About Golfing , Hole In One Plaques Zen: This is the first in a continuing series of short essays dealing with the application of Eastern spiritual philosophy to your golf game. , 3 Key Elements to a Specific Fitness Program (The title says 'Zen,'? but this discussion will apply equally to the other Eastern disciplines: Buddhism, Taoism, etc.)
The superficial intent (or benefit) is that, as you apply these ideas, your golf , Course History - You Could Play On The World's Oldest Course and your enjoyment of the game , Choosing the Right Clubs will grow. However, the underlying motive is, as you are able to see gains on the course, , Tiger Woods Wins Again you'll be moved to alter your approach , Drop 5 Strokes Off Your Game - Today! to life as well.
Today's Topic: 'West' versus 'East'
Before we can dig into the details, we need to start with an over-view of how Eastern and Western thought differs, in the most fundamental of ways.
We Westerners are trained from birth to use our logical, analytical, conscious mind '? our 'three pounds of meat.' From our earliest age we learn to name, to sort out, to categorize. We may not grow up to be scientists, but we learn to think according to the scientific method, and we worship at the feet of the great thinkers: Einstein; Newton; Steven Hawkings. In a very fundamental way, we learn to distinguish '? to separate out '?ourselves, our people, our places and things, and our beliefs'? from everything else that is 'out there.'
Eastern thought is the polar opposite. They attempt to quiet their active chattering mind, so that their inner subconscious can emerge. Through that practice, , Tips they come to see and believe in an underlying (and conscious) universal Whole, of which they are only a part. From that different perspective, life changes in very fundamental ways. One small example: The only logical approach , Your Only Connection to the Club to conducting my life is to focus on optimizing the whole of things. Since I'm not separate from the whole, if there is really only one person in the room, then how can I ever capture things for myself, at the expense of others?
How does this apply to golf?
The Western idea is that golf , Playing Your Best as the Season Ends? Five Easy Tricks to Make Sure You Don't Lose Your Form is a competition, both with the opponent and also with one's self. The basic idea is to win, to defeat that other guy. As such, we practice, , Basics Of Swing Instruction'?Go With Exercises we study, we try (hard). At a very deep level, we play , Understanding the Benefit of Biomechanics in to re-enforce our ego, our sense of worth, to others and '? most importantly '? to ourselves. If we don't play , Blade Putters Effectively Help Better Align A Putt well, then we aren't worth much.
Here again, the Eastern idea is the polar opposite. Winning and losing doesn't make any sense (if there is only one person in the room) and the Easterner knows that he can't force anything to happen through his own will. He knows that everything happens through the Whole, and so his approach , Swing Thoughts Help Develop Consistency to golf , Fore! Destinations is to use it as a means of connecting with the Whole, to let the Whole move the ball , The Channel Highlights Fitness through him. He allows his golf , Lower Your Score to happen, he doesn't demand that it happen.
Next Time: You can't aim, if you don't have a target. Article Source: http://www.articledashboard.com Wayne Smith is a former Director of Manufacturing, a seminar leader, text book author (John Wiley), a magician, and a life-long golf , Tips For Left Handed ers searcher. You can view his golf , Tiger Woods Wins Again book at www.littleacornpress.com/books/thirdeye.htm, or email your comments to wayneksmith@comcast.net
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