It builds on the foundation on being a peaceful warrior from a person's core level and up. Great for Dan Millman enthusiasts and those practicing interrelated spiritual disciplines.

This book is totally great.

Difinately one of my favourites!

A very interesting guide book to a sort of universal spirituality; i read many parts of this over 15 years ago as an extension of men's work i was engaged in. took away some interesting perspectives which i have failed miserably at applying to my own life!!!!

Excellent, but it lost me when Millman started referencing energy fields & hippie stuff. I really liked the exercises, they're practical, simple, and helped me through so much.

This book was written in 1992, almost 30 years ago, but the insights and sentiments are so appropriate for today that it hardly shows its age. Dan Millman was obviously a man before his time - at least in North America - as he seamlessly blends old wisdom, modern psychology and practical action.

Amazing

great everyday guide to life...should be a staple for human existance.

I think that this is one of the most important books for living every day life and being aware of the joy that can be found in life. This book will increase both your awareness of your surroundings and the joy you take in living because (as the title suggests) there are NO ordinary moments. Some of the exercises work and some don't... which ones do or don't depends on the personality and preferences of the individual reader. Overall, this book gives one a calming sense with the vitality of knowing that perhaps life isn't as meaningless as we once thought.

I felt that this book actually brought about more change in my life than "The Way of the Peaceful Warrior" did. This is a truly inspirational book and is a must have in your collection.

I watched the movie ‘Peaceful Warrior’ many years back and liked it. That is when I learnt of Dan Millman and his books. Many start their mindfulness reading with ‘The Power of Now’. There are other good starting points including “The Untethered Soul” by Michael Singer, “The Miracle of Mindfulness” by Thich Nhat Hanh, “Be Here Now” by Ram Dass. The explosion of interest in mindfulness has led to huge number of (many being sub-standard or simply aping other books) books being published recently. There are nevertheless very few authors who offer you a progression into in-depth practices. Om Swami is one of those in the recent past who does do that in the Yoga & Vedanta tradition (his “A Million Thoughts” is an excellent advanced practice guide). Some good options for follow-up reads are “How to Meditate” by Swami Vivekananda, “Meditation & Life” by Swami Chinmayananda, “The Presence Process by Michael Brown among others. Another way to progress (possibly better as well) is to join a course (with apps such as insight timer/headspace, or those offered by Vipassana International Academy/Chinmaya Mission/others).

In the ‘Peaceful Warrior’ a master referred to as Socrates teaches Dan the ways in which he can “live the moment”, and he goes on to recover from a serious injury to succeed in his sports life. This book continues the lessons using a model of the self as a combination of – “Conscious Self” (Left brain based rational actions”, “Basic Self” (right brain based intuitive reactions/subconscious mind) and the “Higher Self” (mature spiritual decisions with joy, love and inspiration as outcomes). While this feels a little like pseudo-science, Dan does say that this categorization is to explain the techniques involved in each, and it is ok not to take this categorization literally. The subsequent sections go into details of ways to build each of the selfs.

There are concepts, examples, short anecdotes & stories and simple exercises. These cover the expected topics – full immersion in the moment, attention, courage, love, simplicity, perspectives, aspiration, responsible thinking, (unreasonable) happiness, diet, exercise, acceptance, energy flow and others. The matter never gets dense and the book is well organized. Many of the concepts/examples/anecdotes would be known to many.

This (audio)book is a good one to take up after your initial introductory mindfulness read(s) (possibly after one or more of the referred in the early part of the first paragraph). I found the audio narration by Dan Millman to be good.

My rating: 3.75 / 5.

A follow on book to The Peaceful Warrior.