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Date: 14 Nov 2006 11:07:20
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Subject: I love Shivas Irons... He is in my top ten of people I would love to meet.
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I am often caught reading Michael Murphy's adventures with Shivas Irons
in his book, 'Golf in the Kingdom'. In it Shivas had a 'list of people
who knew'. What it is they knew he unfortunately doesn't say but I like
to think that he was referring to their capability to activate positive
inner energy.
As I mention in the title Shivas Irons is in my top ten of people I
would most like to meet. Along with him are Mozart, Victor Hugo, Joan
of Arc, Jesus of Nazareth, Gandi, Ben Hogan, Bobby Jones, Sam Snead,
Sherlock Holmes and Michaelangelo.
My wife can't understand why I read this book so often and she asks me,
"What is so important about that damn book?"
To which I always reply, "My quest to find 'true gravity'."
So what is 'true gravity'?
It's sometimes described as 'feeling force', 'heart power', 'adrenelin
rush', 'consciousness-force', 'gravity-with-loving-eyes' or my own
personal explanation ' the energy dam'.
I open my dam and let the warm syrupy energy flow out during my down
swing.
Bobby Jones called it adding 5-10 mph to the force of gravity. I know
what he meant.
As Shivas Irons describes it, it's not difficult to achieve. We used to
drop into this state in battle. These days we use it to swat flies or
throw a stick for our dog. It is there. You just have to know how to
activate it.
I see the top sportsmen doing it all the time. It needs a little focus
and then when its activated, you just have to let it flow.
What is it then?
For me it's a warm feeling that runs from my throat down through my
core to my naval. Or what the orientals describe as using their 'Chi'
or 'Ki'.
I have days when this syrup is so rich that I just know I'm am going to
hit the ball well and other days where I have a mellower syrup which
creates less impressive results.
I turn my thoughts to some of Shivas Irons words and the richness soon
returns, or retoorns as he would say it.
I do fortunately summon the rich syrupy feeling more often these days
and enjoy miracles and great pleasure on the golf course.
Imagine you are going to swat a fly, kiss a beautiful girl, or you have
won the lottery. It doesn't matter what does it for you it is important
that you feel it and when you do, receate it again seconds before you
swing and you'll hit great shots.
Try it out. I am sure it will work for you every bit as good as it
works for me.
S.MacD.
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Date: 14 Nov 2006 14:49:16
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Subject: Re: I love Shivas Irons... He is in my top ten of people I would love to meet.
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Herbert,
You're probably right, to get inside Hogan's mind would probably be
enough so I am going to replace the other two with Billy Connelly and
John Wayne. I hope you don't object.
By the way, my favourite warm-up is swinging my 9 iron using a 4 finger
grip that I learned from Greg McHatton. I personally try to drift in to
the next manifesting plane during this procedure.
Thanks for your comments
Awrabest,
S.MacD.
Herbert wrote:
> pmchugh@online.de wrote:
> > I am often caught reading Michael Murphy's adventures with Shivas Irons
> > in his book, 'Golf in the Kingdom'. In it Shivas had a 'list of people
> > who knew'. What it is they knew he unfortunately doesn't say but I like
> > to think that he was referring to their capability to activate positive
> > inner energy.
> >
> > As I mention in the title Shivas Irons is in my top ten of people I
> > would most like to meet. Along with him are Mozart, Victor Hugo, Joan
> > of Arc, Jesus of Nazareth, Gandi, Ben Hogan, Bobby Jones, Sam Snead,
> > Sherlock Holmes and Michaelangelo.
> >
>
> I like your list, although I must ask why both Snead and Jones? Hogan
> is a must to take a crack at getting inside that mind. But the other
> two led lives that are more of an open book, and although I admire them
> greatly I don't know how much more I can learn from them that isn't
> already known and published. I guess they don't hold the same mystique
> that Hogan does.
>
> I rarely play anymore but when I do, I prepare for a match by gently
> swinging my wedge back and forth thinking of my favourite passages from
> my favourite writers, imagining the glorious flight my golf ball will
> take that day.
