Dan Millman
Dan Millman
Daniel Jay Millmanis an American author and lecturer in the personal development field...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSelf-Help Author
Date of Birth22 February 1946
CountryUnited States of America
peaceful-warrior moments
Where are you? Here What time is it? Now What are you? This moment.
mom dream song
Dad, once an aspiring architect, drove his own catering truck to feed factory workers in downtown Los Angeles, and mom, with a Mensa IQ and mathematical gifts, served as a bookkeeper and worked in a grocery store while pursuing her calling in music: playing piano and composing songs. Perhaps in a way, part of my drive was to complete their unfulfilled ambitions and dreams, but in my own way.
light moments has-beens
My life has been less like a light switch suddenly turning on, and more like a dimmer switch slowly turned up, over time, more in some moments than others.
mind live-in-the-moment use
Live in the Moment", "Empty Your Mind of the Trash" Wisdom is the Use of Knowledge
interesting moments arise
Allow rather than resist what arises in the present moment-inside or out. Let it be interesting rather than good or bad.
afford believe spend
There are just two of us now so I can afford to spend a little extra. They are more expensive. If I had a family, I don't believe I would come here.
god immersed time
We're immersed in the spirit of God all the time. We just don't notice.
changed develop life open shatter
Yes, I did shatter my leg, and it really changed my life, in a way. It wasn't much fun, but it did open me up, and as we all know intuitively, adversity can develop resources.
acted felt kindness loving saints whether
Saints were saints because they acted with loving kindness whether they felt like it or not.
constantly life matter ourselves supporting
Life is constantly supporting us and giving us gifts. It's a matter of opening ourselves to that.
We all have the archetype inside us of the enlightened being.
trampoline
I was a world champion on the trampoline at an international level, and gymnastics competitor.
convey glimpse immense information personage sprouts
There are times, you know, it's said in the Spiritual Tradition, just a glimpse at an enlightened personage can convey immense information at the sub-conscious level that sprouts later, that we don't even know.
You don't just have a story - you're a story in the making, and you never know what the next chapter's going to be. That's what makes it exciting.