Peaceful Mind
"A Mind at peace, a mind focused on not harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe." That's quite an awareness to have when you're playing; I was enlightened recently to an interesting analogy of what the mind is really like. Imagine yourself standing at the shores of the ocean; the waves crashing to the shore, seagulls fly and the majestic feeling that goes along with just being there. Now, if you were to take a picture of the ocean; as you look at that picture, you would be looking at a good representation of what your body is likened to. It is a moment, a frozen moment in time if you will. The ocean, that vast ominous creation is in fact more like your mind. It is full of so much power, so much untapped potential and beyond anything of this world. It is beyond anything that we think we know.
With the exception of a few gifted teachers, the mind goes virtually untapped by humanity. Some of this world's most gifted teacher could tap into this pure natural power that our mind has potential for. Understanding what these teachings were all about can help us so much in our frozen moment in time that we call our life. It can of course help you not only during a round of golf, but some of what has been taught thru centuries by teachers Like Jesus, Buddha and The Maharashi, will help you in so many ways untangle the stresses that life brings.
The big thing is this I consciousness. If "I" am always, here and now, why do I not feel like I am? The body does not say, "I am". It is you who say, "I am the body". Find out who this "I" is. By seeking its source it will vanish. If you can understand that; than the statement; "If you had the faith of a mustard seed you could move a mountain" starts to make sense. It is why Jesus could pull off those, what we call miracles. He was so much less entangled in self consciousness.
I bring this spiritual side up because in order to achieve your goals; that is your goals on the outside. The goals that you have on your insides need to be in line with them. Sometimes we refer to these goals as material goals, but they could be a simple golfing goal like breaking 70 or 80 out on the course. If you want these goals to materialize, your insides have to be in line with your outsides. This is the tricky part for all of you goal conscious folks out there. You have got to detach from any and all out comes to be any good at this manifesting stuff.
This brings us back to the opening quote about" a mind at Peace." It is how you align your insides that matters the most.
There are moments in golf when gifted athlete's like Tiger Woods or Jack Nicklaus have called upon these uncharted oceans we call the mind. They become what we are some times leaded to believe, super human. We have all witnessed it; you only have to watch the Masters commercials running these days, as Tiger prowls up to the ball headed towards the cup at 16. Was it his super humanness or was he tapped into the mind that's like the ocean? Was he aligned on his insides? These are interesting questions in this day and age of enlightenment and metaphysical thinking.
I for one am a believer. A believer that when you get yourself aligned on your insides with peace and love for this blessing that we call a life, you can move a mountain or a golf ball.
