If I hadn't seen a movie recommendation, I wouldn't have watched this movie. The name "Peace Warrior", like the name of the book "Late Night Gas Station Meets Socrates" that was remade into this movie, makes people think that it is a headline party, but at most it is a heroic American cliché movie. If I really don't watch it, then I'll miss a good and sobering film, and many inspirations are too suitable for me now.
The word peace warrior reminds me of the Jedi Knights in Star Wars, they are all equally brave and intelligent, but not the kind of reckless, not the kind of realm that can't eat fireworks, more like individuals who have passed the test of life , defeating oneself and advancing to a height that we can all achieve.
The story begins when the hero can't sleep at night and meets a man he calls "Socrates" at the gas station. "Socrates" was a gas station employee, but he said, "This is a service station, we provide services, and there is no higher meaning than this." This is a very wise man. He summed up the three laws of life, only three: contradiction, life is a mystery, don't waste time trying to solve it; humor, keep a sense of humor, especially self-humour, that is your most important strength; change, know that nothing is static Changeless. A lost gymnast meets a wise old man. To a certain extent, this is a movie that keeps talking about some big truths, and many of them, we have actually heard countless times, but for the "still" For us who have a bad life", the movie gives a very clear advice: "Practice."
There is a very interesting scene where the male protagonist realizes the truth that "the person who is the least likely to be loved usually needs to be loved the most", and told "Socrates" that he did not say anything. One night when they were out together, they encountered four youths who robbed them. The male protagonist thought that Su would use his martial arts to deal with the youths, but Su threw his wallet directly. When several young people got their wallets and turned around triumphantly to leave, Su asked them, "Don't you take our watch?" Su didn't have a watch himself, so the male protagonist looked at him in disbelief while turning his watch threw it away. Unexpectedly, Su asked again if I wanted a coat, pants, and shoes, so they finally left in only their underwear. When the male protagonist asked Su angrily, he said, "The person who is the least likely to be loved usually needs to be loved the most."
I love the perspective that the film brings to me and gives me a deeper understanding of what I thought I already understood. For example, I know to “live in the moment,” but how can I do that? Su gave the male protagonist two perspectives, one was in the campus, the male protagonist was still upset that he was pushed into the river by Su, the moment Su touched him, he saw (heared) The puppy licking its tongue excitedly, the crisp rubbing sound of the pages turning over, the rustling sound of a beetle crawling up the tip of a leaf, as if the time was slowing down and the world was focused, Su kept emphasizing: "It's never possible that nothing happens, it's never ordinary. The moment." Another time, Su took him to the crossbar of the practice field, and saw (heared) all kinds of thoughts flashing through the minds of the players and coaches on the practice field. The cushions were about to be replaced, and the coach thought I was useless. , the hand is not straight enough and so on. Su said, “You have thousands of jumbled thoughts pouring into your brain every day, and none of these thoughts reflect you more than a freckle on the tip of your nose.” These two clips just made me see both sides. , get rid of the unconscious thinking of the brain, focus on what you are doing, what you see in front of you, and concentrate on this moment, this place, and this body.
For another example, I have always known the truth that "the process is more important than the end". In the movie, Su took the actor to climb a mountain and told him there was a place he always wanted to take him to see, which made the actor very excited. I was looking forward to the climbing process, but in the end, Su only told him that an ordinary stone on the top of the mountain was what he wanted to show him. Didn't tell him, the truth is, if he did, the process wouldn't be so happy. Often times, knowing doesn't mean doing it.
Just like the Jedi in "Star Wars" have special abilities, the peaceful warriors in the movie also have many "warrior codes", "Each act has its price and its pleasure, recognize these two places, the warrior will Be pragmatic and be responsible for your actions." "A warrior will not give up what he loves, he finds love in what he loves." Although the title of "warrior" is used, it is actually a very practical life principle. There is a The code states the reason why a "fighter" is called a "warrior" - "A warrior is not about perfection, not to be victorious, not to be invulnerable, he is extremely fragile, that is his only true courage." Warriors are more about fighting themselves, slicing their fears, those things that exist in the past or the future. Soldiers will also encounter setbacks. "Accidents are your training." The difference between fighters lies in the way they deal with them. "Life is a choice, you can choose to be a victim, or you want to be anyone." "A warrior is active, and a fool is passive. "When can I start training to be a "fighter"? "There is never a beginning or a stop, only the process."
What inspired me the most was actually in the last part of the film, when the male protagonist injured his foot, he re-entered training with Su's encouragement, and was declined by the coach when he wanted to win the Olympic competition. He was disappointed and discouraged, Su advised. He: "You don't need that letter or him to make you give up your rings or your loved ones." The actor is not convinced: "Yes, I am, okay? What I'm talking about now is to participate in the competition and win the gold medal." "The gold medal is your possessiveness." "If I get it, I'll be happy, it's a dream, and I don't think a dream is a bad thing." We think our happiness is conditional, and we think that happiness requires outsiders and others Of course, we need to win gold medals, but we rarely think of returning to our hearts.
Sue reminds: "Accept it, you can't control what's going to happen to you, that you may or may not be in the Olympics. You may or may not be, you're not an exception in any way." I myself often have This kind of "control" problem is for fear that something terrible will happen outside my control. As Zhang Defen said, there are "your things, mine things, and God's things in the world", Su's words The release of Buddha is also reminding me not to be too narcissistic.
"This is what I love!" "Chasing gold medals, living in the fear of falling down at any time?" What the actor really loves is actually doing gymnastics itself, not gold medals. The process of doing gymnastics is better than winning gold medals. The result was much more important, and fortunately he finally realized it.
There is a finishing touch at the end. Before the Olympic competition, the hero's teammates asked him what is the secret of his progress, and he said, "Just clear all the distractions in your mind, so that when you go up, you can finish beautifully. Every action. Do you understand? It has nothing to do with the gold medal, it has nothing to do with what your father will think of you, just put your heart into that moment." The teammates were very confused, "But this is about the gold medal!" Sometimes we understand something, When we see that others have the same confusion, we would like to tell them our own experience, but it is very likely that they have not yet reached that stage and cannot comprehend it. Don't be in a hurry to change others, do it yourself, others will see it, and one day, he will also have his understanding.
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