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De spirituele reis van de vreedzame krijger
Four years after training with the old warrior he calls Socrates, and in spite of all he has learned, Dan Millman confronts personal failure and growing frustrations. Disillusioned with his life, unable to bridge the gap between knowing and doing, he sets out on a worldwide quest to rediscover his sense of purpose and source of inspiration. A buried memory sends him on a search for a woman shaman deep in a Hawaiian rain forest. She is the gateway to all his hopes and his fears — and only she can prepare him for what is to come. In worlds of shadow and light, he encounters inner tests, mortal challenges, disturbing revelations, and memorable characters in the most crucial quest of his life. This is the sacred journey we all share, says Millman, the journey to the light that shines at the heart of all our lives.
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116 books1,177 followersDaniel Jay Millman is an American author and lecturer in the personal development field. He is best-known for the movie Peaceful Warrior, which is based on his own life and taken from one of his books.
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August 3, 2011
I read The Peaceful Warrior a couple of years back as I re-embarked on my own personal (somewhat spiritual) journey, and it was better than I could imagine. I'm not typically a fan of self-help or super-inspirational books, but the philosophical and spiritual lessons that I derived from the Peaceful Warrior surprised me. I had fairly low expectations (despite the hype) of the 2nd book in the series because honestly, I haven't seen many authors that are good enough for me to enjoy sequels. Boy was I surprised by Sacred Journey. I could not put it down. I got deeply connected to Mamma Chia and wound up empathizing through and through with Dan's recounting of his spiritual journey. Though it's mostly fiction, the true spirit of his journey translated well into the tale he wove. I found myself repeatedly jealous of his journey and the opportunities for enlightenment. And I found myself yearning for something similar. Perhaps it was more empathy, but it triggered a small shift in me that again ignited that desire for things beyond this physical world. I highly recommend this book (whether you've read the Peaceful Warrior or not) to anyone looking for something philosophical or something that "makes your heart think."
June 20, 2010
I was disappointed in this book. After reading the Way of the Peaceful Warrior and being very pleased with it, this book showed me why it is bad to have expectations.
To start with, this book is supposed to take place near the end of the Peaceful Warrior book. Near the end of PW, Dan takes a few months traveling around the world. This book fits in during that trip on the timeline before he meets up with Socrates in the Sierras again. This doesn't really make sense after the events in Sacred Journey. It is obviously is an afterthought by the author who decided to write another book later.
Second, the original PW book really focused on having your attention in the present moment. Present moment awareness allows you to see your compulsive mind, your unconscious reactions, and the energy you waste worrying about past and future events. It is about getting away from the abstract mental constructs and getting back to real life, right here, right now. But Sacred Journey went the wrong direction. It was filled with abstract ideas about the "three selves" and various levels (or "floors") of consciousness. These concepts are exactly what we need to get away from to live life more fully. It is completely abstract and conceptual and has nothing to do with right now.
The book got into our hidden intuitions and getting into the minds of other people by tapping into their energies. I think this is baloney. Yes, it may appear that you can know what a person is thinking or how someone feels before they tell you, but this is based mostly on awareness of the situation in this moment. Not some magical, metaphysical power that Millman seems to describe in this book. And don't even get me started on the "spirits".
I understand that there are no words to describe the condition of enlightenment. All words are merely pointers to the real thing because words are mental, and enlightenment is about losing the mind (or realizing its trick making you believe it is you). Maybe Millman was using these metaphors to try to get a point across about enlightenment. But I think this is misguided and confusing. The main goal is to be aware of what is happening this moment. Mental constructs pull you more into the head trying to understand the words when we should be leaving mental constructs behind and opening our eyes.
The only reason I didn't give this book one star was because of the bit of adventure contained in the book. It must have kept my interest enough to finish it, so there's something good.
To start with, this book is supposed to take place near the end of the Peaceful Warrior book. Near the end of PW, Dan takes a few months traveling around the world. This book fits in during that trip on the timeline before he meets up with Socrates in the Sierras again. This doesn't really make sense after the events in Sacred Journey. It is obviously is an afterthought by the author who decided to write another book later.
Second, the original PW book really focused on having your attention in the present moment. Present moment awareness allows you to see your compulsive mind, your unconscious reactions, and the energy you waste worrying about past and future events. It is about getting away from the abstract mental constructs and getting back to real life, right here, right now. But Sacred Journey went the wrong direction. It was filled with abstract ideas about the "three selves" and various levels (or "floors") of consciousness. These concepts are exactly what we need to get away from to live life more fully. It is completely abstract and conceptual and has nothing to do with right now.
The book got into our hidden intuitions and getting into the minds of other people by tapping into their energies. I think this is baloney. Yes, it may appear that you can know what a person is thinking or how someone feels before they tell you, but this is based mostly on awareness of the situation in this moment. Not some magical, metaphysical power that Millman seems to describe in this book. And don't even get me started on the "spirits".
I understand that there are no words to describe the condition of enlightenment. All words are merely pointers to the real thing because words are mental, and enlightenment is about losing the mind (or realizing its trick making you believe it is you). Maybe Millman was using these metaphors to try to get a point across about enlightenment. But I think this is misguided and confusing. The main goal is to be aware of what is happening this moment. Mental constructs pull you more into the head trying to understand the words when we should be leaving mental constructs behind and opening our eyes.
The only reason I didn't give this book one star was because of the bit of adventure contained in the book. It must have kept my interest enough to finish it, so there's something good.
