The physical body that you have is nothing more than energy with feelings. Your feelings are signals for you to follow and the energy that you radiate comes from what you are feeling. It's somewhat like a hologram or a projection. The big question is how much control over this do we have.
For example, Tiger Woods is an ideal illustration of this energy/emotion synthesis and what can happen when feelings and emotions are in order at all times. I think most people would agree that Tiger has a distinct advantage over the other players on the PGA Tour, simply due to how the media and the public have set the stage for him. Imagine for one moment how different and empowering it would feel if every time you went to play golf, the people that you encountered thought you were the one to beat and everyone talked about how good you are. Now consider that not only would that have a wonderful effect on your feelings and your physical nature, but how it would also affect the rest of the field.
This has been verified through scientific case studies. In one such study, researchers approached several grade school teachers and gave them information regarding ten of the children that they would have in their respective classes for the upcoming year. They told the teachers that five of the students would really excel based on a test that the children had taken the previous year. They reported that the test results showed that these five children were highly intelligent even though their grades may or may not be representative of that at the time.
The study group also told the teachers that another group of five students were the lowest scorers on the same test and even though their grades may be better than the other five students, there might be a dramatic change in their performance during this pivotal year. At the end of the year, they reconnected with the teachers to gauge the results.
Not surprisingly, the teachers verified the test results. The five students that were supposed to excel had done so and the other five had unfortunately finished the year rather poorly. Now the catch: The ten students had been randomly picked and the testing was a hoax just to see how it would affect performance. It turned out that even though the teachers would give the "less intelligent" student just as much attention; the way they would talk to them truly mattered. The other group was just automatically expected to do well and the way their teachers related to them had a great deal to do with the how well they learned and retained their material.
Back to Tiger Woods; he is perceived to be the best and has been his whole life. Even on the rare occasion when he stumbles, the media seems to find a positive for him. It is interesting how this stage has made it possible for someone with such a God-given talent for golf to really shine. I for one, am certainly in awe of him and his ability. Isn't amazing what can happen from believing? And that's where it starts -- believing. Tiger's advantage is that he knows he has only one thing to focus on when on the golf course - his next shot. One shot at a time. He doesn't have to beat the other players, the media and the hype, to a great degree, will take care of that. Thus, Tiger plays his game and the field buckles.
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