![]() Those who want to experience the authentic soul of the sport do not have to look far in Scotland, starting with the oldest of them all, the famed Old Course at St Andrews, and taking in Crail, 10 miles down the coast.Ī golfing gem, whose Balcomie course was first laid out by the 'Grandfather of Golf' Old Tom Morris in 1895, the club was founded in 1786 and its first trophy, the Lindesay Medal, dates from 1830.Ī round of Balcomie costs 135 pounds during the high-season, compared to the 295 pound green fee at the Old Course, and visitors are welcome. "It’s got nothing to do with the soul of the game. "Rich people fighting about how to become richer," he laughed. But maybe with further study, we can learn to enjoy it.June 13 (Reuters) - The suggestion that professional golf was locked in a battle for the "soul of the game" before last week's shock merger announcement raises a laugh at one of Scotland's oldest courses.Īt grassroots level in the sport's spiritual home, where balls have been struck on coastal links since the 15th century, the PGA and DP World Tours calling a truce with Saudi-backed rivals LIV changes nothing.ĭavid Roy, secretary manager of the Crail Golfing Society, told Reuters in a telephone interview that the situation was "an absolute sidebar conversation and largely of little real interest. We can’t stop the steady flow of change that will run roughshod over our lives. As the life slowly bleeds out of us like the ink in a tattoo, maybe the teachings are here to help us smile as our lines begin to blur and our lettering becomes harder to read. Maybe the teaching of impermanence is meant to help us be okay with that fact. If my tattoo-based expressions of self are fading as I get older, what does that mean about the self that they’re supposed to represent? Will my personality become faded and blurred as I age until it’s hardly recognizable to my loved ones? Or can I keep it vibrant and alive with the liberal use of moisturizing lotions and fragrance-free soap? Are we born just so we can fade away? Some of the text has become harder to read, and the color is a lot less vibrant. I’m sure that no one will notice the changes but me, but there are definitely changes. Honestly, I’m a little troubled by what I see. Taking care of my new tattoo has caused me to take a look at some of my older ones. I thought my ink would be a permanent record of who I am and where I’ve been. ![]() When I first started getting tattoos I thought that they’d be a permanent expression of my “self.” Anyone who saw me shirtless would know instantly that I was in the Marines, that I like poetry, and a host of other things about me. Failure to do so could result in faded colors and blurred lines that may require touch-ups in the future. You must wash the area with scent-free soap three times a day, and keep it moist with lotion in order to prevent scabbing for three to four weeks. For anyone who has ink of their own, you know that the pain of sitting in a chair and having a needle jabbed into your skin repeatedly is only a small part of the process. Case in point, I’m fighting against impermanence even as I write this article. Or what about, “Everything changes, and that includes the things we like exactly as they are.” Now, we’re getting somewhere. ![]() A more complete reading might go “Everything changes, and sometimes it changes in ways that we don’t like.” Hmm… That’s a little rough. Personally, I think it’s because while the lesson of impermanence is easy to read, it’s harder to embody and understand. And yet, it’s a lesson that needs to be taught over and over again. One is tempted to respond with a sarcastic, “Thanks, Captain Obvious” when they’re told by 100 different teachers in 100 different ways that everything changes. Day turns to night, winter changes to spring, and people grow older with every passing year. It’s almost so obvious as to be laughable. ![]() But Buddhist teachers have spent the last 2,500 years explaining them to students. These two words seem simple on the surface. ![]() By Alex Chong Do Thompson Everything changes. ![]()
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