August 3, 2016
I first read this book about 10 years ago for the first time. I just read it again a few weeks ago. What the book reveals to you, depends on what you need. It depends on the place you are in your life, what quotes and lines in the book just JUMP out to you. This book is by one of my favorite people, and I have read every book of his. Dan Millman is an amazing motivational speaker, and his books are all thought provoking, and soul stirring.
The premise is simple, but the book has many layers. Socrates reveals and teaches the main character so much, through life events, and experiences that many of us go through, and complain, but we don't pay attention to the lesson. Give it a read, and keep this book. It will be one you read again.
The premise is simple, but the book has many layers. Socrates reveals and teaches the main character so much, through life events, and experiences that many of us go through, and complain, but we don't pay attention to the lesson. Give it a read, and keep this book. It will be one you read again.
January 9, 2009
I waited awhile before reading this. I guess I was not ready for the message at the time I bought it (September 2004). After reading this book, it's almost like a retreat experience. You remember how clear your head was during the retreat. When you came back to reality, however, things weren't as peachy as you'd hope.
This book is about living that experience of self-discovery every single day. It's about having peace, without ignoring or forgetting the troubles surrounding your life. It completes the purpose of why we need to understand ourselves, and how valuable that understanding is to your life.
This book is about living that experience of self-discovery every single day. It's about having peace, without ignoring or forgetting the troubles surrounding your life. It completes the purpose of why we need to understand ourselves, and how valuable that understanding is to your life.
April 14, 2019
This book mainly talks about the 3 selves - Basic, Conscious, and Higher. Most of the wisdoms are found in the later part of the book. I found it to be a touching book where everyone is close and help each other like an extended family.
Here’s some takeaways copied from the book:
Just handle what’s in front of you now, and the future will take care of itself. Otherwise you’ll spend most of your life wondering which foot you’ll use to step off the curb when you’re still only halfway to the corner.
Plans are useful, but don’t get attached to them; life has too many surprises. Preparation has value even if the future you planned never comes.
Learn to see life in a different way.
You haven’t learned something until you could do it. I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.
Pain and suffering are a part of everyone’s life. They just take different forms.
No one person could ever create a building. No matter how smart, how strong, a single individual may be, he can’t make a building without the combined efforts of architects, contractors, laborers, accountants, manufacturers, truckers, chemists, and hundreds more. No one is smarter than all of us.
Turn your experience into lessons, and your lessons into wisdoms. Trust the process of your life and remember the law of faith.
Faith has little to do with belief. Faith is the courage to live your life as if everything that happens does so for your highest good and learning. Like it or not.
Our lives are like flower. We appear so fragile, and yet, when we meet obstacles, we push through them, always growing toward the Light.
First understand. Understanding without acting does nothing. Yet acting without understanding may create even more problems. Sometimes you need to simply relax into life, and to trust. No matter how pressing life may feel at times. There’s no need to rush, and nowhere to rush to. You have plenty of time to accomplish what you wish.
In the darkest, most chaotics times - when things fall apart - such times often mark quickening as your mind readies itself to make a leap. When you feel like you’re going nowhere, stagnating, even slipping backward - your soul is only backing up to get a running start.
It is simple; just not easy.
Don’t try to manage the addictions; instead, clear the obstructions.
Allow the life energy to flow freely through you. Learn how to use it wisely, choosing where to channel it, celebrating life, but exploiting it.
You created your own experience. You experience exactly what you need. The energies are the same for everyone; the experience is different. Each of us chooses how to respond to and channel our energy. Some hoard it; others squander it. The warrior channels the flow of life energy like a farmer irrigating his crops.
When energy are blocked, they cause pain.
Daily life is your training ground. Spirit gives you everything you need, here and now. You evolve not by seeking to go elsewhere, but by paying attention to, and embracing, what’s in front of you.
Don’t be too hard on yourself. Accept where you are. Trust your Higher Self. It has been calling to you since you were a child. It brought you to people. Accept yourself and just serve. Serve out of duty until you can serve out of love - without attachment to the results.
Complex karma are at work. Each of us plays our role. Each of us is born into life circumstances to challenge us and allow us to evolve.
Act with kindness to the people in your immediate surroundings. Accept the role you hve been given. It is all right for a peaceful warrior to make good money, doing what he or she loves, serving other people. All 3 elements are important. It is all right to hurt, to love, to be happy, in spite of the difficulties of this world.
Find your own balance. Do what you can, but take time to laugh and enjoy life. Yet, at the same time, your lifestyle naturally changes. Your needs simplify your priorities - how you spend your time and money and energy - all change.
The first step to change is accepting your reality right now. Honoring your process. Compassionate self-awareness leads to change; harsh self-criticism only holds the patterns in place, creating a stubborn and defensive Basic Self. Be gentle with yourself as you would with a child. Be gentle but firm. Give yourself the space to grow. But remember that the timing is in God’s hands, not yours.
There are some things one must accept. All the positive thinking in the world will not grow back a missing leg.
When you are ill, you can conquer the illness - to commit all your time, energy and will to healing - or, accept on the deepest level that you are going to die, surrender, make peace with the world, take care of business, and somehow use it for his evolution.
Some people were healed when they completely surrender to death.
There are no garantee in this life. We live the best way we know how.
Sometimes, the best way to win a fight is to lose it.
There is nothing you’re supposed to do. If you want peace of mind, resign as a general manager of the universe.
Relax and stop trying to figure everything out. You don’t have to know everything about the ocean to swim in it.
Change has to come from inside you - like a flower from its seed - you can’t rush it. We don’t control the timetable.
Gratitude opens the heart.
An important part of self-defense is knowing when not to defend the self.
The treasure is inside you - as close as your heart.
