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	GolfingZen - The Podcast
	Exploring zen ideas for the golf course (and for life!) ©
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Podcast 23 - A Playing Lesson

Jack Nicklaus asks a question (quoted in Joe Parent's "Zen Golf") thats meaningful to every golfer, at every level.

This podcast will give you the question.. and the answer!

wayneksmith@comcast.net Wed, 5 Apr 2006 21:21:00 GMT

Podcast 22 - The Yin and Yang of Golf

We've all seen the familiar Yin/Yang symbol many times. But, do you know what it signifies?

wayneksmith@comcast.net Sun, 26 Mar 2006 05:01:00 GMT

Podcast 21 - Fixing Your Swing

The last podcast laid out our obligation to be happy - on the course and off. But what about those days where our game goes south and everything becomes dark and difficult? What to do in those situations? How do we fix things?

wayneksmith@comcast.net Sun, 19 Mar 2006 05:01:00 GMT

Podcast 20 - Are We Happy?

Today's question: Are we happy? Are we having fun? How could your life work, if it's not from a base of happiness? In Zen/Buddhist practice, not only is happiness allowed, it is a primary objective. You can only lift up others if you yourself are operating out of happiness. It's the same on the golf course. If you're stomping around in anger, nothing is going to go well. And so, the question: how to be happy?

wayneksmith@comcast.net Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:46:00 GMT

Podcast 19 - The Eightfold Path (Part 3)

This is the last of a three-part series on The Eightfold Path, the Zen route to ending desire or attachment which, in turn, provides the escape from suffering. As we all experience suffering in our golfing life, it's a path worth following.

Tue, 7 Mar 2006 21:07:00 GMT

Podcast 18 - The Eightfold Path (Part 2)

As in life, our golf experience is often characterized by suffering. Zen practice tells us the same about life, and that our suffering grows out of excessive desire and attachment. The Eightfold Path is the route to escape, and today's discussion focuses on the "Samadhi" steps: our inward mental controls that allow us to use our mental processes in a constructive way.

wayneksmith@comcast.net Wed, 1 Mar 2006 22:09:00 GMT

Podcast 17 - The Eightfold Path (Part 1)

This program goes to the heart of Eastern thinking (and how it may influence your golf game). The Fundamental Truth is that life is about suffering that comes from excessive desire, attachment, or futile attempts to control (certainly true in golf). Freedom comes by following the Eightfold Path; Part #1 covers "samadhi," our outward behavior.

wayneksmith@comcast.net Wed, 22 Feb 2006 19:06:00 GMT

Podcast 16 - Playing Better

What do we need to do to play better? Is my handicap trend tied to the number of range balls I hit? Perhaps, but playing better starts with understanding how you played.

wayneksmith@comcast.net Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:41:00 GMT

Podcast 15 - A Matter of Control

Today's program returns to the heart of our stated aim: the mental side of golf and the Zen principles that can help. The discussion centers around the Fundamental Truth: that life is about suffering, which grows out of our mis-guided and fruitless attempts to control. In golf, what can you control, what can you not, and how do you manage that question?

wayneksmith@comcast.net Thu, 9 Feb 2006 21:09:00 GMT

Podcast 14 â The Physics Fundamentals

Today's program marks the farthest departure we will take from the stated purpose of these programs: the mental side of golf and/or the application of Zen thoughts to the golf game. But, the departure is necessary because, in golf, it is impossible to clear or quiet your active mind if your swing mechanics are fatally flawed. This program is the last of the "Fundamentals" and deals with the truth that the golf ball always tells us about how it was struck. Zen-like... if we pay attention to the message, and remind ourself that is isn't personal, then the ball tells us what we need to do to grow and improve.

wayneksmith@comcast.net Fri, 3 Feb 2006 21:19:00 GMT

Podcast 13 â A "Zen" Break

Recent programs have focused (perhaps too much?) on the physical fundamentals of the golf swing. Today's program returns to our stated mission â the mental side of golf â through a review of several podcasts that carry similar themes.

wayneksmith@comcast.net Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:20:00 GMT

Podcast 12 â The Physical Fundamentals

Today's program is almost a mission violation. Even though this is a program devoted to the mental side of golf, the "Zen" of golf (and of life), it is necessary that we do talk about the few true physical fundamentals... the LAWS... and this is that program. For you swing freaks... enjoy, since we'll climb back into your brain next time.

wayneksmith@comcast.net Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:50:00 GMT

Podcast 11 â Why Bother?

