WAY OF THE PEACEFUL WARRIOR: A Book That Changes Lives

by Dan Millman

“Well, I think it’s a good story. Perhaps in time you’ll appreciate it,” he replied brightly. “I thought I knew you well, Socrates, but I never knew you could be so heartless.” “No cause for worry, Dan — death is perfectly safe.” “But he’s gone!” Soc laughed softly. “Maybe he’s gone, maybe not. Maybe he was never here!” His laughter rang through the garage. I suddenly realized why I was so troubled. “Would you feel the same way if I had died?” “Of course!” He laughed. “Dan, there are things you don’t yet understand. For now, just think of death as a transformation — a bit more radical than puberty, but nothing to get particularly upset about. It’s just one of the body’s changes. When it happens, it happens. The warrior neither seeks death nor flees from it.”