Comments on: Golf, reprise

by: bginley

Fri, 27 May 2005 22:32:49 +0000

i have been golfing since i could walk. my father encouraged the sport as an alternative to aggressive sports. As golfer who does practice and also owns a big bertha or two, i still stink it up on occasion!

by: Jack

Thu, 26 May 2005 10:13:07 +0000

It’s interesting that some of us golfed well as kids - I started at 10. Of course this would be so since one of the tenets of zen practice is that we best achieve empty mind with beginner’s mind.

by: Adam Harvey

Wed, 25 May 2005 21:11:48 +0000

I’ve not golfed in years, but I was rather good when I was a child. Thinking back, my golf game, and later on the fencing abilities, have always been best when my mind has been in a state of emptiness. I really need to learn zazen.

by: Nick Traenkner

Wed, 25 May 2005 17:05:00 +0000

I actually once went out and bought a buckwheat-filled zafu when I was sitting during my lunch hour. I sat because work was driving me crazy. After practicing this for about two months, the company ran out of money and I got laid off.

by: Deedee

Wed, 25 May 2005 00:45:36 +0000

You’re right! (And even better, you made me laugh.) Photography is much the same. Amateurs lust after better equipment and longer lenses, when mindful seeing and shooting is what is required. How do you get to Carnegie Hall?