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Dan Millman-The Peaceful Warrior's Way. Part 2. The Highest Teaching.

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It is one of the remarkable blessings of the 21st century to have suchunprecedented accessto all theworld's great spiritual traditions. While navigating this rich ocean of wisdom, how can we determine what the"highest" spiritual teachingreally is? How does it relate today-to-day life? And how can we begin to claim this truthas our very own, right now?

From thephilosophy of tennisto thehighest spiritual teachingin just afew short sentences—such is an example of the tremendous value of Dan Millman. He brings us from a place we understand, a place we are comfortable with, to a place where we might be able to see somethingnew: somethingbigger,brighter, andmore embracingthan what we had seen before—and all from the familiar comfort and safety of our favorite pair of tennis shoes.

Perhaps that's a silly example, but this really is the kind of skill that Dan has developed over the course of a dozen books and countless teaching engagements. As he relates, most of the time, people aren't asking him about theultimate nature of reality—they're asking him about how to deal with theirboss, theirfinances, theirlover, theirhealth, theircareer. Quoting a famous Indian mystic, Dan says, "I give people what they want, so eventually they will want what I want to give them." Here, Dan is referring to thecore wisdomin all the great contemplative traditions, the wisdom thatliberates,enlightens, andtransforms.

What follows is a truly inspiring—and, indeed, enlightening—conversation about the nature of reality, the meaning of spirituality, and what the "highest teaching" really is. To say anything more would be doing this dialogue a disservice, because the extraordinary interplay ofsubtlety,profundity, andskillful meansdisplayed by these two teachers is more than a paragraph can summarize. We most humbly and earnestly invite you tolisten in for yourself, so that this transmission of hard-earned wisdom is direct and unfiltered….

"The act of 'exchanging self for other' is one of the most profound spiritual practices of all time. In a sense, with every breath you live the life of Jesus and the life of Buddha...."

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