We have no control in this life - no ability to stop the waves that come crshing down. We can only learn to surf those waves, embracing whatever comes and using it to grow. Accepting ourselves, our strengths and weaknesses, our foolishness and our love. Accepting everything. Doing what we can, and flowing with the rest.
We cannot always do great things in life, but we can do small things with great love.
Everything is a dream within a dream. We make our own meaning. It’s all right. Everything will be all right.
Try to be a little kinder.
Little things make a big difference.
Open the eyes of your heart and you would be able to feel the love and support of Spirit.
Spirit would carry us all, inexorably, toward the Light.
The quality of our lives is shaped by what we do, moment to moment - by each choice we make and each action we take.
Here’s some takeaways copied from the book:
Just handle what’s in front of you now, and the future will take care of itself. Otherwise you’ll spend most of your life wondering which foot you’ll use to step off the curb when you’re still only halfway to the corner.
Plans are useful, but don’t get attached to them; life has too many surprises. Preparation has value even if the future you planned never comes.
Learn to see life in a different way.
You haven’t learned something until you could do it. I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.
Pain and suffering are a part of everyone’s life. They just take different forms.
No one person could ever create a building. No matter how smart, how strong, a single individual may be, he can’t make a building without the combined efforts of architects, contractors, laborers, accountants, manufacturers, truckers, chemists, and hundreds more. No one is smarter than all of us.
Turn your experience into lessons, and your lessons into wisdoms. Trust the process of your life and remember the law of faith.
Faith has little to do with belief. Faith is the courage to live your life as if everything that happens does so for your highest good and learning. Like it or not.
Our lives are like flower. We appear so fragile, and yet, when we meet obstacles, we push through them, always growing toward the Light.
First understand. Understanding without acting does nothing. Yet acting without understanding may create even more problems. Sometimes you need to simply relax into life, and to trust. No matter how pressing life may feel at times. There’s no need to rush, and nowhere to rush to. You have plenty of time to accomplish what you wish.
In the darkest, most chaotics times - when things fall apart - such times often mark quickening as your mind readies itself to make a leap. When you feel like you’re going nowhere, stagnating, even slipping backward - your soul is only backing up to get a running start.
It is simple; just not easy.
Don’t try to manage the addictions; instead, clear the obstructions.
Allow the life energy to flow freely through you. Learn how to use it wisely, choosing where to channel it, celebrating life, but exploiting it.
You created your own experience. You experience exactly what you need. The energies are the same for everyone; the experience is different. Each of us chooses how to respond to and channel our energy. Some hoard it; others squander it. The warrior channels the flow of life energy like a farmer irrigating his crops.
When energy are blocked, they cause pain.
Daily life is your training ground. Spirit gives you everything you need, here and now. You evolve not by seeking to go elsewhere, but by paying attention to, and embracing, what’s in front of you.
Don’t be too hard on yourself. Accept where you are. Trust your Higher Self. It has been calling to you since you were a child. It brought you to people. Accept yourself and just serve. Serve out of duty until you can serve out of love - without attachment to the results.
Complex karma are at work. Each of us plays our role. Each of us is born into life circumstances to challenge us and allow us to evolve.
Act with kindness to the people in your immediate surroundings. Accept the role you hve been given. It is all right for a peaceful warrior to make good money, doing what he or she loves, serving other people. All 3 elements are important. It is all right to hurt, to love, to be happy, in spite of the difficulties of this world.
Find your own balance. Do what you can, but take time to laugh and enjoy life. Yet, at the same time, your lifestyle naturally changes. Your needs simplify your priorities - how you spend your time and money and energy - all change.
The first step to change is accepting your reality right now. Honoring your process. Compassionate self-awareness leads to change; harsh self-criticism only holds the patterns in place, creating a stubborn and defensive Basic Self. Be gentle with yourself as you would with a child. Be gentle but firm. Give yourself the space to grow. But remember that the timing is in God’s hands, not yours.
There are some things one must accept. All the positive thinking in the world will not grow back a missing leg.
When you are ill, you can conquer the illness - to commit all your time, energy and will to healing - or, accept on the deepest level that you are going to die, surrender, make peace with the world, take care of business, and somehow use it for his evolution.
Some people were healed when they completely surrender to death.
There are no garantee in this life. We live the best way we know how.
Sometimes, the best way to win a fight is to lose it.
There is nothing you’re supposed to do. If you want peace of mind, resign as a general manager of the universe.
Relax and stop trying to figure everything out. You don’t have to know everything about the ocean to swim in it.
Change has to come from inside you - like a flower from its seed - you can’t rush it. We don’t control the timetable.
Gratitude opens the heart.
An important part of self-defense is knowing when not to defend the self.
The treasure is inside you - as close as your heart.
We have no control in this life - no ability to stop the waves that come crshing down. We can only learn to surf those waves, embracing whatever comes and using it to grow. Accepting ourselves, our strengths and weaknesses, our foolishness and our love. Accepting everything. Doing what we can, and flowing with the rest.
We cannot always do great things in life, but we can do small things with great love.
Everything is a dream within a dream. We make our own meaning. It’s all right. Everything will be all right.
Try to be a little kinder.
Little things make a big difference.
Open the eyes of your heart and you would be able to feel the love and support of Spirit.
Spirit would carry us all, inexorably, toward the Light.
The quality of our lives is shaped by what we do, moment to moment - by each choice we make and each action we take.
March 3, 2015
Dan Millman is an incredible author with an incredible message. The book, even though it is apparently fictionalized to a large extent, taps into some very real human emotions and connections, leaving the reader to reach their own conclusions about the message within. Because of how it's written in narrative form, the lessons are experienced rather than memorized and in that way resonate more with how I personally operate.