>
> "Oh, golf is for smellin' heather and cut grass and walkin' fast
> across the countryside and feelin' the wind and watchin' the sun go
> down and seein' yer friends hit good shots and hittin' some
> yerself. It's love and it's feelin' the splendor o' this good
> world."
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Date: 14 Nov 2006 14:41:45
From:
Subject: Re: I love Shivas Irons... He is in my top ten of people I would love to meet.
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Hello Booker,
I do actually believe that Shivas Irons is also fictional as Michael
Murphy fills this character with qualities that are so close to his own
studies and beliefs. I still love the concept and for me Sherlock,
Shivas and Jesus are as real as the 65 I am going to shoot next season
on our beautiful course. (My best is 67)
I've signed in as a member to the Shivas Irons Society and placed a
link from my own site to this one as we are certainly related. I look
forward to visiting its forum when its up and running again.
Thanks for the comments.
Awrabest
S.MacD.
Booker Little wrote:
> You should look into the Shivas Irons Society.
> http://www.shivas.org/index.html
>
> I like your list of 10 people. Sherlock Holmes and Jesus of Nazareth are
> fictional characters though. I would substitute Charles Darwin and
> Charles "Yardbird" Parker.
>
> <pmchugh@online.de> wrote in message
> news:1163531240.407911.49720@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> >I am often caught reading Michael Murphy's adventures with Shivas Irons
> > in his book, 'Golf in the Kingdom'. In it Shivas had a 'list of people
> > who knew'. What it is they knew he unfortunately doesn't say but I like
> > to think that he was referring to their capability to activate positive
> > inner energy.
> >
> > As I mention in the title Shivas Irons is in my top ten of people I
> > would most like to meet. Along with him are Mozart, Victor Hugo, Joan
> > of Arc, Jesus of Nazareth, Gandi, Ben Hogan, Bobby Jones, Sam Snead,
> > Sherlock Holmes and Michaelangelo.
> >
> >
> > My wife can't understand why I read this book so often and she asks me,
> > "What is so important about that damn book?"
> >
> >
> >
> > To which I always reply, "My quest to find 'true gravity'."
> >
> >
> > So what is 'true gravity'?
> >
> >
> > It's sometimes described as 'feeling force', 'heart power', 'adrenelin
> > rush', 'consciousness-force', 'gravity-with-loving-eyes' or my own
> > personal explanation ' the energy dam'.
> >
> >
> > I open my dam and let the warm syrupy energy flow out during my down
> > swing.
> >
> >
> > Bobby Jones called it adding 5-10 mph to the force of gravity. I know
> > what he meant.
> >
> >
> > As Shivas Irons describes it, it's not difficult to achieve. We used to
> > drop into this state in battle. These days we use it to swat flies or
> > throw a stick for our dog. It is there. You just have to know how to
> > activate it.
> >
> >
> > I see the top sportsmen doing it all the time. It needs a little focus
> > and then when its activated, you just have to let it flow.
> >
> >
> > What is it then?
> >
> >
> > For me it's a warm feeling that runs from my throat down through my
> > core to my naval. Or what the orientals describe as using their 'Chi'
> > or 'Ki'.
> >
> >
> > I have days when this syrup is so rich that I just know I'm am going to
> > hit the ball well and other days where I have a mellower syrup which
> > creates less impressive results.
> > I turn my thoughts to some of Shivas Irons words and the richness soon
> > returns, or retoorns as he would say it.
> >
> >
> >
> > I do fortunately summon the rich syrupy feeling more often these days
> > and enjoy miracles and great pleasure on the golf course.
> >
> >
> > Imagine you are going to swat a fly, kiss a beautiful girl, or you have
> > won the lottery. It doesn't matter what does it for you it is important
> > that you feel it and when you do, receate it again seconds before you
> > swing and you'll hit great shots.
> >
> >
> > Try it out. I am sure it will work for you every bit as good as it
> > works for me.
> >
> >
> > S.MacD.
> >
> >
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Date: 14 Nov 2006 12:14:51
From: Herbert
Subject: Re: I love Shivas Irons... He is in my top ten of people I would love to meet.
