Way of the Peaceful WarriorWay of the Peaceful
Warrior is based on the story of Dan Millman, a world champion athlete
who journeys into realms of flesh and spirit, romance and terror, light
and darkness, laughter and magic.
Guided by a powerful old warrior named Socrates, tempted by an
elusive, playful woman named Joy, Dan is led toward a final
confrontation which will either deliver or destroy him. Join Dan as he
learns what it means to die and live like a warrior.
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Feb 22, 1946
Dan was the winner of the 1964 world trampoline championship in London
and in 1968 he co captained the NCAA University of California gymnastics
team.
Dan studied modern dance, Aikido, yoga and martial arts while traveling
around the world doing his motivational speaking.
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| The movie is about a young arrogant gymnast
that takes advantage of life in every form. He soon finds himself with a
broken leg from a motorcycle accident and it seems as if his whole life
is going down the toilet fast.
Before the accident he met a strange man that worked at a gas station
near the campus where he was going to school. This man became his
teacher about life and spirituality. What Dan learned from him would
later inspire thousands of people through his books and movies.
At the end of the movie the gas station attendant that was his teacher
disappeared leaving him with the knowledge on how to become a better
person by serving society instead of taking something from it.
The movie has what I would consider a couple of great spiritual parts.
One of those parts was when Nick Nolte who played the gas station
attendant told Dan to meet him at one of the campus bridges one
afternoon. The man throws Dan into the river and as Dan comes out of the
river furious the the man asked him what was going through his mind as
he was falling off the bridge.
Dan says absolutely nothing. The man tells him that his mind was finally
quiet for a little bit. Some sort of a meditative practice he was trying
to teach him. But at that moment in the movie Nick Nolte asks Dan what
he sees right now and he doesn't give him a chance to really reply,
while grabbing Dan's head he forces him to look around the campus at
everything that is taking place during that moment of time.
The scene is simply remarkable as the camera zooms in on four or five
different things that are taking place at the same time. You get the
feeling as if time had stopped just for that moment.
It get you thinking about all the things in life that we miss and never
get to see. All those lost opportunities.
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