The subject matter is largely focused on the chakras and how they can be opened and enhanced through practice and awareness. the book also builds on the idea that there is a larger truth that becomes clear at higher levels of "the tower" and makes this reader excited to build.
I think, because some things aren't explicitly mentioned, that the message will vary from person to person. The information that is gleaned and retained will certainly change depending on who you ask but in all forms it is positive and encourage.
I'd recommend it to anyone I know!
The subject matter is largely focused on the chakras and how they can be opened and enhanced through practice and awareness. the book also builds on the idea that there is a larger truth that becomes clear at higher levels of "the tower" and makes this reader excited to build.
I think, because some things aren't explicitly mentioned, that the message will vary from person to person. The information that is gleaned and retained will certainly change depending on who you ask but in all forms it is positive and encourage.
I'd recommend it to anyone I know!
July 22, 2018
After reading Way of the Peaceful Warrior in college, I retained some images and phrases - Let it flow and let it go; the man whose house had burned down & he was able to pick up the pieces without looking back. The idea of the peaceful warrior itself.
Last week, I found this book in a box someone had left by the road as they were moving. It was a quick and compelling read, and a good time for me to read it. I particularly appreciated the quotes at the beginning of each chapter. The three selves in the Kahuna tradition were a vivid illustration of the levels of work we need to do on ourselves at the base level to find any hope for insight.
This is a simple book about complex things- which turn out to be pretty simple. We must listen to and trust ourselves, and participate in our own lives, at their heart, now.
Last week, I found this book in a box someone had left by the road as they were moving. It was a quick and compelling read, and a good time for me to read it. I particularly appreciated the quotes at the beginning of each chapter. The three selves in the Kahuna tradition were a vivid illustration of the levels of work we need to do on ourselves at the base level to find any hope for insight.
This is a simple book about complex things- which turn out to be pretty simple. We must listen to and trust ourselves, and participate in our own lives, at their heart, now.
February 10, 2022
Verhaal waarin Dan zijn spirituele zoektocht vervolgd en op zoek gaat naar zijn teacher in Hawaï. Prachtig verhaal waarin vele spirituele inzichten zijn verwerkt. Het is een vervolg op de weg van de vreedzame krijger, het best kun je die eerst lezen.
July 4, 2024
Mama Chia healed me
February 19, 2021
I'm afraid that I have to agree with the people who think Millman discovered a large unexpected bill he had to pay.
I consciously forgave the first book - the unexplained gaps, the unbelievable connections, the convenient magic, the writing ... - because he really did have something to say about approaches to life.
But here ... Mr Millman seems to have fallen for his own publicity. He has written this second book out of the misguided conviction that we got through the first book because we cared about the adventures of D Millman Esq.
I, for one, do not.
By all means, tell us about chakras (although do it with more than some highly dramatic and magically-induced visions). Certainly, re-name Freud's Id, Ego and Super-Ego (and then tell us something useful about them). But do not imagine Mr Millman that we all bought this second book because we found your life story so rivetting, nor because your literary style was so captivating.
I would usually try to soften a critical review like this. Having seen though, the other titles in what is now a series, I suspect that the author reads these criticisms and cries all the way to the bank.
I consciously forgave the first book - the unexplained gaps, the unbelievable connections, the convenient magic, the writing ... - because he really did have something to say about approaches to life.
But here ... Mr Millman seems to have fallen for his own publicity. He has written this second book out of the misguided conviction that we got through the first book because we cared about the adventures of D Millman Esq.
I, for one, do not.
By all means, tell us about chakras (although do it with more than some highly dramatic and magically-induced visions). Certainly, re-name Freud's Id, Ego and Super-Ego (and then tell us something useful about them). But do not imagine Mr Millman that we all bought this second book because we found your life story so rivetting, nor because your literary style was so captivating.
I would usually try to soften a critical review like this. Having seen though, the other titles in what is now a series, I suspect that the author reads these criticisms and cries all the way to the bank.
September 2, 2010
I truly enjoyed the first book that I read by Dan Millman, Way of the Peaceful Warrior (and the movie is not bad either!), but this book was not as good. That being said (really written), I did like many aspects of this book. The only negative that I can think of is that while Mr. Millman is off in India and then Hawaii having all of these fantastical spiritual experiences, his wife and daughter who were living in Ohio at the time, had no idea where he was or if he was ever coming back. I know that he is sharing his spiritual experience with a wide readership because of these specific journeys, but it just makes me sad to think that such a spiritual man could leave his wife and daughter and search for his "spiritual family" instead of trying to remain in this reality and works things out with his family. Anyways, I believe that this is a very uplifting book in many ways and one that I know I will read again and again (especially for all of the precious quotes at the beginnings of chapters).
July 24, 2014
As always Dan Millman didn't disappoint me.
Although i feel like this book should be classified as fiction but it's full of morals and golden words one should think more about them.
these are parts from that great book:-
"we have no control in this life, no ability to stop the waves that come crashing down. we can only learn to surf those waves, embracing whatever comes and using it to grow. Accepting our strenghts and weeknesses, our foolishness and our love. Accepting everything. Doing what we can and flowing with the rest."
"The sacred journey is inside you; before you can find what you're looking for in the world, you have to find it within. Otherwise, a master may greet you, but you'll walk right past without hearing."
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every time i read a book for Dan Millman i realise one important thing: "it's never too late to change"
Although i feel like this book should be classified as fiction but it's full of morals and golden words one should think more about them.
these are parts from that great book:-
"we have no control in this life, no ability to stop the waves that come crashing down. we can only learn to surf those waves, embracing whatever comes and using it to grow. Accepting our strenghts and weeknesses, our foolishness and our love. Accepting everything. Doing what we can and flowing with the rest."
