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Way of the Peaceful Warrior is based on the story of Dan Millman, a world champion athlete, who journeys into realms of romance and magic, light and darkness, body, mind, and spirit. Guided by a powerful old warrior named Socrates and tempted by an elusive, playful woman named Joy, Dan is led toward a final confrontation that will deliver or destroy him. Readers join Dan as he learns to live as a peaceful warrior. This international bestseller conveys piercing truths and humorous wisdom, speaking directly to the universal quest for happiness.
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During his junior year at the University of California, Dan Millman first stumbled upon his mentor (nicknamed Socrates) at an all-night gas station. At the time, Millman hoped to become a world-champion gymnast. "To survive the lessons ahead, you're going to need far more energy than ever before," Socrates warned him that night. "You must cleanse your body of tension, free your mind of stagnant knowledge, and open your heart to the energy of true emotion." From there, the unpredictable Socrates proceeded to teach Millman the "way of the peaceful warrior." At first Socrates shattered every preconceived notion that Millman had about academics, athletics, and achievement. But eventually Millman stopped resisting the lessons, and began to try on a whole new ideology--one that valued being conscious over being smart, and strength in spirit over strength in body. Although the character of the cigarette-smoking Socrates seems like a fictional, modern-day Merlin, Millman asserts that he is based on an actual person. Certain male readers especially appreciate the coming-of-age theme, the haunting love story with the elusive woman Joy, and the challenging of Western beliefs about masculine power and success. --Gail Hudson
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 A Must Read and Read Again and Again ( theninjew01 )
I have read Way of The Peaceful Warrior several times. I always
find new inspiration in it's pages. This is a must read, especially for
those like myself who are into fitness.
Richard Walters, author of The 16 Minute Body Sculpting Kit
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 not for me
It was a gift for my mom and she loved it. It's a product that you can't find in Mexico so it's excellent to have Amazon that could bringh it for us LOVE YOU
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Will Change Your Life and Others
Read this book about two years ago. Wow! It really is a life changer! I've read many books about life. This one is the best! It really creates a focus and balance on life. This book will open your mind and heart. I've given it as gifts to those I love and everyone who has read it has told me the same thing. A must buy! However, as good as Peaceful Warrior is don't read Millman's other books, Sacred Journey or Socrates. As most reviews have stated, they are a disappointment. My opinion is that Millman had one good book in him, and that was Peaceful Warrior. His only other book that was okay, was No Ordinary Moments. If you really want to read a book by Millman after Peaceful Warrior read No Ordinary Moments, but that's it! Lastly, another really good book is University for Success. Combined these two books are special!
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The Truth about Socrates
This is a very inspiring book. By the way, have you wondered who Socrates is and whether he is real? From my point of view it seems very clear that most of what Socrates says in this book is a direct take off the teaching of Adi Da Samraj, a spiritual teacher that Dan Millman was a devotee of in the 1970's in California. Being a devotee of Adi Da Samraj, myself, and being very familiar with his teaching, it is obvious that this is so. If you go to www.adidam.org you can find out more about this teacher who is alive today and who offers a relationship with all who yearn for real heartbreaking freedom and happiness. You can look up the essay on Divine Ignorance for the correlation of where Socrates talks on page 28 "You are ignorant of where the universe is; nor do you know what anything is or how it came to be. It's a mystery." Adi Da Samraj's book of wisdom teaching for children "What, Where, When, How, Why, and Who To Remember To Be Happy" is also the same consideration written for children.
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Light on meaning, heavy on preparing ( future3books )
To me, this book opened my mind to receive the true message Dan Millman had to share with me in his more in-depth book on life: The Life You Were Born To Live. This book was also entertaining, but didn't really change my life, the way he says others' lives have been changed. The book that changed/is changing my life is The Life You Were Born To Live.
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