Jack Buck after Gibson's home run in the 1988 World Series Game 1: "I don't believe that I just saw! I don't believe what I just saw!"Insanity, in the sense of mental instability, is something we tend to steer clear of at all costs. We do this because we are uneased by the unpredictable, especially when we feel it may cause us harm. Yet, insanity as an outrageous or amazingly unpredictable event is something we all gravitate towards. Because the mundane is not social media worthy. We want the shocking. That's what entertains us. The routine plays bore us, yet comfort tricks us into thinking it's all we want for our own lives. If greatness is your goal, be willing for people to think your dedication is insane. Most people are too scared to be obsessed. But in order to be extraordinary, you can't be ordinary.
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YODA: "For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter."I wrote The Art of War and Baseball because we are spiritual beings yet it takes common ground to soften the heart to the spirit's whisper. For what else is a baseball field but the connection point of all players? You can’t have a game without it. It is the same in life. We have a tendency to want to rely on science for the answers - I should know it's my profession. But when we trace science to its most fundamental structure what do we find? Oddly enough we find the field. The field emits from all things. It is the energy that radiates at the foundation of the physical. It is not understood, even by the greatest minds. It consists of invisible forces that influence what we perceive as real. And how different is it to spirit? One could make the case that they are one in the same.
If you enjoyed this new meditation on the deeper meaning of the game, you’ll love THE ART OF WAR AND BASEBALL!! Check it out here: www.theartofwarandbaseball.com Alan Watts: "When your head is clear, when your vision is clear, all the details can be made out. So that is why emptiness equals form."What makes a call clear? It requires freedom from interference, an empty line of vision. Nothingness. Nothingness provides the empty space in which to fill with detail. With emptiness, details become clear. Don’t you see, clarity describes the emptiness while at the same time making way for the detail of a clear call? This is what is meant by the Buddhist saying, “form is emptiness.” Duality is what forces us to see these two states as independent, but breaking down this wall of separateness can help eliminate your fear of emptiness. For death is not an emptiness to be feared, it is simply the clarity required to experience life.
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