Dan Millman's Way Of The Peaceful Warrior
“ To shine upon those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death , To guide our feet into the way of peace.” Luke 1:79 In Dan Millman’s Way of the Peaceful Warrior the main character has taken this amazing journey with Socrates. Where the protagonist has learned much about himself and how he has faced life , dealing with his emotion , action and his perception of life itself. In this novel Millman has taken Dan on this journey to find himself and grow to become that peaceful warrior. In the Bible verse above it talks about to become a person who shines in a world of darkness ,and let wisdom of God guid us in a way of peace and understanding, and though out Dan’s whole journey that is exactly what he is doing become a seeker of light.
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The protagonist has lived in a world of darkness and Socrates is guiding his feet into a way of peace just like Luke stated in the Bible. In the last chapters of the novel it talks about the Garden of Eve and a green house. In both of theses scenes it talks about how bright and vibrant the place is and the tempter and how dan feels Bright,And everything so clear, and later in the last chapter the Gates Open in Millman’s novel is the chapter where the protagonist faces his last task and finally becomes that peaceful warrior full of happiness , joy and understand of the world and what his place is in it. In the Final chapter The Gates Open Dan goes on a hike with Socrates that will finally end his eight year search of find what it is to become a peaceful warrior. the point of this hike and the finally test for dan is to become a seeker of light and become a peaceful warrior. and that is what Soc has told him “ only those few warriors who see the light , who cut , surrendering everything , can laugh into eternity. and so will you , my friend” ( Millman196). What Soc does here is give Dan that hope that he will finish his journey. Dan's last journey begins by him run back inside of a cave and Soc crushing Dan’s head from behind and finally shattering it and his teacher last words to him were “ this is your final journey” (Millman197). Why this is such a critical part of his journey reason being that this is the moment Dan finally realized what he was part and what his illusion had been. Dan MIllman had to die to come that peaceful warrior. He had lived his life in fear . And when Dan died and he laid at the bottom of the cave it all made senses . That he was a part of everything around him. Dan has never been separated with nature. In this moment Dan had realized that he had spent his whole life trying become somebody . When little did he know he was a somebody but just in a fearing mind and mortal body. “ … the earth , the sky .The sun , the trees , the lakes I realized it was all Me… Dan Millman had struggled become somebody …Dan millman had been somebody in a fearful mind and a total body” (Millman 199) . This is the fear Dan had to over come the obstacle that was in his way and taking over him and when the protagonist did this that is when he found that inner peace and his and Soc’s jouney had been complete. In the novel the Millman also writes about the garden of Eden.
“ Eden, Garden. The beautiful garden containing the tree of life, where God intended Adam and Eve to live in peaceful and contented innocence, effortlessly reaping the fruits of the Earth” This garden is made in an image of heaven in being full of peace and harmony a place where happiness and joy are. When Dan takes this mind trip to the Garden of Eden Dan describes it to be a place full of colorful flowers and surrounded by new smells. Dan talks about this garden as a place that is vibrate and alive. “ colorful flowers tower around me , I'm surrounded by new smells” ( Millman158). While Dan was in this garden he experienced the same thing as Adam and Eve did when God created this garden for them a place filled with so much peace and understanding. A place where they are free and judgment free, but then Dan comes back from this mind trip and lads face down on Soc’s yellow rug. The color yellow represents joy, happiness, imagination, hope,and friendship. When Dan came back from the Garden of Eden he experienced something so unexplainable that when he woke up he was full of joy , happiness and hope . When he realized that it was gone he quickly told Soc how he wants to return. This is a mind trip that Dan experienced the awaking of the mind. Becoming a namer and a knower someone who looks for facts in life to learn what is in and can pin point certain aspects of it . Instead of Dan is placed in …show more content…
front of him he has become a knower and a namer . “ you fell from grace when you began thinking, when you became a knower and a namer” ( Millman158). This follows the same concept that happen to Adam and Even. As soon as the pair took a bite from the Evil tree their minds had been open they became knowers and namers to what was in the garden instead of enjoying what God had given to them. Later on the book talks about the Green House.
