Spirit of Golf
Golf by its nature can become a spirit filled experience if learned properly. The game should provide a satisfaction that intrigues and penetrates the human connection with the divine essence of personal achievement. I will be offering many suggestions in the coming months that will help you become a more complete student of the game.
Living Golf Lesson 4: The Power of Mindset
May 3, 2012
Lesson # 4 The Power of Mindset
When we ask ourselves the question what is it that we really want and are willing to take the time to ponder what it is, we begin a process of opening our minds to our ultimate potential. It requires conscious focus to maintain our own directions and not simply follow the proven ways that it has always been done. External forces and an acceptance of the way it is will never allow for an expansion of thought processes that our spirit would like to achieve.
When we become enabled to set our mind on a positive open acceptance of what is possible, enthusiastic energy begins to support a powerful desire to move above and beyond.
The power of mindset will steer the direction of whatever it is that we want to accomplish.
Any successful endeavor starts with confidence that can be accessed through a proper mindset. After knowing and accepting this, the question remains. How do we accept this mindset to release what it takes to accomplish our heart’s desire? It is not just about positive thinking. If you tell yourself that you are positive that you will play a par round of golf, an immediate thought will be developed for all the reasons that it is not possible. Therefore, mindset must match the reality of current experience. Our thoughts produce the energy that is necessary to support the passionate desire to achieve whatever it is that we want. This wanting desire must, however be supported by a clarity of intent. A process must be developed, adopted, and consistently adhered to and rehearsed the mind will then be able to accept the potential of what it takes to achieve the desire of our will.
Living Golf Lesson 3: The Power of Intuition
April 1, 2012
Lesson # 3 The Power of Intuition
There exists within each of us a magical capability that transcends rational sensibility. It comes from a part of our being that emerges at just the right moments when we need it the most. It is our intuition. It provides an insight that has been built on experience, without any judgment from intellectual interference. It frees a spirit-filled connection to a belief in what can be accomplished. The freedom of flow is released through our heartfelt feeling of what is the right way.
The intellectual willful desire that imposes a responsibility to be successful is replaced with an ability to naturally respond.
This response ability allows for experiences that expand an awareness of what is possible. New visions of what we are capable of achieving sharpen a focal point of a spirit-filled capacity with a clarity of intent. What not Go Fore It? Now we will.
When we hear that voice in our head, vision in our brain, or feeling in our heart we need to trust and take action in our bodies. This is the moment when we are overcome with unexplained feelings of elation. We just seem to know what action must be taken. At these moments we must exercise the faith that we can and the trust that we will, resulting in a fore gone conclusion. Now we must let go, let it happen.
Living Golf Lesson 2: The Power of Subconscious Acceptance
March 4, 2012
Lesson # 2 The Power of the Subconscious Acceptance
The conscious and subconscious mind has a distinct function when assessing and executing any stroke to be played in golf. The conscious mind is where we are able to conceptualize the requirements of play. The subconscious mind is where the stroke comes from. It perceives and senses the feel of what it takes. While the subconscious mind is objective and analytical the subconscious is subjected to whatever the conscious accepts for perceptive understanding.
We must train ourselves consciously to conceptualize and put into practice the process step by step until it eventually seeps into the perceptive abilities that are accepted by the subconscious mind.
Process must become automatic and somewhat routine. Belief and attitude will become habitual. Once the subconscious mind becomes accepting, then faith that we can and trust that we will carries out the necessities imposed by our conscious awareness. At this moment of connection we reach the flow zone of execution.
Arrival for Departure
December 3, 2011
An ongoing acceptance of our potential for the desired outcome of our golfing experience runs true and passionate, like the playful nature lying within our life force. We discover wondrous revelations and insights into our own character when we create and play our game without trying to over emphasize the growth process.
Evolution becomes a result of and not the purpose for the continuation of our deliberate efforts, as we plan and discover a true course of action.
Our course design is created in the blending of passion and purpose instilled in our individuality with an acceptance of the discoveries along the way. How we cope with challenges opens the opportunities during our journey. Rewards are recognized by the sense of satisfaction, through a spirit-based accomplishment, graciously accepted within the humility of a divine nature. All of the components of a well-planned game are provided with endless enjoyment through the many cycles of playful participation. Each round of golf opens the potential for a new and wondrous journey within the unrestricted nature of our design. Process and pursuit are supported by the intensity of passion and the clarity of purpose.
Setting a course with an authentic, personal design based on awakened intrinsic values, our nature is defined by cooperative melding within the game’s requirements.
We understand that this game, which we have the privilege to be part of, is truly more than just a recreational pastime. It is an adventure that continually challenges us and supports our personal vision. As we overcome self-doubt, and feel the exhilaration of accomplishment, we are provided with the hope and anticipation associated with each ball strike. The handicaps we place upon ourselves are overcome as we learn to be totally committed to and immersed in the aura of the game. Our character is structurally supported by the passion lying within the cornerstone of the course design. The secrets of the game unfold and unconditional acceptance of ease and grace is experienced in our play. This allows for a holistic connection to the why and allows mind, body, and spirit to become one with the game. We are now playing from the depths of our being, to the outer limits of our expanding ability. The search continues for the authentic acceptance of our relationship to the game. A sincere recognition of the successes along the path reaffirms our intent. Unlocking ability, we expand beyond any limits of conscious awareness and accept life’s lessons.
