Dan demands Socrates to teach him. A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast. Eventually he accepts his teacher's advice to take the way of the peaceful warrior. “When you begin transcendental training, focusing your best efforts, without attachment to outcomes, you will understand the peaceful warrior’s way.”. However, this anger and frustration, Dan learns, can also be harnessed…. “Dan who had lived long ago was gone forever, a flashing moment in time. “Any unconscious, compulsive ritual is a problem, but specific activities are both good and bad. – Fact/fiction – the book infuses parts of Millman’s real life with a narrative structure Summaries. The book details Dan’s time with Socrates at the gas station, learning life lessons that nourish him to a more fundamental degree than his formal education. Emotions are like passing weather. The attendant, whom Millman names Socrates, becomes a kind of father figure and teaches Millman how to become a "peaceful warrior". “Are you paying attention to your standing, walking, thoughts? To do or not to do.”, “It’s better to make a mistake with the full force of your being than to avoid mistakes with a tiny spirit.”, Often we continually question our actions with thought. Similar to Stoic philosophy and the current psychological practices of focusing on your locus of control, which I’ve already written about briefly, Socrates touches on the futility of concerning ourselves with arbitrary outcomes, “You can control your efforts, not outcomes. And with elements of Buddhist philosophy interwoven throughout the book, Dan finally achieves lasting peace as he begins to tread the Way of the Peaceful Warrior. During his time at university, Millman meets a semi-mystical character he calls Socrates, working the night shift at a gas station. “Meditation is the act of directing attention to expand your awareness and thus consciousness.”, “Meditation consists of two simultaneous processes. Happiness is not just something you feel. I was now myself, the consciousness that observed all, was all. But when you meditate an action, you’ve already released attachment to outcomes. Dan meets him at a gas station suddenly, names him Socrates, and becomes a student of his way of life. Dan, nervous, leaves immediately, but as he turns back, he sees the man standing on the roof. Children act without fear, engaging completely in whatever they do. Way of the Peaceful Warrior was followed by three sequels: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Way_of_the_Peaceful_Warrior&oldid=980284195, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 25 September 2020, at 16:51. Way of the Peaceful Warrior is a part-fictional, part-autobiographical book based upon the early life of the author Dan Millman. In the dreams, though, this weird, white-haired dude seems to be the answer to everything. With society set up to exploit our dopamine driven feedback loops for rewards through purchasing behaviour, it’s only the Warrior who knows the difference between needs and wants. A thunderstorms breaks out and the two go inside a cave. Not the most subtle name in world. Plus, bonus, he marries Joy… and finds joy. And it’s no surprise that we find it difficult. Socrates tells Dan that he is almost near to his goal. Socrates takes Dan to a café, owned by his former disciple, Joseph, who serves simple food.
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