A Green House a building, room, or area, usually chiefly of glass, where the temperature is maintained within a desired range. Soc and Dan both enter the green house and on this green house full of all kinds of plants. “ you've become bored with things because they only exist as names to yo. The dry concepts of the mind occurs your direct perception” ( milkman 159). Soc explains to Dan that when as a kid entering a green house as a child would full our eyes and mind with so much excitement and enjoyment as if witnessing it for the very first time. Why because a child doesn't sit there and pin points everything children live in the moment and enjoy everything they meet. Later on Dan explained the inside of the green house as a geodesic dome “ Plexiglas canopy of the geodesic dome” ( Millman 159). A geodesic dome is . “a dome constructed of short struts following geodesic lines and forming an open framework of triangles or polygons.” In the same way this green house is an image of Dans mind. The geodesic shape and be like the human brain, also the brain does the same as a green house. A green house absorbs the sun to help plants grow. Our brains absorb the facts of the world to expand the knowledge of concepts in the brain. This is what dan is doing he is becoming a knower and a namer, take the facts of the world and absorbing them turning them to knowledge. “ life requires more than knowledge; it requires intense
feeling and constant energy” (Millman 19). Soc is teaching Dan that he needs to open up his mind like a child a gain and to live in these moments, also through that creates wisdom that a peaceful warrior needs. Through the end of the book we as a class went on a mind trip together where I had to walk down road and describe this road and how I felt about it. on this road I began to imagine I saw a curvy road a head of me and made of stones. and walking down this path it was bright and sunny I felt the sun kiss my face with its warmth, also there was a lots of plants and flowers around this path and all bloomed and beautiful.As I walked down this path I didn't feel scared or nervous but I felt safe and confidante and excited to see where this curvy path road would be leading me and that this road was going to take me somewhere safe a secure. As I was talking this mind trip I was thinking what does this all mean . and when it came to the end I found out the road means my path of life. and in mind my path of life I am still searching for who I am but I am not afraid of the path I am taking , but feel safe in it I saw flowers plant and the warmth of the sun surrounding me on this stone path. To me the sun represented God and his light shining on my journey on the path that I am talking . And with him I feel that comfort that joy and excitement to find out where it is going lead me. On this mind trip right next to me on the path I saw a beautiful cottage home , and the stone path lead me to the home but before I entered I saw a little wooden fence with an arch you had to walk through and on it was leaves and flowers and vines hanging on it I looked so pretty. then walked through the stone path lead me through the cottage home garden full of all different types of flowers you could only imagine, sunflowers , daisies , peonies ,lilies, and so many flowers full of vibrant colors all around the cottage home that made it much more beautiful. and I walk up the little stair to the home i opened a beautiful wooden carved door and inside was a home that was designed beautifully. the interior of the home was as big and beautiful as the outside was. The building represents my belief and how strong it is. For me when I realized this I was like wow this is so interesting because this part of walking down the path was so detailed and felt so real. This showed my belief and how strong it is. When I reached the end of the mind trip I was too looked out into the horizon and describe what I saw and felt and what I saw was my family , friends and all the people who I cared about out on a garden . All of them talking hanging out the kids messing with the flowers and playing. All of them where waiting for me to come join them . I felt so much peace and love just by looking at them and thinking that this road had brought me to a place where I knew it would somewhere so safe and peaceful. this part of the mind trip represents the end of my life. and what i saw was happiness and love. i saw all the people i cared about and all of us together , and that is exactly how I want my end full of life to be full of love and happiness. Reading Way of a Peaceful Warrior and reading about Dan’s journey in becoming a peaceful warrior, through all the mind trips the lesson and obstacles . Dan became a seeker of light . And how Soc had guided him through the journey , but it was Dan that had to learn and finally let go of hid old self to rebirth the new Dan who will finally understand the world around him. Going on a mind trip of my own in class kind of showed me what Dan went through to understand his life and meaning. The mind trip connected me with him. A through this I was able to see part of what it is like to be a peaceful warrior so full of love happiness and know that you are part of everything around you .
