![]() ![]() ![]() Stunned by this impossibility, Dan begs the old man, whom he instinctually names Socrates, to share the secret of his abilities in order to achieve his goal of Olympic Gold. One moment, Dan is paying for his snacks, the next the old man is on the roof of the station. Behind the counter, an old man seemingly moves without regard for space or time. One night, awakened by yet another nightmare, Dan goes for a run through his foggy neighborhood and comes upon a well-lit service station. Still, Dan wakes up almost nightly from terrifying nightmares and odd visions he can't explain or dismiss. From The Way of the Peaceful Warrior, by Dan MillmanĪrrogant, talented Dan Millman seems to have the perfect college life: a stunning gymnast's body of incredible strength, handsome looks, good grades, plenty of money and a shot at the Olympic qualifiers in men's gymnastics. "You must cleanse your body of tension, free your mind of stagnant knowledge, and open your heart to the energy of true emotion." This is almost a "Rocky IX" type movie with a wonderful happy ending."To survive the lessons ahead, you're going to need far more energy than ever before," Socrates warned him that night. But towards the end he finds the hard truth that Socrates was a illusionist character - whose sole purpose of life was to take Dan to his dream and make him prepared to win the battle within him. Socrates(as Dam calls him), the petrol pump attender teaches the guy to find his long lost love and dream. because the battles we fight are on the inside." The movie takes a u turn when Dam meets with an accident - where his leg bone just shatters, it is not only the leg that breaks but also his heart to go forward for his only love- the Olympics."A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does." As the petrol pump attenders says "I call myself a Peaceful Warrior. He also realizes the change but he is not ready to let go the garbage within him. It was in one of his sleepless nights that he meets a petrol pump attender who changes his life - step by step. He and his coach knows that he is the best, but still inside he too knows that something is missing. Dan is leading his life in chase of a dream - to get a gold in the Olympics. When one is successful, one does not have the time and patience to look back or forward. By chance he meets his "Yoda"/Shaolin priest/Boss Paul who helps him "git his haid straight" after which he goes on to be comfortable with his athletic prowess albeit not exactly Olympic caliber. The story is about a young gymnast Dan Millman played by Scott Mechlowicz, and his struggle to make sense of his life in which he is successful but still unfulfilled.The synopsis below may give away important plot points. However, it isn't until what Dan strives for the most seems to be threatened in its entirety that he may fully understand Socrates' goal for him of true inner peace, which is at the heart of any warrior. Through the process, Dan does admit that some of what Socrates imbues in him leads to what Dan views as success. Similarly, Dan is sometimes a reluctant pupil not grasping how what Socrates tells him will help him achieve Olympic gold. At times, Socrates is a reluctant teacher as Dan is not grasping the meaning of what he is trying to convey. As such, Dan convinces Socrates to take him under his wing to teach him how to achieve such feats. Beyond Socrates' mumbo-jumbo, Dan cannot ignore what appears to be Socrates' almost other worldly physical feats, something of which Dan can only dream for himself. It is during one of his sleepless nights that he meets an older service station operator he sarcastically nicknames Socrates for his philosophical musings. One of the symptoms of his life is that he has insomnia. With his innate skill in a sport he loves, a 4.0 GPA, and all the sex he wants, he knows he should be happy - he telling people that he is so - but if he were to look deep in his heart, he knows he isn't. In the lead up to the Olympic trials in just over a year, he knows he could be the best in the world and win Olympic gold, but his constant overthinking especially having the constant fear that it will all be taken away, leads to inconsistency and self-doubt. He works hard, training seven days a week, fifty weeks out of the year. Dan Millman, currently studying at UC-Berkeley, is a world class gymnast specializing in the rings, hence his nickname "Lord of the Rings". ![]()
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