We become conditioned with a peaceful acceptance of the golf process.
As our minds expand our conscious awareness becomes non-controlling and we gain a relaxed, playful nature.
We attain clarity within our conditional feeling, opening a response to the natural swing. We are now able to go fore it without the pressure of any artificial desire to control. Now, we experience the course that dreams are made of. As we refocus intent, and clear the way for our total commitment we are stimulated by and immersed in an optimal energy source.
Capability and Potential
November 1, 2011
Continuing the search for clarity of purpose we discover a need to carefully assess our current level of capability and realize the potential for future achievement and growth. If we open our imagination to envision a course of play where the greatest ambitions and aspirations are fully realized, inspiration is energized providing the acceptance of possible accomplishment. The game of golf now presents the next level of acceptable challenge. Spiritual fulfillment comes with the expansion of playing capacity increasing and supporting a continued passionate involvement.
Passion and purpose are now united and set on a course that is clearly designed.
This establishes the necessary procedure to pave the way for an effortless pursuit of our ultimate hopes and dreams. Expansion of the vision of the possibilities strengthens our willful desire to overcome the challenges. A well defined course of action has now been thoughtfully laid before us. We are finally positioned to play away.
Playing Golf in a Field of Infinite Possibilities
July 1, 2011
Within the confines of the golf course lies the field of infinite possibilities. As we progress from tee to green and hole to hole an evolution in our potentiality is exposed in every stroke taken. Expansion of consciousness creates a golfing experience that will live in progressively higher awareness of our full capacity.
We all have within us limitless organizing potential to tap into a collective wisdom that has been planted in our brain cells.
Through years of experience both conscious and subliminal we have been branded with a source of divine guidance. It is possible to call up this source from parts of our being that will appear just when they are needed most. If we can first realize that anything is possible, begin to believe that the possibilities are truly limitless and then our faith can be vitalized to a point of accepting the unlimited capability that we possess.
Going Fore It – A Dream Come True
April 1, 2011
Over the last seven years of teaching golf at Winding Hills Golf Course a vision has been forming. This vision has become clarified through a strong desire and commitment to inspire and motivate students to become the best that they can be. The possibility to share my thoughts and beliefs with a larger audience led to a decision to take on what was to become one of the most challenging efforts that I have ever encountered.
I decided to sit down and write a book. It was to be a reflection of the life lessons that I have graciously accepted from the game of golf.
I have dreamed about writing a book on golf for many years. Most of the ideas that were bouncing around in my head up to this point seemed shallow and uninspiring. Something happened over the last several years of teaching and playing that unlocked a stimulation of thoughts that allowed the dream to come true. I decided to finally Go Fore It – in golf & life.
Hopefully, my attempt will positively affect many people, both golfers and non-golfers alike, as they adopt the mantra to Go Fore Itin all of their endeavors.
Throughout my life, I have enjoyed the privilege of studying and playing this most incredible game. I have been led through divine guidance to opportunities that allow me to share my ever-expanding knowledge as a teacher. This has provided me with a motivational force that has had a profound effect on all aspects of my life. It is now my commitment to share my reflections on golf and its relationship to a life force that has inspired a growing realization of who I am and what I stand for.
Spring Fever Forever – Catch It!
March 2, 2011
Each new day is an opportunity for a new beginning just like the first tee of each round provides the chance for a new experience unlike any other. Each year, as I come out of hibernation from the long winter, I recollect the previous year’s experiences while anticipating the new season’s arrival. The time spent during the dormant moments of winter fuels my continued desire to stay passionate about my pursuit of the game.
Many thoughts from the previous year manifest themselves in a rejuvenated love for the game. I have realized that staying motivated during this period of time off is very necessary. Slowing down the pursuit physically allows the mind the time required to internalize, evaluate, and realize an acceptance of new insight and direction. The cycle of renewal is then complete, clearing the way for the elation felt in my spring golf fever.
The Spirit of Golf
October 12, 2010
There is something special about this game of golf that penetrates the depth of heart and soul of the human condition. Each time that we venture out onto the course we encounter an experience that inspires a connection to the divine essence of personal satisfaction and achievement.
Our imagination of the possibilities that lie in wait provide an intriguing anticipation of new discoveries of an unrealized potential. Regardless of ability level, from the first efforts of the beginning golfer to the precise, methodical swing of the seasoned player, there is a magic in the game that captivates our deepest desires. The relationship between the elements of the game and its players progressively evolves into a union of spiritual oneness of rhythm and balance activated through the natural physical 
coordination of movement in the body mechanics. The interaction of club face and ball combines through an effortless release of cooperative energy. At the moment of inertia as contact is made, an exhilaration of spiritual lift takes flight along with the soaring trajectory of the object of intent. Human desire is satisfied with a sense of accomplishment once thought to be unachievable. Expansion of our capability will continue to nourish the passion that has brought us to this game.