"The sacred journey is inside you; before you can find what you're looking for in the world, you have to find it within. Otherwise, a master may greet you, but you'll walk right past without hearing."
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every time i read a book for Dan Millman i realise one important thing: "it's never too late to change"
September 19, 2013
I have to admit, I had a bit of bias towards this series and this author, mostly because everyone I had ever met who had read these books (and told me about it) were pretty pompous, spiritually-bypassing men who were only interested in their own brand of spirituality (and lecturing me about it incessantly). I was pleasantly surprised when I actually dug into this and discovered a very powerful female spiritual figure, as well as authentic stories of facing fears and re-connecting with intuition and nature. It's a really sweet, heartfelt book that does not get too preachy. It's a great reminder of the many ways that we can connect with spirit and find beauty and teachings in every place, person and moment.
November 24, 2016
Sometimes when you read three books of the same author, and series in succession, the story can become predictable, and may even start to lose its meaning along the way. This however is not the case with the peaceful warrior journey, and in fact becomes more enlightened, and fulfilling with every spiritual truth that is revealed with your own deep understanding.
I hope that all who have dedicated themselves to a higher purpose beyond their own minds, read and share this with other souls, so the treasure that is held inside the heart will have a chance to open its eyes, and see the world for what it truly is, Love waiting to be discovered.
I hope that all who have dedicated themselves to a higher purpose beyond their own minds, read and share this with other souls, so the treasure that is held inside the heart will have a chance to open its eyes, and see the world for what it truly is, Love waiting to be discovered.
January 31, 2018
Boek over de ontdekkingsreis van de hoofdpersoon naar zichzelf, onder begeleiding van een vrouwelijke sjamaan op één van de eilanden van Hawaï. Grootste deel is een reis door de chakra’s van onderen naar boven. Veel mystieke blabla in een lelijke stijl, maar daar tussendoor ook wel mooie concepten.
De motto’s van dit verhaal in drie delen:
Deel 1: Hier gaat het om: elk moment bereid te zijn om wat we zijn op te geven voor wat we zouden kunnen zijn. Charles Dubois
Deel 2: De ware ontdekkingsreis is geen speurtocht naar nieuwe landschappen, maar het waarnemen met nieuwe ogen.’ Marcel Proust
Deel 3: Alles kun je doen met kleine voorzichtige stapjes. Maar er zijn momenten waarop je de moed moet kunnen opbrengen voor een grote sprong: een kloof kun je niet oversteken met twee kleine sprongetjes. David Lloyd George
Onzichtbaar is niet hetzelfde als denkbeeldig. Er zijn drie zelven: Basale Zelf, Bewuste Zelf en Hogere Zelf.
- Basale Zelf: het onderbewuste. In de buik. Kind. Handelen. Ongetemd, geen cultuur regels logica, wild, thuis in gevoel en lichaam. Speels, vitaliteit. Behoefte aan duiding en leiding. Behoefte aan veiligheid.
- Bewuste Zelf: bewustzijn, denken. In het hoofd. Machine, computer. Contemplatie. Objectief, vindt het kind hinderlijk. Structuur, beperkt. Schoonheid is een categorie. Lichaam is een noodzakelijke last, werktuig van de geest.
- Hogere Zelf: inspiratie, geloof. Aura rondom het lichaam. Behoefte aan opgaan in groter geheel.
‘Wat waar is voor mij, hoeft niet waar te zijn voor jou. Ik zeg je niet wat je moet geloven - ik laat je alleen in mijn ervaring delen. Ik zal je kunnen meenemen naar de rand en je de weg wijzen; dan hoef je alleen je ogen maar open te doen en te springen.’
Laten zien is beter dan vertellen.
Plannen zijn nuttig maar hecht je er niet aan; het leven zit boordevol verrassingen.
Het is niet de weg naar de vreedzame krijger; het is de reis van de vreedzame krijger, en de reis zelf maakt de krijger.
Ik hoor en vergeet, ik zie en onthoud, ik doe en begrijp.
Ik kan je helpen om van je ervaringen lessen te maken, en van je lessen wijsheid.
In mijn leven heb ik geleerd dat je je misschien, juist als het slechter lijkt te gaan, wel voorbereidt op een sprong voorwaarts.
Het Basale Zelf stuurt alleen harde boodschappen (pijn) als je de zachte - je intuïtie en je dromen - negeert.
Ik respecteer de plaats die de westerse geneeskunde en haar technologie inneemt, zei ze. Maar ik geloof dat de meeste artsen, net als hun patiënten, te zeer gecharmeerd zijn van de snelle verlichting van klachten door middel van medicijnen of operaties, in plaats van mensen te onderwijzen en inspireren in harmonie met de principes van de natuur, zodat ze hun gewoontes en manier van leven veranderen. De geneeskunde zal nog wel eens veranderen, voorspelde ze, als de mensen er eenmaal aan toe zijn.
Gedaanteverandering is de overdracht van bewustzijn, een vorm van diepgaande empathie.
Chakra’s en zelven:
- Onderste drie chakra’s: Basale Zelf. Overleven, creativiteit en macht.
- Macht = persoonlijk, over impulsen van basale zelf en de verlangens van het ego: discipline, plichtsgevoel, duidelijke bedoelingen, verantwoordelijkheid, concentratie, wilskracht...
- Stap van derde naar vierde chakra is stap van geluk zoeken naar geluk scheppen voor anderen: dienstbaarheid uit liefde.
