It's late 19th-century Russia, and young Sergei Ivanov has been drafted into training to become one of the czar's elite guards. In this intriguing follow-up, Socrates takes center stage. Millman blended fact and fiction to tell the story of a young man whose life is transformed by his encounter with a mysterious sage named Socrates. And when you do, you'll be free at last.In his landmark 1980 novel, Way of the Peaceful Warrior, 'Words mean little unless you realize the truth of it yourself. And who needs it?' Socrates leaned back into his chair. The mind - your ego, personal beliefs, history, and identity - is all that ends at death. The body is in Consciousness never born never dies only changes. You have been immortal since before you were born and will be long after the body dissolves. Immortality is Already yours, but not in the same way you imagined or hope for.

When you relax mindless into the body, you are happy and content and free, sensing no separation. That is what your visions revealed to you. You are the body, but you are everything else, too. And you Are that Consciousness - no the phantom mind that troubles you so. Consciousness is not In the body the body is In Consciousness. 'That's exactly what it is, Dan - a thought - no more real than the shadow of a shadow. Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives This is why I am a humorous fool, and you are a serious jackass.” Your understanding is based on ignorance. 'My ignorance is based on this understanding.

In fact, you have no knowledge of where anything is or of What anything is or how is came to be. You are ignorant of where the universe is, and thus, where you are. You cannot answer it, and you never will. 'The universe is well, there are theories about how it's shaped.' 'And where,' Socrates smiled, 'is the universe?' 'In the universe.' I sat back and crossed my arms with finality. 'Oh, brother, ' I sighed impatiently, rolling my eyes. The sun is a small star in the Milky Way galaxy, all right?' 'In the solar system, third planet from the sun. 'On a landmass, one of the continents in the Western Hemisphere. 'In this office, in this gas station!' I was getting impatient with this game. 'Yes I did, remember? I told you how I got to where I am today: by hard work.' 'But you still have not answered my question about where you are.' He listened patiently and intently, as if he had all the time in the world, until I finished several hours later. Still, I told him about my distant and recent past and about my inexplicable depressions. However, I noticed that I was still being sidetracked from getting answers to my questions. “.he asked, 'Where are you today, right now?'Įagerly, I started talking about myself.

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