Spirit of Golf -Thoughts of the Day: The Book

By Tim N. Kremer, M.A.

The real shift in improving athletic performance, or for that matter any aspect of our lives, comes as we journey into the inner stillness of the unknown. We go beyond the conditioned limitations of a fragile, reactive egoic mind; beyond the stubbornness and fear of what we think we already know.

At the point where the unknown becomes our friend, a transformation begins to occur. We feel a heartfelt sincerity that the wonderful is not only possible, but well on its way. Things beyond what we dream of suddenly begin to appear in our lives.

As we master the inner journey, things outside of us fall effortlessly into place. We come to observe and know the intimate connection between these two beautiful games, golf and life, the essence of which are one in the same.

This book, the first from Spirit of Golf, is a compilation of our favorite Thoughts of the Day read by thousands through emails and on our website every day. Our hope is that each thought will allow you to deepen your journey on the golf course and in the course of life; moment by precious moment and one special shot at a time.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tim N. Kremer, M.A.
• Release date: Aug 27, 2011
• ISBN: 9781466072442

Tim N. Kremer, M.A.

Tim N. Kremer, M.A., is a visionary peak performance coach and consultant based in Jupiter, FL. He is president and founder of Spirit of Golf, LLC, a program utilizing innovative and pioneering mind/body techniques which help participants (both athletes and non-athletes) learn to achieve greater success and joy in both golf and life. Tim is an author, lecturer and national keynote speaker who has presented before athletic, educational, corporate and not-for-profit organizations, inspiring non-athletes with the same messages he shares with golfers through Spirit of Golf. In addition to his speaking and writing schedule, Tim works with a number of tour athletes and others through his private coaching practice. He has touched the lives of thousands of people utilizing his background in golf (as competitor, coach and instructor), Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP), Transformational Communication, hypnosis, meditation (a 20-year practice), breathwork, writing and the martial arts. Tim also is a licensed instructor for PAIRS International, a program which utilizes couples communication skills. Tim is a former mini-tour golf professional and has competed successfully as an amateur both at the national and state levels. He continues to maintain a scratch handicap and plays for fun in tournaments as his schedule allows. Prior to his golf career, Tim worked in corporate communications and as a communication consultant with clients across the country. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in journalism/communications from the University of Iowa. Tim’s deep passion for sharing the concepts of Spirit of Golf combines his playing and teaching career in golf with his practice as a performance coach focusing on interpersonal communication skills surrounding present moment awareness. He remains at the leading edge of transformational life coaching by attending workshops and learning from others, including Jerry and Esther Hicks, Abraham, Eckhart Tolle, Joan Borysenko, Jon Kabat-Zinn, David Morehouse, Deepak Chopra, Brian Weiss, Carolyn Myss, Rosemary Wolff, Jon Connelly, Sri Vasudeva, Nayano and many others. His life experiences have helped Tim create a fun, unique and entertaining coaching/teaching style appreciated by the athletes and other lives he has touched. He has produced numerous DVDs and audio CDs that highlight the concepts taught through Spirit of Golf workshops and clinics. Audio music CDs also have been produced which incorporate sound and music into leading-edge brain entrainment technology. All materials, including Tim's first book, "Thoughts of the Day: The Book - A Collection of Insights for the Soul" are available through his website at: www.myspiritofgolf.com.

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THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: THE BOOK

A Collection of Insights for the Soul

by Tim N. Kremer, M.A.

President and Founder, Spirit of Golf

Text copyright © 2010 by Tim N. Kremer and Spirit of Golf, LLC

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All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form by an means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission from the author.

Cover and interior design by Kimmara Rose and Music for Candles

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To the countless seekers I have met in and through the Spirit of Golf. And to my beautiful daughter, Lindsay, who is the absolute joy and wonder of my life. It is because of each of you that my life is so richly filled with compassion, acceptance, purpose and joy. And it is with each of you that I continue to learn the importance of Love as the only way of being.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

The Power of Belief

Thoughts, Emotions and Beliefs

The Mind/Body Connection

The Law of Attraction

The Field of Infinite Possibilities

The Present Moment

Conscious Creation

The Breath

Awareness

Acceptance

Imagination

Perception

The Egoic Mind

Emotional Reactivity

The Zone

Golf as a Game of Life

Introduction

Our fascination with the game of golf goes back to the beginning of humankind. Not with club and ball, perhaps, but with the same instinctual desire to propel an object toward a target with a specific outcome in mind.

Fortunately, the survival rate today of golfers who miss the target is very high, especially when compared with golfers from days gone by who would end up hungry or worse by consistently missing the mark.

Yet, to listen to these present day warriors tell their impassioned tales of woe, one might think that we are talking not about golf, but about the very nature of survival itself.

Not survival, perhaps; but just golf. Then, of course, is it ever really just about the golf?

Those of us who love the game already sense the intimate connection between the Spirit of Golf and the Spirit of Life. Golf, like a beautiful lover, has the uncanny ability to tear at our hearts and rip apart our souls. She plays with us on her terms, beckoning us with a seductive smile, only to disappear if we get too close while asking us to come back and play with her on another day.

The passion, the heartbreak, the sorrow, the bliss; each of these are reflections of a deeper calling by our souls to uncover more and more of the true nature of who we really are. Inside every cell of our beings is a constant yearning and an insatiable desire for two things: to give and receive Love, and to manifest and create. Golf gives us the opportunity to explore and fashion both.

Indeed, as we begin to master the inner world of our thoughts, emotions and beliefs, our golf games cannot help but improve – as will every aspect of our lives. This is the basic tenet of Spirit of Golf. But if we work at our golf games without creating the happiness first, which sadly, many of us continue to do, we will always be grabbing the unhappy end of a very rough and pointy stick.

The lessons of golf are the lessons of life; although this could be said of anything we do. It is only as we bring a sense of purpose and aliveness and awareness into our doings that our true mastery and joy can be rediscovered. Otherwise, we are like the warriors who keep missing the target; hungry, dissatisfied and fearful much of the time yet searching for things outside ourselves that will never keep us content.

An old driving range pro whose name I have long forgotten once said to me as a young man, Son, if you really want to get to know yourself better – the things you like about yourself and the things you don’t – then take up golf.

So it is. And so it will continue to be.

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This book is a compilation of our favorite Thoughts of the Day© that are read by thousands through emails and on our website every day. My hope is that each thought will allow you to deepen your journey through both golf