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Golf With Your Quantum Mind
Craig Sigl
Does that headline create some curiosity in you? Are you wondering
what the heck this is going to be about. As I came up for
the idea to write about this, I wasn't quite sure myself.
But then I thought, let's just go first to a book called "Quantum
Golf" by Kjell Enhager.
I first read this book a couple years ago, before I was trained
in Neuro-linguistic Programming (I'm now a Master Practitioner).
And to be honest, I didn't understand it at all. I even discussed
it with my local pro and between the two of us, decided that
it was a book that was better left to the psychology wizards.
Lately, I've been extremely fascinated with learning about
what is called "Quantum Physics" (What does this have to do
with golf? Don't worry, I'll get there). It seems that scientists
have been studying about things that are smaller than atoms
since the turn of the 20th century and that's what they call
this science. Remember in high school or maybe before that,
we were all taught that the building blocks of all matter
are atoms? Well, it turns out it's not true.
The big "Aha" about Quantum Physics is that we create our
reality through our observations and thoughts. And it's now
been proven by physicists. These scientists were so baffled
by this idea that some of them ended up turning to mystic
religions and others went bonkers over it.
Fast forward to Quantum Golf. It's a fictional story about
a man named Smith. He's from New York and a typical golfer
who has taken numerous lessons and done everything under the
sun in an attempt to improve his game (sound like anyone you
know?). In desperation, he is told of this golf pro, St. Claire,
who lives in the middle of nowhere in the farmlands of middle
America.
Smith flies out to take lessons from him and at the end of
the story, of course, he "gets it" and starts to play beyond
what he thought was possible. He is taught about creating
a "superfluid" swing. He learns to have "Q vision." St. Claire
tells him about the difference between "classical golf" and
"Quantum golf." Classical golf is about the conscious swing
and has gotten him nowhere so far. He tells him that those
who have mastered Quantum golf hit the ball perfectly straight!
St. Claire teaches him such ideas as: "The mind has its attention
only on the surface level, and then what you're failing to
take into consideration as your priority is the unchanging,
reliable inner being of the individual who is swinging the
club."
Starting to sound a little far out now? Ok, that's what I
thought too the first time I read this book. But now, it all
makes perfect sense to me. You see, classical physics teaches
us about how everything is mechanical. About how you can trace
back every cause to it's effect in a way that can be described
or codified by mathematics and known laws of our planet such
as gravity. This is so much like folks who think that the
gateway to playing great golf is to consciously work on their
golf swing until they somehow come to the idea in their own
mind that it is now perfect...and THAT never happens!
Quantum golf and Quantum physics itself allows for the dynamic
of the human mind to actually change reality. Yes, that's
what I wrote...CHANGE REALITY. Now, I'm not going to get into
a discussion about what is reality because I sometimes get
dizzy thinking about that myself. However, too many great
philosophers have said things like: "If you think you can
do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." Henry
Ford.
or:
"Nothing is good or bad, except what thinking makes it so."
William Shakespeare
In the past, I would have read this kind of great quote and
thought to myself something like: "Oh that's nice" and went
on my merry way of doing what I've always done and not getting
what I wanted to get.
Today, when I hear or read such quotes I not only believe
it in the deepest part of my golfing body and mind, but I
can teach it with the backing of science behind me.
Once you really believe in the Quantum nature of your own
mind, all sorts of good things happen to your golf game. Can
you think of a time when you played with pure joy and exhilaration?
Have you ever had a time when you stood over a putt...AND
YOU KNEW you were going to make it !? Have you ever played
with another golfer and just felt his or her attitude rub
off on you? And then you played better because of it? I want
you to have more of these experiences.
Copyright 2006 Craig Sigl
Craig Sigl is a Master of NLP, Hypnotherapist, and
5 handicap golfer teaching folks worldwide how to improve
their game without practicing. Visit www.break80golf.com
for a free e-book and e-course to learn his methods.
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