The protagonist has lived in a world of darkness and Socrates is guiding his feet into a way of peace just like Luke stated in the Bible. In the last chapters of the novel it talks about the Garden of Eve and a green house. In both of theses scenes it talks about how bright and vibrant the place is and the tempter and how dan feels Bright,And everything so clear, and later in the last chapter the Gates Open in Millman’s novel is the chapter where the protagonist faces his last task and finally becomes that peaceful warrior full of happiness , joy and understand of the world and what his place is in it. In the Final chapter The Gates Open Dan goes on a hike with Socrates that will finally end his eight year search of find what it is to become a peaceful warrior. the point of this hike and the finally test for dan is to become a seeker of light and become a peaceful warrior. and that is what Soc has told him “ only those few warriors who see the light , who cut , surrendering everything , can laugh into eternity. and so will you , my friend” ( Millman196). What Soc does here is give Dan that hope that he will finish his journey. Dan's last journey begins by him run back inside of a cave and Soc crushing Dan’s head from behind and finally shattering it and his teacher last words to him were “ this is your final journey” (Millman197). Why this is such a critical part of his journey reason being that this is the moment Dan finally realized what he was part and what his illusion had been. Dan MIllman had to die to come that peaceful warrior. He had lived his life in fear . And when Dan died and he laid at the bottom of the cave it all made senses . That he was a part of everything around him. Dan has never been separated with nature. In this moment Dan had realized that he had spent his whole life trying become somebody . When little did he know he was a somebody but just in a fearing mind and mortal body. “ … the earth , the sky .The sun , the trees , the lakes I realized it was all Me… Dan Millman had struggled become somebody …Dan millman had been somebody in a fearful mind and a total body” (Millman 199) . This is the fear Dan had to over come the obstacle that was in his way and taking over him and when the protagonist did this that is when he found that inner peace and his and Soc’s jouney had been complete. In the novel the Millman also writes about the garden of Eden.
“ Eden, Garden. The beautiful garden containing the tree of life, where God intended Adam and Eve to live in peaceful and contented innocence, effortlessly reaping the fruits of the Earth” This garden is made in an image of heaven in being full of peace and harmony a place where happiness and joy are. When Dan takes this mind trip to the Garden of Eden Dan describes it to be a place full of colorful flowers and surrounded by new smells. Dan talks about this garden as a place that is vibrate and alive. “ colorful flowers tower around me , I'm surrounded by new smells” ( Millman158). While Dan was in this garden he experienced the same thing as Adam and Eve did when God created this garden for them a place filled with so much peace and understanding. A place where they are free and judgment free, but then Dan comes back from this mind trip and lads face down on Soc’s yellow rug. The color yellow represents joy, happiness, imagination, hope,and friendship. When Dan came back from the Garden of Eden he experienced something so unexplainable that when he woke up he was full of joy , happiness and hope . When he realized that it was gone he quickly told Soc how he wants to return. This is a mind trip that Dan experienced the awaking of the mind. Becoming a namer and a knower someone who looks for facts in life to learn what is in and can pin point certain aspects of it . Instead of Dan is placed in …show more content…
front of him he has become a knower and a namer . “ you fell from grace when you began thinking, when you became a knower and a namer” ( Millman158). This follows the same concept that happen to Adam and Even. As soon as the pair took a bite from the Evil tree their minds had been open they became knowers and namers to what was in the garden instead of enjoying what God had given to them. Later on the book talks about the Green House.
