THE INTERVIEW
Veronica:
I must say Dan that when I received your new book, I was very
surprised. I was expecting another novel like The Way Of The
Peaceful Warrior and Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior or
something similar to No Ordinary Moments. This new work is somewhat
of a departure into metaphysical terrain for a man who is a past
world champion athlete. How did you come upon this Life-Purpose
System and what inspired you to write a book about it?
Dan:
The answer to that question is a long and winding journey that
took me around the world over a period of almost two decades.
First, I began to explore larger principles of physical movement
through gymnastics. Some years later, I experienced a breakthrough
and began to see more how those principles of movement relate
to the principles of living. I found what I came to call universal
or spiritual laws that apply to the larger arena of daily life.
Since then, I have been less involved with winning or losing
specific skill competitions in athletics, and more aligned to
a more cooperative stance toward life - how we can, working together,
achieve a greater awareness and quality of life.
Even though The Life You Were Born
To Live seems a departure from the holistic material in my previous
books, I see it as just another facet of the work I am here to
do. It is based on the principle that awareness heals: as we
become aware of ourselves physically, mentally, and emotionally,
we tend to make more appropriate choices, more resourceful choices,
in our relationships, careers, and other aspects of our lives.
That is why I wrote The Life You Were Born To Live - to help
more people do just that.
Veronica:
There are some very fortunate individuals who seem to know very
early in life what their purpose or destiny is, but I think that
the majority of us sense there is certainly more to life than
what we are experiencing, that there is a meaning, a direction,
a purpose, but that purpose still eludes us. How will reading
your book help us find it?
Dan:
Addressing the first part of your question, there are some people
who seem to know their purpose in life early on, in the sense
that they have a specific calling, service, or career in mind,
but they seem exceptions to the rule. Most of us can use some
assistance, to help us clarify our lives. When we discuss life
purpose, we can talk about the universal purpose we all share:
we are all here for illumination - to realize our oneness, to
come to grips with our essential unity. In that sense, we are
all climbing the same mountain, toward the same transcendental
summit? Call it enlightenment, wisdom, love, happiness, or all
of those things. But in the system I present in my new book,
I propose that we are climbing that mountain by one of 37 different
life paths, and even if I never mentioned the term life purpose,
my book helps people to get some focus rather than being scattered
all over the map so to speak, get a grasp on the core issues
of their life, particularly sensitive areas for them that aren't
as central for many other people.
For example, anyone who looks at
my book will see that I deal with archetypes or central issues
for the numbers 1 through 9 and 0 which represents inner gifts.
Call them numeric archetypes if you will. Just like Carl Jung
began to touch into archetypes or universal images that we carry
in what he calls Universal Unconscious shared by the whole of
humanity. The system in my book stems originally from the Pythagorean
school of ancient Greece, numeric archetypes, energies or issues
shared by every culture of the world.
Veronica:
How does it work? What is the process for finding one's birth
number?
Dan: The process is very simple;
anyone who can add up 5 or 6 single digit numbers can do it.
Anyone who can balance a cheque book can do it. Even if they
can't balance a cheque book, they can still find their birth
number.
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