"When confronted with a situation that appears fragmented or impossible, step back, close your eyes, and envision perfection where you saw brokenness. Go to the inner place where there is no problem, and abide in the consciousness of well-being."
- Alan Cohen

18 Holes in His Mind

Major James Nesmeth had a dream of improving his golf game — and he developed a unique method of achieving his goal. Until he devised this method, he was just your average weekend golfer, shooting in mid-to-low nineties. Then, for seven years, he completely quit the game. Never touched a club. Never set foot on a fairway.

Ironically, it was during this seven-year break from the game that Major Nesmeth came up with his amazingly effective technique for improving his game — a technique we can all learn from. In fact, the first time he set foot on a golf course after his hiatus from the game, he shot an astonishing 74! He had cut 20 strokes off his average without having swung a golf club in seven years! Unbelievable. Not only that, but his physical condition had actually deteriorated during those seven years.

What was Major Nesmeth's secret? Visualization. You see, Major Nesmeth had spent those seven years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. During those seven years, he was imprisoned in a cage that was approximately four and one-half feet high and five feet long.

During almost the entire time he was imprisoned, he saw no one, talked to no one and experienced no physical activity. During the first few months he did virtually nothing but hope and pray for his release. Then he realized he had to find some way to occupy his mind or he would lose his sanity and probably his life. That's when he learned to visualize.

In his mind, he selected his favourite golf course and started playing golf. Every day, he played a full 18 holes at the imaginary country club of his dreams. He experienced everything to the last detail. He saw himself dressed in his golfing clothes. He smelled the fragrance of the trees and the freshly trimmed grass. He experienced different weather conditions — windy spring days, overcast winter days, and sunny summer mornings. In his imagination, every detail of the tee, the individual blades of grass, the trees, the singing birds, the scampering squirrels and the lay of the course became totally real.

He felt the grip of the club in his hands. He instructed himself as he practiced smoothing out his down-swing and the follow-through on his shot. Then he watched the ball arc down the exact centre of the fairway, bounce a couple of times and roll to the exact spot he had selected, all in his mind.

In the real world, he was in no hurry. He had no place to go. So in his mind he took every step on his way to the ball, just as if he were physically on the course. It took him just as long in imaginary time to play 18 holes as it would have taken in reality. Not a detail was omitted. Not once did he ever miss a shot, never a hook or a slice, never a missed putt.

Seven days a week. Four hours a day. Eighteen holes. Seven years. Twenty strokes off. Shot a 74.

See where your imagination can take you when YOU set goals!

~ Author Unknown

 

“Visualize this thing that you want, see it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blue print, and begin to build.” ~ Robert Collier

“Imagination rules the world.”

~Napoleon Bonaparte

 

 

“To accomplish great things we must first dream, then visualize, then plan... believe... act!”
~Alfred A. Montapert

“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.”
~ Carl Sagan

 

"When we enter a state of mindful attention, the present moment, the now, eases open. And when it does, life pours in." — Anne Glusker

 

“There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.”~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

 

"Visualize this thing that you want, see it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blue print, and begin to build."- Robert Collier

 

"There is no fate ,but what we create."- Sarah C

 

 

"Make sure you visualize what you really want, not what someone else wants for you."
- Jerry Gillies

"I've discovered that numerous peak performers use the skill of mental rehearsal of visualization. They mentally run through important events before they happen."- Charles A. Garfield

 

“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!”
~ Dr. Seuss

P.S:

Everyone comes into the world equipped with everything one may ever need to live a life of total ease and joy.

We have within us all the tools we need to create and live extraordinary lives.

All we need to do is to use them mindfully and consistently.

Thank you for visiting the TREASURE TROVE today.

Namaste,

Bhagya