Golf, a Zen Experience

Good golfers center themselves before each and each shot. While it's going to look effortless, there's an excellent deal happening . Remember the scene in “The Legend of Bagger Vance” where Jones steps up to the ball preparing to play . Will Smith tells Matt Damon to observe Jones’s eyes, and the way he sees the sector . The eyes go soft as Jones takes his practice swings, getting his mind and body in tune with each other . His drive is as nearly perfect as a drive are often .

It may seem a touch farfetched, and a few will object to the statement, for several will recognize the reality of this statement - Golf may be a Zen experience. this is often especially for the higher golfers, regardless of how they'll joke around and appear to be shirking .

This is what Zen is – being completely and totally in each and each moment in the least times. Some people call it living life to its fullest, but that's something entirely different. Zen is more like experiencing every moment of life to its fullest and appreciating the moments for what they're .

Golf and Zen coincide on all aspects of the sport . By being within the moment a golfer takes notice of everything around himself or herself. He or she notes the texture of the breeze because it is blowing across the course, recognizing its force and direction, but not actively brooding about it. He or she also notices the texture of the grass as they walk down the green , but he or she isn't brooding about subsequent shot, not yet. brooding about the shot will occur when the player gets to the ball. 

At this point the player will note the space from where he or she is to the green, the weather and choose a club. Avoiding distractions, the player will specialise in the way to make subsequent shot, again, though, without really brooding about it. an excessive amount of thought fouls up the mental processes causing the player to urge tense and screw up the shot. Instead, the Zen golfer will trust his or her body, knowing the body and mind are in tune with each other and make the shot. For the record, no every shot won't be perfect going exactly where and the way far the golfer intended. But, the main difference is that the golfer conversant in , and practicing Zen, won't be adversely suffering from a miss hit shot, whereas a golfer who stresses over every shot will.

The non-Zen golfer will get down on himself or herself, thinking how he or she may be a lousy golfer and shouldn’t get on the course in the least . The negative thoughts are going to be invasive throughout this player’s entire body because the body and mind are at odds with each other rather than being during a state of harmony. So, the top result's one bad shot is followed by another, and an honest shot is looked upon as an accident, luck or a fluke.

For me, the Golf is the best sport.