Andy Morrison

For the first 35 years of playing I believed/was led to believe my true self (peace) was something I worked on from the Outside-In. Got to scratch ; never really felt settled 😟 Walked from the game 10 years ago ( off 6) 2027 ; A return to the game #GolfInsideOut 😎

Innocently, if I believe my sense of well being, my identity, my worth, my okay-ness in the world IS riding on the successful execution of hitting my 8 iron to the target with the correct contact, flight and appearance of 'skilled' , boy there's alot riding on my 8 iron 😨

The idea of who I can be WHEN all of those better examples show up and confirm who I should be, is the very idea that fires up the seeking and keeps us in perpetual lack. Never ending seeking as a means to become who I already am? A good use of our life? Hmm, methinks not 🤥

The seeking of a better flight, a better contact, a better outcome, a better score, a better perspective, a better feeling, conflicts with a reality which is in constant flux, arising and dissolving, changing randomly . The seeking is the blindfold that blindsides us

Escaping the experience of this moment by believing our intervening/practice can make the later moments 'better' , 'more comfortable' 'less insecure'. The 'I could be happier later if' belief is compelling ....and would be valuable if happy was found elsewhere . But is it?🤔

Presence The belief we need a way to practice and measure of The belief we need a quota of The belief we need a time sensitive arrival and retention of The belief we require a preferred version of The belief someone knows how to attain the above better than Pure belief!

Hit first bucket of balls for 2 years. A handful were on totally on point (strike/flight/direction ) 🙌 A handful were dreadful 😪 Neither end of the spectrum were indicative of whether I'm 100% likely to attain scratch status in a week or not play again . It's 50 balls !

Just because we think the work is done doesn't mean the work is done! Ego thrives off perceived shortcuts , claiming it knows something everyone else has missed , projects it knows better (without evidence) yet pretends , gives up and shuns truth The work remains the work

The one insisting we need a coping strategy,is the one who most needs us to believe we can't cope. Challenging their belief = You aren't informed You aren't qualified You haven't read the science You haven't done the research Your view isn't valid Do not challenge 🤫

'When I'm up in my head , my swing looks like a held breath ; And then, like a breath of fresh air , it unfolds' #andym_innergame

Personal and At a Distance There's a me and there is a presence I have to practice and work towards #DoerShip #Two Intimacy and Immediacy The dissolving of the idea of a me to reveal the expression of presence, which isn't separate or governed by time #Awareness #One

We will all bob inbetween the 2 appearances. I am not immune to temporarily linking my well being to the success or failure of a golf outcome 🥳🥵🤯😎🤧 However the waking up period is way shorter ⏰️. Well being has never been conditional #Nature #Foundational

Insecurity arises in the proximity of the shot = me/this shot isn't going to be ok unless I do something 'extra' ( to ensure/to fix/to cope) #OutsideIn Insecurity arises as an expression of thought in the moment, independent of the shot and unrelated to who I am #InsideOut

Seeking a spiritual one-upmanship is no more valuable than diligently practicing mental techniques to "become more you" Pursuing spiritual understanding to foster material gain is quite an elaborate game with the ego still needing it's reward. #VeilAfterVeil

Happiness is inherent ; yet we inadvertently make it conditional Happiness is impersonal; we believe it's personal Happiness is within nature of But we believe it's the content of Happiness is "in here' ; but we tend to seek it "out there' And around and around we go

Freedom expressing in your game is not down to the successful application of a mental technique you've practiced over and over It's the absence of any of that Where else in your world do you systematically practice being yourself in order to be able to express freely ?

Curious to see what emerges now as a result of my unlearning The task hasn't changed; still moving a club to move a ball towards a target But the relationship to how I feel whilst doing that, what that means about me, how I appear to others is hugely different 💙 Let's play

Thankful that I've been there for every shot I've ever hit ...and will hit. No one else will ever hold that position Direct experience has informed every shot I've ever hit ...and will hit Someone else's opinion has not My final golfing chapter begins ; Look Within ⛳️

And so we begin 😬 Was surprisingly OK; club got introduced to ball a few times 🙂

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