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 Jour...

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 wa...

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. Soc...

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 complete...

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....

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 o...

If you've read Dan's infamous book, Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives, then you'll naturally progress to this book, which happens about 3/4ths of the way thru WOTPW. That being said, it doesn't have the same vibrant PUNCH that WOTPW does. Don't get me wrong - I think this book is 100% worth reading, especially if you enjoy Dan's other books, but I don't think this is the most interesting book that he's written. If you don't know much about the chakras, or you're looking to u...

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...

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 t...

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

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

I should say, even though this book is more like a fiction book interconnected with the events of Dan's life, I liked it a lot and all those characters in the book truly became a part of myself.It is quite hard to think of this book without being acquainted with Socrates's life first and then reading 85% of the original "The Way of The Peaceful Warrior" book. I did just that. And I enjoyed it so much.I cannot help but express a deep feeling of gratitude to the author of all these fine books. Tha...

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

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 :)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

#AwesomeBook Anyone whose been to HI or planning to go should read it!

Brilliant book - a fictional story that delves into multiple spiritual understandings and truths - a brilliant teacher!

One of those books that helped steer me in the right direction, at the right time.

This man got it. Loved the adventure and the insights I got from it.

"The important thing is this: To be ready at any moment to sacrifice what you are for what you could become." - Charles DuboisBOOK 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 stret...

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

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

What an incredible journey it is! From the beginning to the end this book is quite a fascinating adventure. An awesome continuation of the journey. How our daily life is our training ground. How to find peace in the heart and happiness in day to day activities. How to face fears and re-connect with nature. This book gives answers to some questions that arose in Way of the peaceful warrior. Way of The Peaceful Warrior was so good that it wasn't easy to keep up that standard in a sequel. I wasn't

Pretty nice read. It contains an interesting story, with a lot of uplifting information and details about the intricacies of what Dan Millman calls "The 3 selves": the Basic Self, the Conscious Self and the Higher Self. These concepts can be mapped to similar ideas from different philosophies and teachings, most notably the concept of energetic centers or chakras known in eastern schools.If you loved the stories about Socrates from the first book and was left wanting for more, as it happened to

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 a...

Although a work of fiction, this book contains plenty of situations in which one should simply let go of expectations, or how to deal with that little saboteur in every human's head.Judging from a literary stand point, it's probably not the most fluid narrative. There are many things that don't quite seem to make sense. Fortunately, I started Dan Millman's work with this volume, so there were a lot of things that didn't make sense and sometimes got lost in the narrative. Still, I was simply capt...