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Show Author says life brought rewards, but not peace' By CHERIE HUBER The Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Mi 11 man is an unusual book. Dan Millman, as he says in the prefece to the book, was raised by a loving family in a secure environment. envir-onment. He was later to win the World Trampoline Championship in London, to travel through Europe and to receive many honors. "Life brought rewards, but no lasting peace or satisfaction," he says. Then he met a man whose name he never learned but whom he came to call Socrates. Socrates became his friend and mentor and brought Millman an awakening to life. "I never suspected that I would have to learn how to live-that there were specific disciplines and ways of seeing see-ing the world I had to master before I could awaken to a simple happy uncomplicated life," Millman says. Socrates showed Millman the error of his ways by contrasting them with his own way, The Way of the Peaceful Warrior. The book itself is a novel but based on Millman's adventures with Socrates. "Life is not a private affair. A story and its lessons are only made j useful if shared."Millman shares his adventures and his hard-learned lessons with the reader. In one section of the book Socrates explains to Millman, "If you don't get" what you want, you suffer, if you get what you don't want, you suffer, even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold onto it forever, Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change, free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is a law. And no amount of pretending will alter that reality. ' ' As a novel Way of the Peaceful Warrior is not really all mat exciting. ex-citing. As a reference for some very ' good quotes and short stories to use in a talk or presentation, the book is very useful. One reading is not enough. This is a book to be studied rather than just read. Way of the Peaceful. Warrior: A Book that Changes Lives published by H. J. Kramer, first came out in paperback in 1984. |