A Green House a building, room, or area, usually chiefly of glass, where the temperature is maintained within a desired range. Soc and Dan both enter the green house and on this green house full of all kinds of plants. “ you've become bored with things because they only exist as names to yo. The dry concepts of the mind occurs your direct perception” ( milkman 159). Soc explains to Dan that when as a kid entering a green house as a child would full our eyes and mind with so much excitement and enjoyment as if witnessing it for the very first time. Why because a child doesn't sit there and pin points everything children live in the moment and enjoy everything they meet. Later on Dan explained the inside of the green house as a geodesic dome “ Plexiglas canopy of the geodesic dome” ( Millman 159). A geodesic dome is . “a dome constructed of short struts following geodesic lines and forming an open framework of triangles or polygons.” In the same way this green house is an image of Dans mind. The geodesic shape and be like the human brain, also the brain does the same as a green house. A green house absorbs the sun to help plants grow. Our brains absorb the facts of the world to expand the knowledge of concepts in the brain. This is what dan is doing he is becoming a knower and a namer, take the facts of the world and absorbing them turning them to knowledge. “ life requires more than knowledge; it requires intense
feeling and constant energy” (Millman 19). Soc is teaching Dan that he needs to open up his mind like a child a gain and to live in these moments, also through that creates wisdom that a peaceful warrior needs. Through the end of the book we as a class went on a mind trip together where I had to walk down road and describe this road and how I felt about it. on this road I began to imagine I saw a curvy road a head of me and made of stones. and walking down this path it was bright and sunny I felt the sun kiss my face with its warmth, also there was a lots of plants and flowers around this path and all bloomed and beautiful.As I walked down this path I didn't feel scared or nervous but I felt safe and confidante and excited to see where this curvy path road would be leading me and that this road was going to take me somewhere safe a secure. As I was talking this mind trip I was thinking what does this all mean . and when it came to the end I found out the road means my path of life. and in mind my path of life I am still searching for who I am but I am not afraid of the path I am taking , but feel safe in it I saw flowers plant and the warmth of the sun surrounding me on this stone path. To me the sun represented God and his light shining on my journey on the path that I am talking . And with him I feel that comfort that joy and excitement to find out where it is going lead me. On this mind trip right next to me on the path I saw a beautiful cottage home , and the stone path lead me to the home but before I entered I saw a little wooden fence with an arch you had to walk through and on it was leaves and flowers and vines hanging on it I looked so pretty. then walked through the stone path lead me through the cottage home garden full of all different types of flowers you could only imagine, sunflowers , daisies , peonies ,lilies, and so many flowers full of vibrant colors all around the cottage home that made it much more beautiful. and I walk up the little stair to the home i opened a beautiful wooden carved door and inside was a home that was designed beautifully. the interior of the home was as big and beautiful as the outside was. The building represents my belief and how strong it is. For me when I realized this I was like wow this is so interesting because this part of walking down the path was so detailed and felt so real. This showed my belief and how strong it is. When I reached the end of the mind trip I was too looked out into the horizon and describe what I saw and felt and what I saw was my family , friends and all the people who I cared about out on a garden . All of them talking hanging out the kids messing with the flowers and playing. All of them where waiting for me to come join them . I felt so much peace and love just by looking at them and thinking that this road had brought me to a place where I knew it would somewhere so safe and peaceful. this part of the mind trip represents the end of my life. and what i saw was happiness and love. i saw all the people i cared about and all of us together , and that is exactly how I want my end full of life to be full of love and happiness. Reading Way of a Peaceful Warrior and reading about Dan’s journey in becoming a peaceful warrior, through all the mind trips the lesson and obstacles . Dan became a seeker of light . And how Soc had guided him through the journey , but it was Dan that had to learn and finally let go of hid old self to rebirth the new Dan who will finally understand the world around him. Going on a mind trip of my own in class kind of showed me what Dan went through to understand his life and meaning. The mind trip connected me with him. A through this I was able to see part of what it is like to be a peaceful warrior so full of love happiness and know that you are part of everything around you .