The peaceful warrior?

My son read the two Peaceful Warrior books.

I thought I would send him something else, either by Millman or another author, similar genre. Any suggestions?

He is doing great btw

Well, I'm surprised no one has read that.....

[Optimus Prime]

How old is your son, and what is a "peaceful warrior" book? piccies?

[Mickwish]

Interesting books by Millman, Surreal. Never seen them before.

A bit too New Age-ish for my tastes, though, by the looks of them.

So what are you after? Personal growth stuff or fiction with a message? If the latter, try some of Stephen Lawhead's fantasy books, like the Dragon King series. Great stories with a good message within them.

Not sure about personal growth books otherwise - reading that stuff is not really my thing. Normal Vincent Peale, maybe?

Cheers
Mick

Personal growth stuff, he will be 18 in a few weeks .... My little love lump .. sniff..


OK, what's a piccies? One of those goofie words you guys say?

He's searching Mick, and very liberal in his views. He would fit right in at Berkley if he didn't have to go to class
He's doing pretty good in his recovery, finally made a commitment to grab the bull by the horns. He went into an 18 month sober living program. It's a pretty tough in in your face intensive program.
I'm not at all surprised at his liberal views. I was too at that age.
Actually Mick we are thinking similar, I have a book by Napoleon Hill, The 17 principles of personal achievement, but I haven't sent it to him yet. He is rethinking his spirituality at this point, and looking for meaning.

So I'm not sure, I just thought perhaps others might remember books they were influenced by or perhaps they found meaning in the pages. The ones I read are out of print
He's a big fan of Salinger and Vonnegut too.

[Mickwish]

I think is the piccy Mr Prime wanted!



Cheers
Mick

BTW, if he likes Vonnegut he should like Lawhead's work as well.

[JohnE.]

I've read one of the The Peaceful Warrior books and still have it around somewhere. 12 years clean & sober myself...

A handful of *really* good spirituality/recovery/inspirational books I've read and can recommend are:

"Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah" by Richard Bach - Excellent short story that will have you looking at life and spirituality in a new light.

"Island" by Aldous Huxley - Utopian novel with amazing insights into the difference between real spirituality and dysfunctional religiousity. Loosley based in Buddhist and Eastern philosophy.

"Healing the Child Within" by Charles L. Whitfield - a little technical for some perhaps but excellent for building self and other awareness and self-esteem.

"Your Many Faces" by Virginia Satir - cute and funny but with great depth. Covers complex subjects in laymans terms and is fun to read and easy to understand.

"Families and How to Survive Them" by Robin Skynner & John Cleese (yes, the guy from Monty Python) - I can't say enough good things about this book... mind-blowing insights into life, human nature and "the big picture" and John Cleese will make you darn-near pee yourself laughing. Unfortunately, I lost my copy.

"The Road Less Traveled" by Scott Peck - Overall excellent book about spirituality, love, values, emotional health and more. How to believe in a personal God without having to throw out Science.

And any good book on Cognitive Therapy. I read a really good one a few years back, but can't remember the exact title.

I've read many other good books on this and related subjects but these are among my personal favorites. If you only check out one or two of these books I highly recommend "Illusions" and "Families and How to Survive Them".

Glad to hear another young person is saying, "no" to the social indoctrination of the "I must consume alcohol and drugs to have a good time, because everyone else does" mentality

Oops! It was late when I did this and I was still in the process of recovering from caffiene withdrawal, brought on by a broken coffee machine Forgot to mention "The Road Less Traveled" and Cognitive Therapy.

[Optimus Prime]

Originally posted by surreal
Personal growth stuff, he will be 18 in a few weeks .... My little love lump .. sniff..


OK, what's a piccies? One of those goofie words you guys say?

He's searching Mick, and very liberal in his views. He would fit right in at Berkley if he didn't have to go to class
He's doing pretty good in his recovery, finally made a commitment to grab the bull by the horns. He went into an 18 month sober living program. It's a pretty tough in in your face intensive program.
I'm not at all surprised at his liberal views. I was too at that age.
Actually Mick we are thinking similar, I have a book by Napoleon Hill, The 17 principles of personal achievement, but I haven't sent it to him yet. He is rethinking his spirituality at this point, and looking for meaning.

So I'm not sure, I just thought perhaps others might remember books they were influenced by or perhaps they found meaning in the pages. The ones I read are out of print
He's a big fan of Salinger and Vonnegut too.

! I thought you were around 22~23 lol!

Read the blurb on the book, sounds interesting, I'll have a look for it in my local book store.

Heehee, I can see you don't visit the gallery much
More than double that OP, so mind yer manners around yer elders! (we are talking chronological right? )

Thanks JohnE. I was going to check out Bach, I read one when I was newly sober (first year) that I loved.
Can't remember the title the one about Bi-Planes. Awesome.