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
running giving-up moving
When running up a hill, it is all right to give up as many times as you wish-as long as your feet keep on moving.
moving book ideas
Book ideas are like planes, lined up to approach the runway. Some never leave the gate, but others move quickly to the front of the line. It was like that with The Four Purposes. Honestly, I cannot remember the moment I had the idea for the book; perhaps because it emerged like a green shoot emerging from the soil of my subconscious. But it seemed important enough to begin the flow of words that eventually shaped themselves into this new book.
moving believe color
Energy follows thought; we move toward, but not beyond, what we can imagine. What we assume, expect, or believe creates and colors our experience. By expanding our deepest beliefs about what is possible, we change our experience of life.
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.
spiritual strong children
Our practices - our most spiritual practices - are hanging laundry on the line, raising children, building strong relationships, practicing kindness as much as we can, striving for excellence in the workplace, and developing deeper self-knowledge. I wrote The Four Purposes of Life to assist in these endeavors.
spiritual school warrior
If there is a central theme to what I called "a peaceful warrior's approach to living," and to The Four Purposes of Life, it is that there may be innumerable techniques or methods one can learn (from the Eastern spiritual cultures and from the Western psychological tradition), but that above and beyond all these technologies waits the school of everyday life.