my life more meaningful and exciting.
I began teaching gymnastics, and elements from the martial arts — that soon shifted into the larger arena of personal growth. Today my work centers around writing and speaking. I've been fortunate to have the opportunity to intersect with many lives around the world.
Joy and I have been married for more than four decades and we continue to grow closer as we gain perspective and cultivate a sense of humor (about ourselves and one another). The years have gifted us with three daughters and four grandchildren.
I believe you'd find me a good (but not perfect) example of what I teach. I continue to practice, to learn, to serve as well as I can. I do my best to keep my head in the clouds but feet on the ground.
For more info about my work, visit www.peacefulwarrior.com — join my eList, follow me on Facebook or Twitter, or just search for peaceful warrior.
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Terms and Reminders from "Way of the Peaceful Warrior"
Body Wisdom - Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body.
Understanding - the one-dimensional comprehension of the intellect. It leads to knowledge.
Realization - the three-dimensional, simultaneous comprehension of head, heart and instinct; comes from direct experience.
Life requires more than knowledge; it requires intense feeling and constant energy. Life demand right action if knowledge is to come alive.
You have to cleanse your body of tension, free your mind of stagnant beliefs and open your heart to loving-kindness.
The best performers have the quietest minds during their moment of truth.
Dis-illusion - is literally a `freeing from illusion'.
In your habitual quest for achievement and entertainment, you avoid the fundamental source of your suffering.
Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free change, free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is a law, and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, rather than enjoy it, until you let go of your mind's attachments and just go for the ride freely, no matter what happens.
Brain - directs the body, stores information and plays with that information. The brain's abstract processes are `the intellect'.
Brain and Mind are not the same. The brain is real, the mind is not.
Mind - an illusory reflection of cerebral fidgeting. It is all the random, uncontrolled thoughts that bubble into awareness from the subconscious. An obstruction; an aggravation; a kind of an evolutionary mistake in the human being; a primal weakness in the human experiment. I have no use for the mind.
Consciousness is not mind; awareness is not mind; attention is not mind.
When you can't stop thinking of that math problem or phone number, or when troubling thoughts and memories arise without your intent, it's not your brain working, but your mind wandering.
Your mind - not other people or your surroundings - is the source of your moods.
Observing how you become angry when you notice that another is not the least bit upset.
Stressful thoughts reflect a conflict with reality. Stress happens when the mind resists what is.
The thoughts that assail you are actually created by you.
Stop taking yourself so seriously.
When you are in trouble, let go of your thoughts to see through your mind.
Silence is the warrior's art - and meditation is his sword.
The highest purpose of the human body is to become a clear channel for this light - so that its brightness can dissolve all obstructions, all knots, all resistance.
Attention - the intentional channeling of awareness.
Real Meditation - to expand awareness; to direct attention; to ultimately surrender to the light of consciousness.
Meditation consists of two simultaneous processes:
1. Insight - paying attention to what is arising.
2. Surrender - letting go of attachment to arising thoughts.
This is how you cut free of the mind.
Relax and stop acting so serious! (Do you see a pattern here?)
You still believe that you are your thoughts and defend them as if they were treasures. Your stubborn illusions are a sinking ship. Let them go while there's still time.
Consciousness is not in the body; the body is in Consciousness. You are that Consciousness.
Body - is Consciousness; never born; never dies; only changes.
Mind - your ego, personal beliefs, history and identity - is all that ends at death.
Sitting meditation is the beginner's practice. Eventually, you will learn to meditate in every action. Sitting serves as a ceremony, a time to practice balance, ease, and divine detachment. Master the ritual before you expand the same insight and surrender fully into daily life.
Emotions are not the problem. The key is to transform the energy of emotion into constructive action.
Food:
First, give your complete attention to what you are making.
Second, love is one of the primary ingredients in everything you make.
Purifying, regenerative practices are essential.
You'll need to refine every human function - moving, sleeping, breathing, thinking, feeling - and eating. Of all the human activities, eating is one of the most important to stabilize first.
That means your good habits must become so strong that they dissolve those which are not useful.
Eat only what is wholesome and eat only as much as you need.
The pleasure from eating is more than the taste of the food and the feeling of a full belly. Learn to enjoy the entire process - the hunger beforehand, the careful preparation, setting an attractive table, chewing, breathing, smelling, tasting, swallowing, and the feeling of lightness and energy after the meal. When you pay attention to all elements of the process, you'll begin to appreciate simple meals.
