Part 6 (of 8) Julien Pineau: The Greatest Mind in the World
Welcome to Part 6 of Julien Pineau, athletic coach vs. Vicky Lee, success coach. Julien is movement specialist to world class athletes and featured guest on Barbell Shrugged. Vicky Lee is success coach to CEO’s and Dean’s Fellow at Harvard University.
Julien’s specialty is finding the key log, the one thing that will make or break an athlete.
Throughout this 8 video series, Vicky is going to find Julien’s key log, the one thing holding him back from unlimited success.
In the previous video, Julien poses a valid question. He says, that as a Jedi, he does not even know how become part of the world and join the rest of humanity. He has spent his whole life living in his cave undergoing extreme metamorphosis with other Jedi’s.
Being part of humanity means venturing into the unknown. Just like Frodo Baggins leaving the shire, Julien mistakenly thinks that the human world is a place where he will no longer be allowed to continue his metamorphosis and he’s unwilling to go alone because all his power as a Jedi, is in his cave.
Like Frodo, Julien is discovering that his cave, just like the shire, is now too small of a container for his power. The reason he was was unwilling to use his power outside of the Jedi world and in the larger human world—was the same reason Frodo didn’t want to.
Julien’s brother, Jerome, was his Gandalf. Like Gandalf, Jerome was the greatest mind in the world. In the movie, the Lord of the Rings, Gandalf dies. In real life, Jerome died. Both Frodo and Julien must continue their journey without their guru, guardian and avatar who inspired them to take the journey in the first place.
What both Frodo and Julien learn is that their dead loved one isn’t gone just because he died. He has just changed forms. As a living spirit, he is more present in Julien’s life than when he was alive. Julien must be willing…. to continue his journey WITH Jerome. And be willing to accept that just as Jerome has changed forms, Julien must change forms in order to complete this journey TOGETHER.
At the end of the video, you will have just watched Julien describe what his key log is—without him realizing that he was describing his key log. Julien’s key log is his brother’s death. When his brother died, Julien sustained a spiritual injury at the base of his soul.
His entire life since then, functions by constantly compensating for and accommodating this injury.
Let’s zoom in on this injury. Julien has built a cave to protect the emotions inside of this injury. He calls it the Master’s Den, because it is the den of his master, which is his key log. His den is filled with mementos to his brother, the greatest mind in the world. As with any key log, it is holding all of his power.
An athlete’s key log will define the way his/her entire body moves. Julien’s key log defines the way his entire path towards success will move forward. Just like an athlete’s key log controls, masters and teaches the athlete how to move in a certain way to avoid pain, Julien’s key log masters, mentors and controls how he pursues success in order to avoid the memory of his brother’s suicide.
Watch the next video as Julien’s key log is about to dislodge. The master’s den, like a pregnant womb, it is now seeking to birth Julien into his greater destiny and challenge.