‘Het - het was net een toch door de hel.’ ‘Alleen maar jouw hel, Dan - we scheppen allemaal onze eigen hel. (...) Krijgers gaan zonder aarzelen een confrontatie aan het hun demonen. (...) Kijk, Dan, wat zie je hier?’ ‘Het is anders’, zei ik. ‘Nee’, antwoordde ze, ‘jij bent anders.’ ‘Bedoel je dat ik met al mijn angsten heb afgerekend?’ vroeg ik. ‘Nee - je zult je angsten nog vaak in de ogen moeten kijken’ verzekerde ze. Misschien de angst om gevoelens te uiten, emoties te laten zien (...) of de angst om te falen, of om je mannetje te staan tegenover mensen die volgens jou beter of machtiger zijn dan jij. Angst zal bestaan zolang er een ego is - maar je relatie tot de angst is veranderd. Je zult je er nooit meer door laten overheersen; als ze komt, zul je weten hoe je ermee moet omgaan.’ ‘Als ik nergens bang voor was, zou dat miet gevaarlijk zijn?’ ‘Angst kan verlammend werken juist op het moment dat je moet handelen. Dat is pas gevaarlijk. (...) Angst is een uitstekende dienaar, maar een verschrikkelijke meester.’
Levensenergie versterkt alle menselijke vermogens, maar moet ook een uitweg vinden. Als zij blokkades tegenkomt, dan verbrandt zij: boosheid wordt woede, verdriet wordt wanhoop, etc. Als levensenergie niet bewust wordt gebruikt, dan zal het onderbewuste de energie laten ontsnappen in aanvallen van woede, wreedheid, nachtmerries, misdaad, eten of seks. Levensenergie is niet als geld met het leven als pretpark; als je energie verkwist voel je het keven wegvloeien en word je bevangen door verdriet. De vreedzame krijger wordt waarlijk mens door de energie meester te worden.
Schaduw van overleven is angst.
Schaduw van energie is verdriet.
Je kunt beter niet te zeer aan je leermeesters hechten. Verwar de verpakking niet met het geschenk zelf.
Ik bedacht dat we in dit leven geen macht hebben - dat we niet bij machte zijn de golven die op ons neerstorten, tegen te houden. We kunnen alleen leren op die golven mee te rijden , te omarmen wat komen gaat en het gebruiken om verder te groeien. Onszelf te aanvaarden. Alles te aanvaarden.
De motto’s van dit verhaal in drie delen:
Deel 1: Hier gaat het om: elk moment bereid te zijn om wat we zijn op te geven voor wat we zouden kunnen zijn. Charles Dubois
Deel 2: De ware ontdekkingsreis is geen speurtocht naar nieuwe landschappen, maar het waarnemen met nieuwe ogen.’ Marcel Proust
Deel 3: Alles kun je doen met kleine voorzichtige stapjes. Maar er zijn momenten waarop je de moed moet kunnen opbrengen voor een grote sprong: een kloof kun je niet oversteken met twee kleine sprongetjes. David Lloyd George
Onzichtbaar is niet hetzelfde als denkbeeldig. Er zijn drie zelven: Basale Zelf, Bewuste Zelf en Hogere Zelf.
- Basale Zelf: het onderbewuste. In de buik. Kind. Handelen. Ongetemd, geen cultuur regels logica, wild, thuis in gevoel en lichaam. Speels, vitaliteit. Behoefte aan duiding en leiding. Behoefte aan veiligheid.
- Bewuste Zelf: bewustzijn, denken. In het hoofd. Machine, computer. Contemplatie. Objectief, vindt het kind hinderlijk. Structuur, beperkt. Schoonheid is een categorie. Lichaam is een noodzakelijke last, werktuig van de geest.
- Hogere Zelf: inspiratie, geloof. Aura rondom het lichaam. Behoefte aan opgaan in groter geheel.
‘Wat waar is voor mij, hoeft niet waar te zijn voor jou. Ik zeg je niet wat je moet geloven - ik laat je alleen in mijn ervaring delen. Ik zal je kunnen meenemen naar de rand en je de weg wijzen; dan hoef je alleen je ogen maar open te doen en te springen.’
Laten zien is beter dan vertellen.
Plannen zijn nuttig maar hecht je er niet aan; het leven zit boordevol verrassingen.
Het is niet de weg naar de vreedzame krijger; het is de reis van de vreedzame krijger, en de reis zelf maakt de krijger.
Ik hoor en vergeet, ik zie en onthoud, ik doe en begrijp.
Ik kan je helpen om van je ervaringen lessen te maken, en van je lessen wijsheid.
In mijn leven heb ik geleerd dat je je misschien, juist als het slechter lijkt te gaan, wel voorbereidt op een sprong voorwaarts.
Het Basale Zelf stuurt alleen harde boodschappen (pijn) als je de zachte - je intuïtie en je dromen - negeert.
Ik respecteer de plaats die de westerse geneeskunde en haar technologie inneemt, zei ze. Maar ik geloof dat de meeste artsen, net als hun patiënten, te zeer gecharmeerd zijn van de snelle verlichting van klachten door middel van medicijnen of operaties, in plaats van mensen te onderwijzen en inspireren in harmonie met de principes van de natuur, zodat ze hun gewoontes en manier van leven veranderen. De geneeskunde zal nog wel eens veranderen, voorspelde ze, als de mensen er eenmaal aan toe zijn.
Gedaanteverandering is de overdracht van bewustzijn, een vorm van diepgaande empathie.
Chakra’s en zelven:
- Onderste drie chakra’s: Basale Zelf. Overleven, creativiteit en macht.