Avoid foods that contain refined sugar, refined flour and meat as well as coffee, alcohol, tobacco, or any other drugs.
Focus on fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes.
Breakfast: fresh fruit meal with occasional yogurt.
Lunch: your main meal should be a raw salad, baked or steamed potato and wholegrain bread or cooked grains.
Dinner: should be a raw salad and, on occasion, lightly steamed vegetables. Make good use of raw, unsalted seeds and nuts at every meal.
Find your thrills in fresh air, fresh food, fresh water, fresh awareness and sunshine.
Let feelings flow; then let them go.
Any unconscious, compulsive ritual is a problem. But specific activities are both bad and good; every action has its price, and its pleasures. Recognize both sides; then you can make the warrior's free and conscious choice - to do or not to do. Responsibility means recognizing both pleasure and price, action and consequence, then making a choice.
My actions are conscious, spontaneous, intentional and complete.
There are no ordinary moments! Treat every moment as special, worthy of your full attention.
Satori - a Zen concept; occurs when attention rest in the present moment, when the body is alert, sensitive, relaxed and the emotions are open and free.
Your task is to expand this clarity into your daily life. Satori must become your everyday reality. Satori is your key to the gate.
Meditating an action is different from doing it. To do, there is a doer, a self-conscious `someone' performing. When you meditate an action, you've already released attachment to the outcomes. There's no `you' left to do it. You become what you do, so your action is free, spontaneous, without ambition, inhibition or fear.
The master dedicates his training to life.
House Rules reveal that you can control your efforts, not outcomes. Do your best; let God handle the rest.
The birth of the mind is the death of the senses.
Jesus of Nazareth once said you must become like a little child to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
The dry concepts of the mind obscure your direct perception.
You have to `lose your mind' before you can come to your senses.
There are two ways to be rich:
1) You earn, inherit, borrow, beg or steal enough money to meet all your desires; or
2) You cultivate a simple lifestyle of few desires; that way you always have enough money.
A peaceful warrior has the insight and discipline to choose the simple way - to know the difference between needs and wants.
The secret of happiness is found in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
There is the way of the peaceful warrior and the way to the peaceful warrior. As long as you tread the way, you are a warrior. The way is now; it always has been.
A fool is `happy' when his cravings are satisfied. A warrior is happy without reason. That's what makes happiness the ultimate discipline. Happiness is not just something you feel - it is who you are. Sometimes sorrow, sometimes joy. But beneath it all, remember the innate perfection of your life unfolding. That is the secret of unreasonable happiness.
The author (Dan Millman) relates a personal mystical experience and a meeting with a man who Dan calls Socrates or Soc for short. Dan is in college at the time and is also world champion gymnast athlete and one night when he could not sleep he wound up at a small all-night gas station. This is where he meets a man working the night shift who becomes his philosophical and spiritual mentor.
The unique and original approaches to learning about what is really important in life are the lessons Dan is taught in sometimes subtle and unusual ways. The numerous conversations and feedback between Dan and Socrates makes this 217 page soft cover an interesting read. I had heard about this book some time ago but did not read it until recently. There also was a movie made based upon this book.
This book is organized into three books. Book one covers “the winds of change.” Book two is about “the warrior’s training.” The final book (3) is about the final search and the gate opens. There is also information about the movie being made from the book.
Even though I enjoyed reading this book I have some disagreements with some of the esoteric approaches in this book; nevertheless, I felt it was good enough to give 5 stars.
Rating: 5 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Zen Poetry Moments: Haiku and Senryu for special occasions).
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I am on my awakening path for a long time and nothing really for new for me but Oh how I wish I would have read this book years ago. I am sure I will re-read again and again every time life is a challenge.

Would I recommend it? Well yes I would since, when I purchased it, I was looking for - what an uplifting of spirits.
Our son has a cancer and we have lived through some fourteen months of hell trying to come to terms with his illness. Fortunately this very day we got some uplifting word that his treatment has finally brought about a degree of positive action. He is still a long way from over with his health to recover but I read this book and it reminded me of others that my grandfather would have me read.
Books like 'The Magic of Thinking Big' etc.