The Craft of the Warrior

by SPENCER, ROBERT L.

• ISBN13: 9781583941430
• ISBN10: 1583941436
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-23
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books

Summary

A big house, fancy cars, and money in the bank seldom lead to a fulfilling life, a life true to one's potential and essential nature. Ordinary life can be a prison, but it doesn't have to be that way. In this updated edition ofThe Craft of the Warrior, author Robert Spencer asserts that a new myth is emergingone that guides people to a life of conscious living, where they escape the rat race and forge a new destiny based on real choice. The warrior's way leads from compulsion to freedom, from boredom to adventure, and from darkness to awareness. Synthesizing the works of Carlos Castaneda, Dan Millman, G.I. Gurdjieff, and Chogyam Trungpa, and combining personal growth processes including the Feldenkrais Method and Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Spencer opens the gate to anyone with enough spunk to enter this way of life. "The amount of free will we have is directly proportional to the degree of freedom we have from our compulsions," writes Spencer. "Getting that freedom is the task of the warrior's life."

Author Biography

Robert Spencer is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Teacher, certified practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and psychotherapist. He lives near Boise, Idaho.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction	xix
Chapter One: The Emerging Myth	1	(24)
Chapter Two: The Path with Heart	25	(22)
Chapter Three: Power and Impeccability	47	(10)
Chapter Four: Power Sinks	57	(22)
Chapter Five: Self-Importance	79	(12)
Chapter Six: A Morass of Power Leaks	91	(22)
Chapter Seven: The Unknown	113	(12)
Chapter Eight: Hunting Power	125	(18)
Chapter Nine: Fear and Fearlessness	143	(22)
Chapter Ten: Discipline	165	(24)
Chapter Eleven: Magic, Will, and Detachment	189	(16)
Chapter Twelve: Free Will	205	(20)
Chapter Thirteen: The Open-Ended Conclusion	225	(14)
Epilogue	239	(4)
Chapter Notes	243
Index	x251