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pmchugh@online.de wrote:
> I am often caught reading Michael Murphy's adventures with Shivas Irons
> in his book, 'Golf in the Kingdom'. In it Shivas had a 'list of people
> who knew'. What it is they knew he unfortunately doesn't say but I like
> to think that he was referring to their capability to activate positive
> inner energy.
>
> As I mention in the title Shivas Irons is in my top ten of people I
> would most like to meet. Along with him are Mozart, Victor Hugo, Joan
> of Arc, Jesus of Nazareth, Gandi, Ben Hogan, Bobby Jones, Sam Snead,
> Sherlock Holmes and Michaelangelo.
>
I like your list, although I must ask why both Snead and Jones? Hogan
is a must to take a crack at getting inside that mind. But the other
two led lives that are more of an open book, and although I admire them
greatly I don't know how much more I can learn from them that isn't
already known and published. I guess they don't hold the same mystique
that Hogan does.
I rarely play anymore but when I do, I prepare for a match by gently
swinging my wedge back and forth thinking of my favourite passages from
my favourite writers, imagining the glorious flight my golf ball will
take that day.
"Oh, golf is for smellin' heather and cut grass and walkin' fast
across the countryside and feelin' the wind and watchin' the sun go
down and seein' yer friends hit good shots and hittin' some
yerself. It's love and it's feelin' the splendor o' this good
world."
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Date: 14 Nov 2006 11:47:16
From: Booker Little
Subject: Re: I love Shivas Irons... He is in my top ten of people I would love to meet.
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You should look into the Shivas Irons Society.
http://www.shivas.org/index.html
I like your list of 10 people. Sherlock Holmes and Jesus of Nazareth are
fictional characters though. I would substitute Charles Darwin and
Charles "Yardbird" Parker.
<pmchugh@online.de > wrote in message
news:1163531240.407911.49720@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>I am often caught reading Michael Murphy's adventures with Shivas Irons
> in his book, 'Golf in the Kingdom'. In it Shivas had a 'list of people
> who knew'. What it is they knew he unfortunately doesn't say but I like
> to think that he was referring to their capability to activate positive
> inner energy.
>
> As I mention in the title Shivas Irons is in my top ten of people I
> would most like to meet. Along with him are Mozart, Victor Hugo, Joan
> of Arc, Jesus of Nazareth, Gandi, Ben Hogan, Bobby Jones, Sam Snead,
> Sherlock Holmes and Michaelangelo.
>
>
> My wife can't understand why I read this book so often and she asks me,
> "What is so important about that damn book?"
>
>
>
> To which I always reply, "My quest to find 'true gravity'."
>
>
> So what is 'true gravity'?
>
>
> It's sometimes described as 'feeling force', 'heart power', 'adrenelin
> rush', 'consciousness-force', 'gravity-with-loving-eyes' or my own
> personal explanation ' the energy dam'.
>
>
> I open my dam and let the warm syrupy energy flow out during my down
> swing.
>
>
> Bobby Jones called it adding 5-10 mph to the force of gravity. I know
> what he meant.
>
>
> As Shivas Irons describes it, it's not difficult to achieve. We used to
> drop into this state in battle. These days we use it to swat flies or
> throw a stick for our dog. It is there. You just have to know how to
> activate it.
>
>
> I see the top sportsmen doing it all the time. It needs a little focus
> and then when its activated, you just have to let it flow.
>
>
> What is it then?
>
>
> For me it's a warm feeling that runs from my throat down through my
> core to my naval. Or what the orientals describe as using their 'Chi'
> or 'Ki'.
>
>
> I have days when this syrup is so rich that I just know I'm am going to
> hit the ball well and other days where I have a mellower syrup which
> creates less impressive results.
> I turn my thoughts to some of Shivas Irons words and the richness soon
> returns, or retoorns as he would say it.
>
>
>
> I do fortunately summon the rich syrupy feeling more often these days
> and enjoy miracles and great pleasure on the golf course.
>
>
> Imagine you are going to swat a fly, kiss a beautiful girl, or you have
> won the lottery. It doesn't matter what does it for you it is important
> that you feel it and when you do, receate it again seconds before you
> swing and you'll hit great shots.
>
>
> Try it out. I am sure it will work for you every bit as good as it
> works for me.
>
>
> S.MacD.
>
>
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