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Here and now...breathe and relax...in battle and in life

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Dan Millman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 22
Author
Competitive Diver
Motivational Speaker
Trampolinist
Writer
LA
California
Daniel Jay Millman
Relax
Breathe
Battle
Life

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We are here to live moment by moment, and each moment brings a task, a challenge, a goal. It's good to have big goals, but we need to connect the dots between where we are and where we are going, one day, one moment at a time.
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Conscious evolution begins as we take responsibility for clearing our own obstructions.
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Faith is the courage to live your life as if everything that happens does so for your highest good and learning. Like it or not.
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My parents, like others of The Greatest Generation who lived through the Great Depression and World War II, wanted to provide the best possible life for their children. My mother and father both attended college but dropped out to earn a living during the Depression, working the rest of their lives at blue-collar work.
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While you fear missing a meal, you aren't fully aware of the meals you do eat.
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The quality of your moments produces the quality of your life. So, as thoughts come and go and the waves of mind rush on, Carpe punctum-Seize this moment. It deserves your full attention, for it will not pass your way again.
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This planet is a divine school, and daily life a classroom. Our choice of teachers depends on what we need to learn.
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A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does
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As poet-philosopher Rabindranath Tagore reminds us, We cannot cross the sea merely by staring at the water. Simplicity has power. And living on purpose comes to this: Just do it. How much simpler can we get?
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No amount of knowledge will nourish or sustain your spirit, it can never bring you ulimate happiness or peace. Life requires more that knowledge it requires intense feeling and constant energy. Life demands right action if knowledge is to come alive.
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The only laws are paradox, humor and change.
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Meditation is a valuable exercise, but eventually you have to open up your eyes and look around.
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Personal and collective awakening are one and the same - when a raindrop joins the sea, the sea also merges with the raindrop.
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Nature and training (in any sport or art) can teach us all the spiritual laws I describe in another book, The Laws of Spirit. But now I'm happy to share these four purposes of life that lend meaning and direction to anyone's life, especially those in transition, going through changes.
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Ultimately, fear of failure generates a vicious circle that creates what is most feared. To break this cycle, you need to make peace with failure. It isn't enough to merely tolerate it you need to appreciate the failure and use it.
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...when you resist what happens, your mind begins to race the same thoughts that impinge upon you are actually created by you.
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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.
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Every athletic career, no matter how modest or lofty, is a journey.
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Looking back we see with great clarity, and what once appeared as difficulties now reveal themselves as blessings.
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Live with a peaceful heart cultivate a warrior's spirit.
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