The Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives

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Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body."

Your fears are not walls, but hurdles. Courage is not the absence of fear, but the conquering of it."I'm going to keep this one short, or at least try to, because, to put it simply, this book was a huge disappointment.

Well, it's all of those things and quite a few more. Because it is a true story and true stories are part of life and don't fit into neat categories."Mind - an illusory reflection of cerebral fidgeting. It is all the random, uncontrolled thoughts that bubble into awareness from the subconscious. An obstruction; an aggravation; a kind of an evolutionary mistake in the human being; a primal weakness in the human experiment. I have no use for the mind. Although you are not your mind, we mostly live under the illusion that we are our minds. This is Plato's Allegory of the Cave. What your mind throws up is not reality - it is simply a representation of reality. We then focus our awareness on to that representation (the shadows of Plato's cave) and hey presto, the illusion that we are our mind. There is no need to search; achievement leads to nowhere. It makes no difference at all, so just be happy now! Love is the only reality of the world, because it is all One, you see. And the only laws are paradox, humor and change. There is no problem, never was, and never will be. Release your struggle, let go of your mind, throw away your concerns, and relax into the world. No need to resist life, just do your best. Open your eyes and see that you are far more than you imagine. You are the world, you are the universe; you are yourself and everyone else, too! It's all the marvelous Play of God. Wake up, regain your humor. Don't worry, just be happy. You are already free!”

This is called reactive living. This is where they have no conscious choice over their behavior and are slaves to their old habits. Nonetheless, the old-man keeps Dan at a distance, by telling him to start looking answers somewhere else for the time being. Awareness comes before the mind. In fact, the only reason there is a mind to begin with is because you grant awareness to the thoughts. Thought experiment: Change your clothes and the music you listen to, are you still you? Yes. Cut off your leg, are you still you? Yes. Change your behaviour and are you still you? Yes. Change your opinions, are you still you? Yes.Use whatever knowledge you have but see it’s limitations. Knowledge alone does not suffice; it has no heart. No amount of knowledge will nourish or sustain your spirit; it can never bring you ultimate happiness or peace. Life requires more than knowledge, it requires intense feeling and constant energy. Life demands right action if knowledge is to come alive.” It is better for you to take responsibility for your life as it is, instead of blaming others, or circumstances, for your predicament. As your eyes open, you'll see that your state of health, happiness, and every circumstance of your life has been, in large part, arranged by you - consciously or unconsciously.” The mind is an incessant internal narrative of images, sounds and feelings which act to distract you from the only thing that exists; the here and now.