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Summary: Great Book! Powerful and Moving
Review: I have always loved this book. I picked it up again recently and I was again moved and felt some deep insights came our of the re-reading. This is a great story - a great metaphor for looking at yor life in a new way - and learning how to grow and develop into the best you that you can be!Another story well worth reading, full of great insights is: "Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah" by Richard Bach And two more recent books that I love are: "The Power of Now" by Tolle. And "Working on Yourself Doesn't Work" by Ariel and Shya Kane. These last two books are written about how to live in the present moment - and have much in common with "The Way" and Illusions. I have met the Kanes too - they are amazing and inspiring people who help people discover how to live in the Now.
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Summary: Good story - thought provoking...
Review: If you expect to discover bad habits, change your attitude, and improve your life just by reading a book....good luck. Everyone should know that it takes hard work, self-knowledge, and lots of time. Still, Dan Millman tells a compelling semi-autobiography that resonates with many readers, including this one. It's heavy on sports analogies, which I don't identify with, much, but insightful reading can apply it to other frustrations in life. I would purchase this book again for myself, or for someone else on the given conditions: 1) that you feel something is wrong with your level of happiness and you need to identify and follow someone's trials, 2) that you know something is wrong and can't quite identify it, or 3) that you are in a transitionary stage - between jobs, between mates, between goals. If you don't fall into any one of these categories, or if your intended reader doesn't, you probably won't get anything useful from this story. Having written the above, I sincerely believe that this book is an engaging and easily digestible recipe for improving self-awareness regarding your life, your goals, and your frame of mind. I give this work 3 of 5 stars because it's good, but it wouldn't be included in my desert island library.
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Summary: A Road Sign on my Journey
Review: This book was an excellent road sign, guiding me toward finding my balance. I took the Landmark Forum, and this book hits on many of the ideas.. in fact, I wouldn't be suprised if they used this book in developing their course. Very good ideas spelled out in story form which keeps the reader more interested in the lessons being taught.
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Summary: Potential to Change Your Life
Review: On the positive, this book really did change my life. It offers really good insight into how to lead your life in a more positive way for yourself and others. This is an excellent book for those who are, for the first time, seeking the answers to the "why" questions in life. For those more advanced in their spiritual journey this book may seem trite or obvious. I picked this book up during a time when I was "finding myself" and it was very instrumental in my discovery. On the negative, the story is difficult to take seriously and seems a little ridiculous. As a realist I had to remove the ideals from the story line in order to continue. Also, some of the ideals are unattainable to a beginner. Some of them take years to master (like giving up sex and meat!). Overall this book was absolutely inspiring and life changing you just have to not take the story line so seriously.
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Summary: OK, but I was left wanting the true story
Review: While this book might be really valuable to some... particularly young men perhaps... it may be dissapointing to other, more sophisticated readers. As it is based only loosely on real-life experiences, I found the authentic segments about Millman's inner emotional life to begin to move me, but was distracted and even annoyed by the plainly fictionalized passages and events, particularly the supernatural feats of Socrates. To feel that a wise mentor needs to be enhanced with magic powers is to gild the lily. The more I was touched by Millman's growth and his relationship with Socrates, the more I wanted to know the true story and the true Socrates. I was convinced that Millman had a profound learning experience, and I felt 'ripped off' by the fact that he didn't share that true experience, but instead offered only his often overdone, enhanced retelling. But for a young audience it may be a great antidote to the kind of materialism, ambition, and emotional armoring that society encourages, especially in men. And it is also a decent introduction to some eastern thought, retold in a language accessible to a youthful american readership. Marketed to a youth audience, I might give it 4 stars, but I think that complete honesty and authenticity are too important a part of growth, healing and spirituality to recommend this book over all the other possible titles in the genre.
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Summary: After Ten Years, It's Still As Great As It Was Then.
Review: The first time I read this I was at a point in my life when I was searching for the truth. I "accidentally" found this book and it changed my life. Once I began reading it, I couldn't put it down. It made everythign so clear. I cannot thank Dan enough for sharing his experiences with that crazy old man at the gas station. Recently I was cleaning my bookshelves and again "accidentally" stumbled upon it. Ten years later and the teachings ring as true today as they did the first time. I had forgotten many of the teachings and again, it was just what I needed to get me back on the path. Amazing how it keeps surfacing at the right times? For those of you on The Path, it's a must. For those of you who have read it, read it again. Don't stop here, follow Dan through the Sacred Journey as well. It's worth the time, if you're willing to open your heart.
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Summary: A Book For People Who Wants and Ready For A Change...
Review: I would add to the title "A Book That Changes Lives" - "For People Who Wants and Ready For A Change...". I got this book in the exact time when I needed it, and it strengthened what I already believed in, and exposed me to many more concepts. This is a wonderful book for people who are willing to open their minds for new and interesting concepts of life. You don't have to accept every idea that you will find here, but I'm sure that you will find a few ideas that you would like to adopt. The book is very simple to read also for people that their english is not their first language (like me). I think it is always better to read a book in his original language. I won't write anything farther than that because: "The book speaks for itself"
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Summary: Everything Has a Purpose
Review: I cannot give any book that gives useful life messages less than five stars, because I don't want to discourage anyone from reading it, however, the story in this book can drag at times. Although, the messages that it contains are necessary for the journey of the soul and it is definitely on my list of must reads. What I personally got out of the book is the importance of living in the NOW, not the past or future. What am I doing with myself right now? If you ask yourself this question often, you will find yourself being more productive. There are plenty of wonderful and inspiring passages in this book that will change your life, for example, "There are no accidents, everything has a purpose." Another key message from the warrior may be: Don't ever think you have learned enough - or life will throw you some hard lessons. Just when you think the character understands something, he gets thrown a hardball, similar to the course of life. At times you feel sorry for him, but he can be so cocky! Learning to be humble is one of life's greatest lessons as well.
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Summary: Read it with an open mind
Review: An enjoyable, enlightening and compulsive read, almost impossible to put down. In many ways very Castenada-esque with many similarities between Socrates and Don Juan Matus and between Dan and Carlos, although less in depth and detailed than Castenada it carries it's message and story with effortless fluidity. Not exactly "a book that changes lives" in my opinion, but a book that gives you a lot of food for thought whilst being a humorous, well-written and interesting novel. This novel shouldn't be likened to books such as Working on Yourself Doesn't Work by Ariel and Shya Kane as suggested by a previous reviewer as I don't believe it is intended to be a "Self Help" book. Dan Millman more or less covers in one small section of this book everything that Ariel and Shya Kane harp on about in their entire dull and condescending book about instantaneous transformation. I look forward to reading the sequel: Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior, and hope it is as entertaining thought provoking as this book.
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Summary: Change your life
Review: A friend gave me this book and I passed it along to a friend and she has since passed it along to another friend. I think that says it all. It does change lives. A friend who has since passed on this book to yet another person asked me to include the fact that its not exceptionally well written and and is a little hokey. However, she still likes the message.
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