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Dan Millman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 22
Author
Competitive Diver
Motivational Speaker
Trampolinist
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LA
California
Daniel Jay Millman
Begun
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Begin
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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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If we agree on everything, only one of us is necessary.
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The seasons do not push one another neither do clouds race the wind across the sky. All things happen in their own good time.
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Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.
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As you manage your money, you manage your life.
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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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So trust the process of your life unfolding, and know with certainty, through the peaks and valleys of your journey, that your soul rests safe and secure in the arms of God.
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Faith does not rely on knowing anything with certainty. It requires only the courage to accept that whatever happens is for the highest good.
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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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You are rich if you have enough money to satisfy all your desires. So there are two ways to be rich: you earn, inherit, borrow, beg, or steal enough money to meet all your desires or you cultivate a simple lifestyle of few desires that way you always have enough money.
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I have an almost religious zeal... not for technology per se, but for the Internet which is for me, the nervous system of mother Earth, which I see as a living creature, linking up.
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Life has three rules: Paradox, Humor, and Change. - Paradox: Life is a mystery don't waste your time trying to figure it out. - Humor: Keep a sense of humor, especially about yourself. It is a strength beyond all measure - Change: Know that nothing ever stays the same.
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Money is neither my god nor my devil. It is a form of energy that tends to make us more of who we already are, whether it's greedy or loving.
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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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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.
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Just handle what is in front of you now and the future will take care of itself. Otherwise, you'll spend most of your life wondering which foot you'll use to step off the curb when you're still only halfway to the corner.
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The light will disturb us when we're comfortable, and comfort us when we're disturbed. We turn to spirit for help when our foundations are shaking only to find out that it is spirit who is shaking them!
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Responsibility is a grace you give yourself not an obligation
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Aim not to win or succeed, but for excellence in the moment.
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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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