Sadhguru is an Indian Mystic. He’s an interesting cat. I’m sure that gurus and mystics command some sort of celebrity and Sadhguru seems to have more than most. Perhaps he’s a brilliant marketer; perhaps he’s just lucky; perhaps he is just being him and people love it. Let’s face it, people are very rarely who they present themselves to be.
Anyway, Sadhguru is a very good proponent of simplifying things. He has a mastery of analogies that can be very entertaining. Annnnd, he plays golf!
I thought I’d quote some things he has to say (from his website) about golf because they align closely with what I teach.
“Even now I don’t know a damn thing about golf. But you want the ball to go there, I know how to send it there.” That’s all I know with life also. I want it to go there, I know how to send it there. I don’t know anything else. And that’s all you need to know. Otherwise you will know everything but you will not know where to go.”
“With every simple aspect of life, people make a mess of it because the interior is not settled. If the interior is settled, if you know how to use a fork or a spoon and put it into your mouth, you will know how to hit a golf ball into its hole. There’s nothing else to it. Maybe a little bit of practice is needed, but you don’t have to act so funny to hit the ball. No one has to tell you how to stand or how to hold the club. That much intelligence is built into your body. If you have enough intelligence and control to put food properly into your mouth, you have enough control to play golf too.“
“The thing about golf is, “less is more” – not only the score, in everything that you do. If you try to do more, you will be all over the place.“
Smart guy.
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