REVIEW: Dan Millman – Way of the Peaceful Warrior
Dan Millman’s “Way of the Peaceful Warrior” is a fascinating, autobiographical novel, but the book itself has had an almost mystical history. It was published first back in 1980 to underwhelming success and immediately went out-of-print. Someone gave a copy to a retired publisher who republished it in 1983. With no budget for marketing. This time it caught on by word-of mouth, became a huge success and is now a spiritual classic, read in 20 languages.
Before Dan entered The University of California at Berkley, his life had been one of achievement. He was a gifted athlete and later went on to win the World Trampoline Championship in London. In spite of all the success, Millman was always haunted by the feeling that something was missing from his life. He was plagued by nightmares.
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Socrates put it in slightly different terms: “It looks as if I’m going to have to transform a jackass into a human being”.
The following spiritual odyssey is 3D with special effects. There are fantasy flights, epic battles and always the wisdom and mischief of Socrates. Even after his final disappearance, Soc manages to manifest himself at Dan and Joy’s wedding. Dan had always kept with him, Socrates card: “ Specializing in Paradox, Humor and Change… Emergencies Only!” but this time, the card had changed. In place of “Emergencies Only”,was a single word, glowing brighter than the rest. it said HAPPINESS. His wedding gift!
The final message for Peaceful Warrior is that: “What matters is compassion, taking ourselves less seriously, and waking up to the gift of life in each passing moment”
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