- Macht = persoonlijk, over impulsen van basale zelf en de verlangens van het ego: discipline, plichtsgevoel, duidelijke bedoelingen, verantwoordelijkheid, concentratie, wilskracht...
- Stap van derde naar vierde chakra is stap van geluk zoeken naar geluk scheppen voor anderen: dienstbaarheid uit liefde.
‘Het - het was net een toch door de hel.’ ‘Alleen maar jouw hel, Dan - we scheppen allemaal onze eigen hel. (...) Krijgers gaan zonder aarzelen een confrontatie aan het hun demonen. (...) Kijk, Dan, wat zie je hier?’ ‘Het is anders’, zei ik. ‘Nee’, antwoordde ze, ‘jij bent anders.’ ‘Bedoel je dat ik met al mijn angsten heb afgerekend?’ vroeg ik. ‘Nee - je zult je angsten nog vaak in de ogen moeten kijken’ verzekerde ze. Misschien de angst om gevoelens te uiten, emoties te laten zien (...) of de angst om te falen, of om je mannetje te staan tegenover mensen die volgens jou beter of machtiger zijn dan jij. Angst zal bestaan zolang er een ego is - maar je relatie tot de angst is veranderd. Je zult je er nooit meer door laten overheersen; als ze komt, zul je weten hoe je ermee moet omgaan.’ ‘Als ik nergens bang voor was, zou dat miet gevaarlijk zijn?’ ‘Angst kan verlammend werken juist op het moment dat je moet handelen. Dat is pas gevaarlijk. (...) Angst is een uitstekende dienaar, maar een verschrikkelijke meester.’
Levensenergie versterkt alle menselijke vermogens, maar moet ook een uitweg vinden. Als zij blokkades tegenkomt, dan verbrandt zij: boosheid wordt woede, verdriet wordt wanhoop, etc. Als levensenergie niet bewust wordt gebruikt, dan zal het onderbewuste de energie laten ontsnappen in aanvallen van woede, wreedheid, nachtmerries, misdaad, eten of seks. Levensenergie is niet als geld met het leven als pretpark; als je energie verkwist voel je het keven wegvloeien en word je bevangen door verdriet. De vreedzame krijger wordt waarlijk mens door de energie meester te worden.
Schaduw van overleven is angst.
Schaduw van energie is verdriet.
Je kunt beter niet te zeer aan je leermeesters hechten. Verwar de verpakking niet met het geschenk zelf.
Ik bedacht dat we in dit leven geen macht hebben - dat we niet bij machte zijn de golven die op ons neerstorten, tegen te houden. We kunnen alleen leren op die golven mee te rijden , te omarmen wat komen gaat en het gebruiken om verder te groeien. Onszelf te aanvaarden. Alles te aanvaarden.
March 10, 2014
Un livre qui est tombé entre mes mains au bon moment, dans un moment de recherche, de doute, d'acceptation...
Des mots des phrases des paroles .. qui ont touché le fin fond de mon esprit
et en fin de tous compte .........."qu'impote tous cela .. qu'importe"
,,,,,,,
a lire et a relire .. a vivre !
Des mots des phrases des paroles .. qui ont touché le fin fond de mon esprit
et en fin de tous compte .........."qu'impote tous cela .. qu'importe"
,,,,,,,
a lire et a relire .. a vivre !
February 3, 2014
I enjoyed this follow up to the first book and I enjoyed it even more because it's set in Hawaii and his mentor in an old woman. The Whitehorse public library carries it. It's an easy read and a nice journey of inner-reflection :)
June 10, 2014
Just finished the book.
It made me cry but it filled me up with joy. The type of joy that comes along with a craving feeling of wanting to become a better person and to find piece in my heart, to be able to love more and hate less, to be different than others.
It made me cry but it filled me up with joy. The type of joy that comes along with a craving feeling of wanting to become a better person and to find piece in my heart, to be able to love more and hate less, to be different than others.
July 21, 2014
I have read this book over and over again, and recently gave it to my 14 yr old grandson to read. It is a fun story, wrapped up in solid basic rules for navigating life. I've enjoyed most of Millman's books. They inspire me, without being preachy.
December 28, 2014
Becoming the peaceful warrior equals being a more productive individual!
In Book #2 of series... Overcoming all life's challenges, as a peaceful warrior just makes more sense in today's challenging and competitive world.
In Book #2 of series... Overcoming all life's challenges, as a peaceful warrior just makes more sense in today's challenging and competitive world.
July 8, 2015
This book is amazing. The message is universal and it speaks to each of us differently.
Recommend it for anyone who is ready to receive its message.
I've been giving it to close friends to read, who I think would get something from it.
Recommend it for anyone who is ready to receive its message.
I've been giving it to close friends to read, who I think would get something from it.
January 4, 2016
Incredible author with an incredible message. Though I admit fiction bores me and parts of this book though fictional, helps one understand oneself beyond the four dimensions. Definitely recommend…a must read to connect within.
June 14, 2010
Eh. Learn who you are on your own time.
November 3, 2014
#AwesomeBook Anyone whose been to HI or planning to go should read it!
February 10, 2015
Brilliant book - a fictional story that delves into multiple spiritual understandings and truths - a brilliant teacher!
June 30, 2015
One of those books that helped steer me in the right direction, at the right time.
January 5, 2016
This man got it.
Loved the adventure and the insights I got from it.
Loved the adventure and the insights I got from it.
