Way of the Peaceful Warrior February 19, 2007
Posted by The Probabilist in : [Books], Consciousness, Exercise, Gratitude, Goals, Personal Growth, Philosophy, Purpose , trackback
Dan Millman’s Way of the Peaceful Warrior is the first book I’ve read this year that can be labeled as fiction. First published in the early 80s it’s a autobiographical novel blending in the author’s own experiences as well as fiction to remind us of life’s greater purpose and possibilities.
It is the story of Dan, a young gymnast moving to San Francisco for University studies and starting life on his own in ways he could not have imagined. Although very successful in acrobatics, his overall life does not offer any remarkable and memorable moments. Instead, he only seems to find some degree of peace and satisfaction from his training while all the rest is just blending in with indifference, mediocrity and unawareness of what awaits him.
Troubled by a reoccurring dream, he takes off into the night and stops by a 24/7 gas station where he meets an old, but swift man whose words and answers perplex and frustrate Dan. Still quite intrigued of the man’s behaviour, he decides to return to the gas station each night to find out why the old man seems to be the one in his dreams and why he constantly manages to outwit and outperform Dan who is three, four times younger than him.
Slowly but steadily Dan begins to listen to the man’s teachings, whom he calls by the name Socrates. Dan’s gymnast career seems to come to an end when he severely injures his foot, but given the newly awakened spirit, he starts to push his limits to not only start exercising his athletic abilities again, but also to become a master of life and unreasonable happiness. The path of the peaceful warrior doesn’t appear easily, quickly or rationally, and Dan gets to live through quite a number of demanding tasks and tests in order to reach his ultimate calling and be who he is meant to be.
There’s a great message to be found in this book and I enjoyed every page of it. As the tagline goes “A book that changes lives”, I’m inclined to agree with that statement and also recommend this book to anyone of any age. It speaks of the course and meaning of life, how we should relate to different occurrences in our lives and how to face the inevitable destiny we all have to one day. Get your own copy and find out if your level of consciousness is in balance with the way of the peaceful warrior.
(3 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)
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Sounds like an interesting read. Now where’s that Amazon affiliate link?
I did sign up for the Amazon affiliate program, but I haven’t found a banner solution that includes the books I recommend. There’s an amazon affiliate plugin, but it just adds the picture of the product I want to show and comes off a bit ugly in my taste.
You’re free to buy it from where ever you want.
Cool. Perhaps you could try using a simple text link? I sometimes feel that text links work better than those affiliate boxes. Never liked them much myself
I might do that. I’m already using so many income streams that I’m slowly losing count, hehe. I’ve been contemplating on how best to monetize a blog - a few focused income generators or lots of diverged options. I can’t say that I know the best solution yet.
One question? I know their is a series following Socrates and Dan…but i dont no how many or their titles….could someone help me out a little here…
COULD SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME WHAT THE SEQUENCE IS FOR THE BOOKS (way of the peaceful warrior, wisdom of the peaceful warrior, sacred journey of the peaceful warrior, and journeys of socrates) PLEASE TELL ME THE ORDER YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO READ THEM IN!!!!! I’VE LOOKED ALL OVER AND I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT FOR THE HELP!!! THANK YOU
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