Sense of live

Dan Millman

Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior - written in 1991. Details the world travels of the character in the above book. Sacred Journey relates the first part of his travels, as Dan searches for a mysterious woman shaman in a Hawaiian rain forest to find a critical clue that will direct him to a hidden school-the next step on his journey.

This is a wonderful book on so many different levels. It is always entertaining and at the same time gives you lots of things to think about. One idea that is repeated from “Journey of the peaceful warrior is that to really be happy is to be “present.” It is so easy to get preoccupied with regrets of the past, and worries of the future that we don’t ever take in the “now.” Each day is a gift and thats why it’s called the “present.” This book does not take off where the first book left off. Rather it is a story of lessons learned about five years after the writer left Socrates (His great teacher) from the first book. He is told about a woman in Hawaii from Socrates. She begins to teach him where Socrates left off. This brings about the point that “the teacher appears when the student is ready. Often times we don’t know what is best for us and we want things that may not be beneficial at the time. Dan Millman wanted to meet this woman when he first heard about her years ago but he was not ready for the lessons she had for him. It’s not until years later that fate intervened. Once again, if we stay in the present and do whats in front of us we maximize our usefulness, and our happiness. It’s said that God answers all our prayers and he only has three responses. Yes, No, and not now. Mama Chia, his new mentor at one point responds to Millman that “Faith involves basic trust in the universe-that everything is for our highest good.” Whether this is true or not should not matter because when we have faith we act accordingly and life runs smoother. All in all, this is a real page turner and it is as enlightening as it is enjoyable.

From amazon (reader’s review)

This book may be OK for people with little or no background in spiritual awareness.The author has been “inspired” – to put it mildly- by Castaneda’s work.He is nowhere even close to attaining Castaneda’s depth or artistic talent.There is no new concept, no original idea that I can remember : every single inspiration can be tracked down to previous authors .The overall design , i.e. a man who finds a spiritual teacher almost as if by chance is a direct copy of Don Juan. Situations, characters and dialogues are infantile ; it is definitely an effort to put forth some spiritual ideas through an adventure story ( absolutely unbelievable) to appeal to a wider public. If you buy your books at the Newsstands stores of airports, this may be right for you : easy reading and sugary. If you have a serious interest in the field, be sure to leave it on the stand.

From amazon (reader’s review)

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