In the last podcast, the "mental" side of golf fundamentals was introduced. Within that short list, a prime requirement was trust in our ability to progress toward the ultimate golfer that resides within. Without that, we are accepting our current self as our ultimate self, which sentences us to "playing dice"... competing by handicap and by randon day-to-day variations around our median scoring average. The question: Why bother? Why not just stay home, flip a coin, and mail in the results? But, if we do continue to trust in our unfolding abilities, the question is equally pertinent: Why do/should we bother? Today's program takes on that question.

wayneksmith@comcast.net Mon, 9 Jan 2006 21:11:00 GMT

Podcast 10 - Fundamentals

Today's program begins the task of spelling out the true golf fundamentals: laws, not tendancies or preferences. True to the mission of these programs, as you would expect, these deal with mental fundamentals

wayneksmith@comcast.net Wed, 4 Jan 2006 20:52:00 GMT

Podcast 9 - How Big?

This podcast - the ninth in the series - offers a side trip from the general golf/Zen subject of these programs. Modern western science shows true reality to be bizarrely different than what we perceive it to be. An intriguing paradox is that the sciences of the very big and the very small both show these surprises, and also there is a direct parallel with ancient Eastern philosophy. To myself - a reformed Eastern cynic - these surprising parallels are solid proof that we need to pay more attention to the Eastern message, and that is the prime objective of these programs. An earlier podcast (#3A) went into the subject of the reality of the very small: quantum physics. This one goes to the other extreme, to the subject of the immense: cosmology. Don't panic! You'll learn something, and it might even be fun.

wayneksmith@comcast.net Tue, 27 Dec 2005 20:31:00 GMT

Podcast 8 - Laws and Tendencies

wayneksmith@comcast.net Wed, 21 Dec 2005 21:40:00 GMT

Podcast 7 - The Noise of many Teachers

A major problem in learning golf is not a lack of information. It is, instead, a literal fire-storm of information coming at us from all sides, and most of it is in stark disagreement. What does that mean? Is it all correct? Could any portion be wrong, even though the teacher is highly successful and internationally known? What to do... what to do?

wayneksmith@comcast.net Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:58:00 GMT

Podcast 6 - Teaching vs. Learning

The last podcast talked about our mental roadblocks to learning and improvement, both on and off the golf course. Todays makes an important distinction: the role of the teacher and of the student

wayneksmith@comcast.net Tue, 6 Dec 2005 21:15:00 GMT

Podcast 5 - Why We Forget

All we need to know - about golf and about life - is right in front of us. We already know! The question is... why do we forget?

wayneksmith@comcast.net Sun, 27 Nov 2005 15:15:00 GMT

Podcast 4 - You Already Know

The ultimate objective of Eastern Spirituality is "enlightenment," which is sometimes described as "remembering" what one already knows. Can golf be the same? Do we already know how to play better? To play well? Thi podcast maintains that to be so. Do you agree?

wayneksmith@comcast.net Mon, 21 Nov 2005 19:38:00 GMT

Podcast 3B - How Small?

The extremes of Western science describe a reality that is wildly different from what our common senses would imply. Here Ãïï from the mouth of Einstein Ãïï is an example. Ponder what this suggests about life and how we live it... day to day, and on the golf course.

wayneksmith@comcast.net Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:18:00 GMT

Podcast 3A - The First Truth

The first half of a two-part posting, expanding on this week's blog-site (www.golfingzen.blogspot.com) essay: The Fundamental Truth. Whether in life or on the golf course, this truth says that it's all about suffering, which comes from too much desire. Sound like your game?

wayneksmith@comcast.net Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:55:00 GMT

GolfingZen: Western Mind - Eastern Thought

A discussion of Western versus Eastern mind, and how Eastern thought alters the very essence and purpose of our golf game.

wayneksmith@comcast.net Thu, 3 Nov 2005 19:43:00 GMT

Podcast One: Teeing Off

The introductory GolfingZen podcast: who we are and what we're about.

wayneksmith@comcast.net Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:36:00 GMT

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