February 10, 2019
"The important thing is this: To be ready at any moment to sacrifice what you are for what you could become." - Charles Dubois
BOOK EXCERPTS
- To really help people, you first need to understand them - but you can't someone until you understand yourself. Know yourself; prepare yourself; develop the clarity, the courage, and the sensitivity to exert the right leverage, in the right place, at the right time. Then act.
- I once knew a man who climbed up to a mountaintop and reached up to God. He stretched his arms to heaven and cried, 'Fill me full of light! I'm ready. I'm waiting!' The voice of God answered him, and said, 'I'm always filling you with light - but you keep leaking!'
- Until we clear these issues and master ourselves, our lives reflect a constant struggle to bridge the chasm between knowing what to do and actually doing it.
- Accept yourself and just serve. Serve out of duty until you can serve out of love - without attachment to the results. And when you'd be content to spend a hundred lifetimes - or an eternity - serving others, you no longer need to practice a way, because you've become the Way.
- The first step to change, she said, is accepting where you are right now. Completely accept your process. Negative judgments about yourself only hold the patterns in place...
- These men had nothing left to had. They weren't trying to look good or save face. They had dropped their social masks, allowing me to drop mine, too.
- Mama Chia, however, without missing a single limping step, walked over to a nearby starfish, bent over, picked it up, walked to the water's edge, and placed it in the water. She then walked back and picked up another little star, and returned the creature to the sea. Completely overwhelmed by the sheen numbers of starfish, I said, "Mama Chia, there are so many - how can what you're doing make any difference?" She looked up at me for a moment as she lowered another starfish into the sea. "It makes a difference to this one," she replied.
- The earth has been the school for most human souls, but our souls are not yet completely of this earth. We have been schooled elsewhere; there are things we just know without knowing how we know - things we recognize, as if this is a refresher course, and we are most definitely here on a service mission.
- This is what Mama Chia taught me: We cannot always do great things in life, but we can do small things with great love.
- And I understood that everything she had shown me came to this: Live until you die.
- ...the words of George Bernard Shaw came to me..."I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoin in life for its own sake. Life is no 'brief candle' to me; it is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible -"
- Now I understood the Taoist saying "He who says does not know; he who knows does not say"
- There is no way to peace; / Peace is the Way. / There is no way to happiness; / Happiness is the Way. / There is no way to love; / Love is the Way.
- I remembered a story about Aldous Huxley. In his later years, a friend once asked him, "Professor Huxley, after all your spiritual studies and practice, what have you learned?" With a twinkle in his eye, Aldous answered, "Perhaps...to be a little kinder."
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BONUS
Dan Millman Tedx talk:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MDL85fz...
December 27, 2018
Lovely read . I really did enjoy.After meeting his spiritual teacher and following her instructions He has spiritual visions where he progresses through goes through various levels or stages of the experience of love . These levels correspond with the chakras so at the 2nd level the love is nothing but gratifying sex desire---- a selfish taking
at the 3rd level an element of service appears in the love but a reward is still desired
at the 4th level the service becomes selfless , purified of all desire fro a reward
etc
This book is certainly NOT a book of teachings to be followed . It is just an enjoyable fiction read . Just pure imagination of the author ....If I were to classify the teachings Id say they are more psychological than spiritual .That is there are no systematic spiritual exercises given by a mystic adept top be followed daily . (Im spoiled because I am www.rssb.org and we have such a comprehensive scientific technique for waking up from this dream to higher levels that I am not impressed by anything less...)
Practically a reader may walk away with some healthy psychological advise with a vague idea that of stilling of personal thoughts and desires can lead one to experience a happier state of mind, and that this world is a big school where every day we meet the lord in all people and learn the lesson that we are all one being and that LOVE is to realize our oneness and act accordingly .
4.5 stars (rounded to 5) with my high recommendation if you want an enjoyable well written adventure with some healthy effect on your mind .
at the 3rd level an element of service appears in the love but a reward is still desired
at the 4th level the service becomes selfless , purified of all desire fro a reward
etc
This book is certainly NOT a book of teachings to be followed . It is just an enjoyable fiction read . Just pure imagination of the author ....If I were to classify the teachings Id say they are more psychological than spiritual .That is there are no systematic spiritual exercises given by a mystic adept top be followed daily . (Im spoiled because I am www.rssb.org and we have such a comprehensive scientific technique for waking up from this dream to higher levels that I am not impressed by anything less...)
Practically a reader may walk away with some healthy psychological advise with a vague idea that of stilling of personal thoughts and desires can lead one to experience a happier state of mind, and that this world is a big school where every day we meet the lord in all people and learn the lesson that we are all one being and that LOVE is to realize our oneness and act accordingly .
4.5 stars (rounded to 5) with my high recommendation if you want an enjoyable well written adventure with some healthy effect on your mind .
May 28, 2021
To be honest, my opinion of this book wavered back and forth as I read it. Whilst it finished strong and I took away lessons that were both meaningful and insightful for me personally, I couldn't help but be a little perplexed for the first half of the book as I felt Dan could not have possibly been as naive borderline ignorant at that point in his journey (upon meeting Mama Chia) and throughout his initiation and path into finding the three selves and in evolving past the third floor after all he had already been through. It was well written. It was inspired and I am grateful to Hal and Linda Kramer and particularly to Dan Millman for putting the series out into the universe and into our collective consciousness. I am just not sure how well the two books mesh together. I would imagine the vast majority of readers myself included prefer Way of the Peaceful Warrior to Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior, but that only means that Dan Millman did such a brilliant job with the first book that ultimately the second would always fall shorter. Thus, my criticism shouldn't take away from what they achieved in sum total. I rate the first book 5 stars and the 2nd 4 stars (only just). Both are valuable at any rate.
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