Dan marries Linda, but the marriage fails. Next, Socrates begins to train Dan physically, making him run, correcting his poise and breath, practice tai chi, meditation and aikido and refine his gymnastics.ĭan graduates and Socrates decides to part ways with him, as Dan must travel his path on his own. Socrates instructs Dan to take up celibacy, consume only light food and avoid intoxicating substances.ĭan is frustrated, and even fails once, but resumes. Socrates takes Dan to a café, owned by his former disciple, Joseph, who serves simple food. Socrates arrives and accelerates Dan's healing process. Dan becomes besotted with Socrates's other protégée, a mysterious girl named Joy, who keeps turning up, unpredictably.Ī few weeks later, Dan suffers an accident, where his right leg is badly fractured.
Socrates tells Dan that he should eliminate attachments and live in the present, but warns him that it would be a painful journey.
Socrates begins his initiation, by showing Dan visions of his whole life his purpose the world and "re arranges" the young man's mind. Dan keeps a diary and is surprised that his mind is so troubled, that he is used to it. Socrates ridicules Dan, pointing out that he is trapped in the illusions created by his mind, causing Dan so much trouble. Dan begins to meet Socrates on a regular basis, and is interested in his philosophy. Surprised that he could move so quickly, Dan strikes up a conversation with the old man, and calls him Socrates. One particular night, Dan heads out to an all night gas station, where he meets the same old man from his dreams.ĭan, nervous, leaves immediately, but as he turns back, he sees the man standing on the roof. In front of him is Death, about to claim his life, when an old man appears out of nowhere and confronts Death. The story begins when Dan experiences a series of nightmares, where he is in a dark lane.
The attendant, whom Millman names Socrates, becomes a father figure and teaches Millman how to become a "peaceful warrior".ĭan is a world-class trampolining gymnast attending college at the University of California, Berkeley. The story tells of a chance meeting with a service station attendant who becomes a spiritual teacher to the young gymnast, Dan Millman. In early 2006, a film based on the novel, Peaceful Warrior, was released.
The book initially had only modest sales, before Hal Kramer came out of retirement to republish the book, from the H. The book has been a bestseller in many countries since its first publication in 1980. Way of the Peaceful Warrior is a part-fictional, part-autobiographical book based upon the early life of the author Dan Millman.
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